Kresge Research Guides: BA 500 Resources: International Resources

Global Business Resources from the Kresge Library

BMI Research
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BMI Research provides market insights, analysis, and forecasts that identify and assess economic, political, and country risks and opportunities across 200+ markets and 20+ industries. Data includes 30+ years of country risk data for over 200 countries, and sector reports for agribusiness, autos, banking & financial services, commodity prices, consumer & retail, consumer electronics, defense & security, oil & gas, insurance, food & drink, freight transport & shipping, information technology, infrastructure, medical devices, metals, mining, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals & healthcare, power, real estate, renewables, telecommunications, and tourism.

Bulk data downloads for macroeconomic, political, and industry indicators for 200+ geographies are also available.
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Euromonitor Passport
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This database contains data and insight on industries, economies, and consumers worldwide. Coverage includes consumer products, markets, and services. Statistics include product market size, company market share, brand shares, distribution, product ingredients, and packaging. Consumer behavior and economic factors are analyzed to identify future trends. Euromonitor Passport also has country profiles with economic, political, and geographic information.
Technical notes: Users may create a personal account to save results and research, create Alerts and get RSS feeds.

Use policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase, "Used with permission of Euromonitor International."
Video tutorials:
- Euromonitor International YouTube Channel
EMIS Emerging Markets
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EMIS includes company profiles, news, market reports, country reports, and data on global emerging markets. EMIS is also a clearing house for several industry research and market firms such as Allied Market Research, Arizton Advisory and Intelligence, BIS Research, BMI Research, BuddeComm Telecom Reports, Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Industry Reports, GlobalData, MarketLine, Mordor Intelligence, and Oxford Economics.
Technical notes: Users must create individual accounts in EMIS and login in order to download or export data from the database.

International Statistical Agencies

U.S. Census Bureau - International Statistical Agencies

List of each country’s statistical agencies

Eurostat

Brief statistics available for public access from the Statistical Office of the European Communities

United Nations- Statistics Division

Includes multiple databases on population, housing, oil, national accounts, trade, social indicators, and more

National Accounts of Japan

Japanese economic data, including annual and quarterly reporting on national accounts

Japan - Statistics Bureau Home Page

Links to Japanese national sites with economic, business, labor, business and population demographics

ASEAN Statistical Yearbook

Comprehensive statistical resource for the ASEAN nations, including population, health, economic, tourism, trade and more
Published annually

Population Reference Bureau DataFinder

Demographic and other population-related statistics; choose a geography for a list of available statistics

National Bureau of Statistics of China

The US-China Business Council

China statistics and analyses from the USBC

Business Statistics from GovHK

Links to Hong Kong government and business statistics

Other Resources for International Data

Global Road Warrior
Use the "World Edition" section to find detailed cultural information on over 200 countries.

Databank
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DataBank from the World Bank includes several statistical datasets on the economy (GDP, GNI, foreign direct investment, exports, inflation, employment, income, etc.), health and nutrition, education, population, and demographics.
IMF eLibrary
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) eLibrary provides information, data, and perspectives on countries. Topics include macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade and aid, technical assistance, demographics, emerging markets, policy advice, poverty reduction, and much more. Examples of data include international financial statistics, government finance statistics, direct investment, monetary statistics, exchange rates, interest rates, price and production, labor, GDP and components, balance of payments, and direction of trade.
OECD iLibrary
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The online library of the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) includes full-text of books, periodicals and the OECD statistical databases. Themes included are Economics, Governance, Nuclear Energy, Social Issues and Taxation.
World Bank Publications
The World Bank publishes on two distinct platforms. Both platforms provide Open Access content free to all.
- Open Knowledge Repository (OKR)
  World Bank's journal articles and research working papers
- World Bank Documents and Reports (D&R)
  World Bank's board and project documents
World Development Indicators
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The World Development Indicators (WDI) provides a comprehensive selection of economic, social and environmental indicators, drawing on data from the World Bank and more than 30 partner agencies. The database covers more than 900 indicators for 210 economies with data back to 1960. Specific series and countries/groups can be selected for specific year ranges, and data can be exported.