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Directories & Search Engines

• Europa The portal site of the European Union.  
  
  
• EuroPages The European Business Directory
  
  
• GlobalEDGE  Global business portal  
  
  
• Martindale's International Business
  
  
• WorldBiz
  
  
• SEE ALSO:  Trade

Associations

• Google Directory to International Business Association Links
  
  
• International Chamber of Commerce

General International Business Resources

• Asian Development Bank Economic and social statistics, news, Bank history and links to international organizations and government sites.
  
  
  
• Doing Business in Canada
  
  
• Global Stock & Commodity Exchanges
  List of international stock exchange Web pages
  
  
• International Monetary Fund  IMF working papers, Staff Country Reports and Political Analysis & Assessment are full text.  Use the site map to peruse the site.
  
  
• Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Statistics on the OECDs member countries, news and other related information.
  
  
• World Bank Group
  
  
  

Country Information

• BBC Country Profiles "Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries."
  
  
• CIA World Fact Book 2008 Political, economic and social facts and statistics on countries. 
  
  
• Country Business Bibliographies  Lists of resources arranged by country, region and international sources.  Starting points for research prepared by Boston University librarians.
  
  
• Country Commercial Guides (CCG)  Comprehensive look at a country's commercial environment.  Prepared by embassy commercial experts for the U.S. business community.  
  
• Global Financial Data: Governments on the Worldwide Web
  
  
• Globastat: County Rankings & World Statistics
  
  
• International Statistical Agencies
  
  
• Political Resources on the Net  Directory of political sites searchable by country
  
  
• Portals to the World (Library of Congress)
  
  
• Statistics Canada
  
  
• United Nations  Statistics on data and countries.  Use the site search option or go to the UN System Pathfinder to search the site.  See the Publications database for "InfoNation"
  
  
• U.S. State Department: Background Notes on Countries Essays on geographic regions and international organizations.  Data is updated to reflect changes.
  
  
• World Bank Documents and Reports
  
  
  See also: Trade