Business Research Resources for "Non-Business-y" Types: International
An accompanying guide to the Enriching Scholarship presentation of the same name: https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/business-research-tips-for-non-business-y-types/
Look at the Common Database (UNCDB) for population and economic information by country.
Use the Demographic Yearbook for population, birth, death, marriage, and divorce rates.
Search other databases such as Social Indicators or Population and Housing Census.
BMI Research
BMO provides industry surveys for over 100 countries worldwide as well as country-specific quarterly business forecasts.
Sign in is via SSO. Select SSO tab at login screen.
Enter 'UMich' as the Organization ID.
EMIS Emerging Markets
News, economic statistics, market quotes and analyst reports on countries, companies, and industries in Asia, Latin America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Australia.
Euromonitor Passport
Consumer market information, demographic and economic forecast data for many countries and regions. Lots of great reports or check out the Menu Search to build a data set by varioius categories and geographies.
Euromonitor Passport is also cross-listed under the Industry and Consumer sections.
IMF eLibrary contains data from: Balance of Payment Statistics, Direction of Trade Statistics, Government Finance Statistics, International Financial Statistics Database and others.
OECD iLibrary
The online library of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) includes full-text of books, periodicals and the OECD statistical databases.
World Bank Publications
This is a collection of over 4,000 World Bank publications, including Policy Research Working Papers.
Topics covered include: Agriculture and Rural Development; Business Procurement; Commodities, Pricing, and Trade; Banking, Finance, and Investment.
World Development Indicators
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.