LibGuides: CULANTH 498s: Senior Distinction Seminar: Finding Country Information

Country Background

Europa World Yearbook
Use for: Basic overviews of historical, economic, social, and political background.
IMF Country Information
Use for: Reports on economic developments, with statistics
International year book and statesmen's who's who
Reports on countries, territories and federal states; international and national organisations; biographical profiles of important people in the world
OECD iLibrary
Specifically, search for Economic Surveys to locate country information and statistics.
OxResearch Country Profiles
Use for: political and economic analysis from the transition of the Cold War to the present
Political Handbook of the World (through CQ Press Library)
Covers countries and intergovernmental organizations; including political background, economics, social movements, political parties, current issues.
Political Risk Yearbook
PRS probability forecasts for political, social and economic trends for 100 countries.
The PRS Group International Country Risk Guide
Use for: country analysis as to risk of doing business; rankings and ratings of political risk, etc.
The Statesman's year-book
Statistical and historical annual of the states of the world.
US Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
Provided by the State Department.