Country Information
- ABI/INFORM This link opens in a new window
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For country reports, click on the "Browse" link at the top of the page. From there, click on the links under "Country Reports". - A to Z World Culture - Country Profiles This link opens in a new windowIn-depth information on 175 countries, including categories on Culture and Society, Food and Recipes, Language Video Dictionary, Royalty-free Maps, Royalty-free Images, National Symbols, Business Culture, Music, Education.
Find possible search terms on the Features for Each Country guide. - Mergent Online This link opens in a new windowFor country information, look for the "Country Profile" box to the right of the screen.
- CIA World FactbookContains detailed statistics (education, health, economy, environment, quality of life, and more) on every country in the world.
- BBC News -- Country ProfilesProfiles of countries and territories. Includes links to audio and video clips from BBC archives.
- The World BankUsers can select a country from a list of more than 200 entries and view/download a statistical profile, which contains several years of data for selected indicators.
- World Bank Doing Business ReportsDoing Business 2019: Training for Reform, a World Bank Group flagship publication, is the 16th in a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies—from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time.
Books in the Library
Countries and Their Cultures by ISBN: 9780028658964Publication Date: 2003-11-01This guide provides a reference for anyone seeking information about the predominant and variable cultural forms, mores, and modes of expression in virtually every country. Entries cover many of the elements that together constitute the predominant culture, as well as lost cultures of the world.
