Country reports & review accessible though Business Source Complete

The CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) provides short profiles for 266 world entities. Profiles include economic, social, political, and demographic information.

International business web portal created by Michigan State University. Includes country information, global industry and market data, and international business and trade information for U.S. states and foreign countries.

Short guides to the history, politics, and economic background of countries and territories. Key international organizations are also profiled.

The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 189 economies and selected cities at the subnational level.

Analysis of business, economic, financial, political, and regulatory environments of countries.
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Annual survey of top executives regarding preferred locations for foreign direct investment.

The mission of the Human Development Report Office (HDRO) is to advance human development. The goal is to contribute towards the expansion of opportunities, choice and freedom. The office works towards this goal by promoting innovative new ideas, advocating practical policy changes, and constructively challenging policies and approaches that constrain human development.

The Heritage Foundation's rankings of countries' economic freedom, based on variables in ten categories. The site provides analysis for each country and scores from previous years.

The U.S. Census Bureau provides an extensive list of links to statistical gathering agencies in foreign countries.

Demographic and socioeconomic statistics for 227 countries and areas of the world. The site ranks countries by population and provides world population information.

FAOLEX is a database of national legislation, policies and bilateral agreements on food, agriculture and natural resources management. It is constantly being updated, with an average of 8,000 new entries per year. It currently contains legal and policy documents drawn from more than 200 countries, territories and regional economic integration organizations and originating in over 40 languages.

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual WEO exercise, which begins in January and June of each year and results in the April and September/October WEO publication. Selected series from the publication are available in a database format. See also the World Economic Outlook reports.