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Country Research Guide Overview
  Balance of Payments (BOP)   The International Monetary Fund dataset “Balance of Payments” contains international investment position statistics.
  Country Commercial Guides   Reports on market conditions, opportunities, regulations, and business customs prepared at U.S. Embassies worldwide by Commerce Department, State Department and other U.S. agencies’ professionals.
  Country Risk Macroeconomic  
MarketLine’s unique Country Risk Model determines the existing and future level of country risk by assessing various qualitative and quantitative factors. 
  Foreign Direct Investments (FDI)   Access to FDI statistics is provided thru OECD.stat
  Global Economic Data  
  • OECD Economic Outlook
  • Global Economic Monitor (GEM)
  • GlobalEdge – Global Insights
  • Statista
  International Business Directory   Uniworld Online has been the most trusted source for contact information of multinational companies.
  International Demographic Data  
  • WDI – World Development Indicators
  • Statista
  International Monetary Fund (IMF)   The International Monetary Fund provides access to a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators
  International Trade Data  
  • Statista
  • UN Comtrade
  • World Integrated Trade Solution
  • World Trade Organization
  PESTLE Reports   PESTLE (Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental) analysis and reports.
  The World Bank - Databank   The DataBank is an analysis and visualization tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics.

 

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