International Business and Economics Research Guide

World Wide Web Resources - Selected Sites

Gateways/International Business & Economics - General

• About.com
• AltaPlana
• Canada. Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
• Dept. of Economics. Ryerson Economics Web Guide
• eco5.com
• Export Development Canada
• Industry Canada former Strategis site
• International Business Resources on the WWW
• Resources for Economists on the Internet
• VIBES: Virtual International Business and Economics Sources
• Web Resources for International Trade (FITA)
• WWW Virtual Library - International Affairs Resources

International Statistical Sources: Useful Places to Start on the Web

• Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures
• Industry Research Desk
• KnowThis.com (Marketing Virtual Library)
• Researching Companies Online (Debbie Flanagan)
• Statistics Canada
• United Nations and Other International Organizations (Links)
• University of California at San Diego: Data on the Net
• University of Michigan Documents Center: Statistical Resources on the Web

A Few Interesting Statistical Web Sites

• Economic Growth Resources
• EPI DataZone
• Fedstats (Statistics Produced by over 70 Agencies of the U.S. Federal Government)
• International Comparisons in Education
• Macro International Health and Demographic Surveys
• Penn World Tables
• VIBES: Virtual International Business and Economics Sources

Country Profiles

Government Sources of Information

• Canada. Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
• Country Commercial Guides (U.S. Department of State)
• Export Development Canada
• Export Development Canada - Market Insight Reports (Free Log-in Required)
• Export.gov: Country and Industry Market Research (US)
• Export.gov: Country and Regional Tariff and Tax Resources (US)
• Industry Canada. Trade and Investment
• Overseas Private Investment Corporation (US)
• Stat USA (US Dept. of Commerce)
• US Census Bureau (International Data Center)
• US Census Bureau. (Statistical Agencies - International)
• US Department of State (countries and regions)
• US Department of State (human rights)
• US Energy Information Administration. Country Analysis Briefs

Academic Sources

• BUBL World; Area Studies
• Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (Carleton)
• Digital South Asia Library
• Eldis Country Profiles
• Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
• International Business Homepage (SUNY)
• LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center)
• MSU - GlobalEDGE
• OFFSTATS - Official Statistics on the Web (University of Auckland Library)
• VIBES: Virtual International Business and Economics Source (UNC)

Other (includes free & fee-based commercial sources)

• Doing Business Database (World Bank)
• The Dutch Export File
• Economist Intelligence Unit
• Euromonitor
• Governments on the Web
• IMF Staff Country Reports in Full Text
• Mondaq
• Political Resources on the Net
• Privatization Link (World Bank)
• Public Entity Risk Institute
• World Bank Doing Business Database
• World Bank Group: Data and Statistics - Data by Country
• Yahoo

Maps

• About.com

News

• BBC News
• CNNmoney
• Factiva database (Web access for Ryerson students & faculty)
• Economist  (EIU newswire)
• Kidon Media Link
• Lexis/Nexis database

Research Papers

• AgEcon:  Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics
• Center for International Development at Harvard University (Working Papers Series)
• Fed in Print :  An Index to Federal Reserve Economic Research
• IMF Working Papers
• National Bureau of Economic Research Papers
• RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
• Industry Canada. Economic Analysis and Statistics.  Working Papers

Econometrics

• The Econometric Journal Online

Departments, Institutes, Research Centres, Economics Education

• EDIRC - UQAM
• EcEdWeb (Economic Education Website)

International Organizations

• ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (United Nations)
• FITA International Trade/Import-Export Portal
• Food and Agriculture Organization
• International Labour Organization
• International Monetary Fund
• LABORSTA (ILO)
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• Pan American Health Organization
• UNESCO
• United Nations
• WHO Statistical Information System
• World Bank
• World Trade Organization (WHO)