Countries

Facts
History
Political issues
Market information
News
Rankings
Finance
Geography and maps

Africa Monitor		Analysis, data & forecasts on every country across the African continent
BBC Country Profiles		Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions
Britannica World Data		Country snapshots, country comparisons and ranked statistics
Country at a glance		Brief introduction to member countries of the UN
Country briefings		News, country profiles, forecasts, statistics and more from the Economist
Datamonitor Country Profiles		Comprehensive country profiles from Datamonitor (Journal via Ebsco)
Doing business		The World Banks objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 175 countries
EIU Country Profiles		Comprehensive country profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit (Journal via Ebsco)
EU member states		Key figures, short presentation and web adresses to the respective governments.
Hofstede's cultural dimensions		Prof. Geert Hofstede's research on world's cultures.
Human Development Index		UNDPs annual index summarized in Wikipedia
IMD World Competitiveness Online		Leading annual report on the competitiveness of nations from IMD Business school, Switzerland
Index of Economic Freedom		The Index covers 10 freedoms – from property rights to entrepreneurship – in 161 countries.
InfoNation		Choose and compare country statistics and other data collected by the UN
OECD member countries		For more than 40 years, the OECD has been one of the world's largest and most reliable sources of comparable statistics, and economic and social data.
Statesman´s yearbook online		Reliable and precise presentation of countries history, culture, politics and geography
World Factbook		Country profiles database from Central Intelligence Unit (CIA) in the USA
World Investment report		Country Fact Sheets that contain the most relevant indicators about FDI in a country.
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Published by Henry Langseth <henry.langsethSPAMFILTER@uia.no> 17/11/2009