Country Evaluation

Country Evaluation

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General Country Data

CIA World Fact Book:	http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html Contains information on geography, climate, politics, economics, and so on for virtually every country in the world.
Department of State—Commercial Guides:	www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_guides/1999/index.html These guides are published by the U.S. State Department and are broken down by region and country.
The Darden School of Business Camp Library: Country and Foreign Trade Information:	http://www.darden.virginia.edu/library/foreign/index.htm UVA’s business college web site which offers comprehensive, online research aids that are academically oriented.
HIEROS GAMOS - THE COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL SITE:	http://www.hg.org/guides This is actually another site of links, but with a legal orientation. It is, nevertheless, extremely useful for keeping up with many issues relevant to international business, and without any government biases.

Culture

	http://www.webofculture.com/refs/reference.html A consulting firm which provides information for international business people on cross-cultural issues. Although they are a paid service, some information is provided free at this web site.
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization	http://www.unesco.org/culture/index.htm Publish by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. This a great jumping off point for obtaining a cultural information on practically any country in the world.
	http://www.unesco.org/culture/worldreport/index.html Another site devoted to cultural issues published by UNESCO. This site has links that contain information on how to deal with the issues generated by globalization and its effect on culture.

Demographics

	http://www.wri.org/ This web site provides information on sustainable development and other ecologically based issues. Business people can obtain information about the policies and trends in developed as well as developing countries. Data on the quality of air, drinking water, and other environmental factors is also available. Additionally, demographical data is available in tables which can be directly downloaded and printed.
	http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html An international database available online which provides information on age, sex, and total population for any country in the world in text and graphical representations.
	http://www.demographics.caci.com/ A firm which specializes in providing demographical data to businesses. Some information is downloadable from their web site free of charge.

Economic Data

Mondaq Business Briefing

http://www.mondaq.com/

A company which specializes in providing information on the legislative
and regulatory developments affecting business and in the European Union, Eastern Europe, North America, South-East Asia & China, Africa and the Middle East and major offshore centers. It provides an invaluable free resource to organizations and individuals wishing to expand their businesses into new markets.

http://www.clark.net/pub/lschank/web/intstat.html
This site is really just a collection of links, but a really good collection. One can find a link to practically any type of economic data for any country as well a host of other information concerning international business data as well.

http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Economics/EconData/Interfore.html
A research organization hosted by the University of Maryland which provides reports on the impacts of business and economic policies for countries based on economic models constructed specifically for a country. Many reports on specific issues such as the effect of a mass-produced electric automobile on the economy are available at the site .

International Business Directories

http://www.infomanage.com/international/
This site provides a large selection of information relevant to international business people all in one site. Subjects covered range from exchange rates to economic data to demographic data.

http://www.tradecompass.com/
A web search engine dedicated to indexing sites with information on trade, importing, exporting, sales, marketing, logistics, research and e-business in today's global marketplace. This is a great place to start an international commerce research project for a business wanting to expand abroad.

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