Database Description

CountryWatch.com provides up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world.

CountryReviewsTM
CountryReviewsTM for each of 191 countries comprise a 50-100 page report covering the demographic, historical, political, economic, business and environmental background and contemporary issues facing each country. Reviews are updated on a biannual schedule but are updated dynamically on the Website whenever major events occur in a country (e.g. change in government).

CountryWireTM
CountryWireTM accompanies each of the 191 CountryReviewsTM and provides country-specific, comprehensive daily news from 12 international news services with a 12-month archive in a searchable database containing 180,000 stories. The CountryWireTM allows users to stay up-to-date on breaking news and to follow developing stories in each of the 191 countries.

CountryWatch Data
CountryWatch Data is an online international database containing more than 230 times series or cross-sectional data series spanning socio-demographic, macroeconomic, economic sector, environmental and cultural information and allowing for convenient downloading and inter-country cross-tabulating of the numeric data representing key aspects of the world's countries. The database contains FIPS codes to facilitate its use with GIS mapping software.

CountryWatch Business Services
CountryWatch Business Services includes more than 100 edited links to best-of-the-web sources of data on countries and their economies, convenient access to Country Commercial Guides providing detailed information on regulations on investment, trade and project financing, and access to Country Experts, our international consulting service offering information search and in country consulting assistance on a per hour or per engagement basis.


Niagara University Library

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Search CountryWatch.com from Off Campus
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If you are a current student or employee of Niagara University, you can search CountryWatch from off campus by obtaining a user id and password from a reference librarian.

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There is a great deal of additional country information on the World Wide Web. Visit the Country Information Page for a list of some of the more useful sites.


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