There is a great deal of country information available on the World Wide Web.
Listed below are some of the most useful sites.
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- CountryWatch.com (highly recommended)
- Consolidates a great deal of information and data into a single location, and even provides recent news stories.
- ABYZ News Links
- A portal to online news sources from around the world. It is primarily composed of newspapers but also includes many broadcast stations, internet services, magazines, and press agencies.
- Business and Market Conditions in Countries of the World: A Guide to Online Research
- CIA World Factbook
- Facts and statistics on more than 250 countries.
- Constitution Finder
- Country Background Notes
- Produced by the U.S. State Department.
- Country Briefings from the Economist.com
- Provides brief country profiles.
- Country Commercial Guides
- The Country Commercial Guides (CCG) are prepared by US Embassy Staff once a year and contain information on the business and economic situation of foreign countries and the political climate as it affects U.S. business. Each CCG covers topics such as marketing, trade regulations, investment climate, and business travel. The U.S. Department of Commerce posts CCGs as they are released.
- Flags of All the Countries
- Google News
- Presents information culled from approximately 4,000 news sources worldwide. You can't browse by country, but you can type your country's name as a keyword.
- International Monetary Fund Reports
- This site emphasizes economic issues.
- International Trade Centre Statistics
(www.intracen.org/menus/countries.htm)
- Provides trade statistics by country or product.
- NationMaster.com -- Where Stats Come Alive!
- Create maps and graphs on country statistics.
- Portals to the World (recommended)
- Nicely organized links to country information on the Web.
- United Nations Statistics Division
- Provides all sorts of detailed statistics, some of which you need a subscription to access, but still much is available for free.
- Travel Warnings and Consular Information
Sheets
- Produced by the U.S. State Department
- U.S. Embassies and Consulates
- U.S. Trade Administration
- Provide data on U.S trade with other countries.
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