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Europa World
Provides economic, political and geographic information and statistical data by country. Includes over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. current.
Also Known As
- Europa World Yearbook
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Includes thousands of directory contact details for over 1,900 international organizations. First published in 1926, the year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information.
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Global Development Finance (GDF)

GDF Online provides financial data on 136 developing countries for indicators including long-term debt, public and publicly guaranteed debt, private nonguaranteed debt, official creditors, and private creditors. From the World Bank. 1970-future projections.

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Global Insight
Economic, financial, and political coverage of countries, regions, and industries. Covers over 200 countries and spans over 170 industries. Includes REFI. 1946-current.

Note: Works best with Internet Explorer.
*** PLEASE NOTE: Not all reports are currently available due to technical problems (1-25-07) ***

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Some material may be downloaded in Excel format. Data consist of national-level information, taken from over one hundred U.S. government and private publications. DRI Basic Economics data is collected from over 100 sources in the government, institutional, and private sectors of the economy with series dating back to 1947. Subjects include:
- Financial Data: Money Supply, Interest Rates, Stocks
- Construction & Housing
- Industrial Statistics: Production, Capacity, Labour
- Population Counts and Estimates
- Forecasts
- Foreign Trade and Interest Rates Includes "REFI", which offers detailed coverage of regional and industrial segments of the US economy.
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Global Market Information Database (GMID)
Provides comparable statistics for 205 countries on economic indicators, health, foreign trade, environment, lifestyle, industrial and agriculture output, communications and more. Also includes market size data for over 300 consumer products and services. Varies.
Also Known As
- World Marketing Data and Statistics
- WOMDAS
- Euromonitor
New interface, 12/10/07.

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It covers demographic trends, economic indicators, finance, foreign trade, health, labor force, industrial and agricultural production, environmental data, consumer expenditure patterns, retail sales, advertising and media patterns, consumer prices, household patterns, literacy rates, telecommunications, automotive and transport figures, travel and tourism, income and earnings potential. It also includes market size data for over 300 consumer products and services.
Please note that our subscription only covers statistics not the qualitative analysis.
Formerly known as: WOMDAS (World Marketing Data and Statistics)
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Globus & NTDB

GLOBUS (Global Business Opportunities) offers data from the Trade Opportunities Program (TOPS) and the Department of Agriculture. NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) provides country commercial guides, market research reports, and Best market reports. Current.

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Mergent Online
Business & financial data about U.S. and international public companies. Includes: company data and annual reports. Most recent 15 years.

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Download data to Excel, Word, or as pdf. Includes:
- U.S. company data
- U.S. company archives
- U.S. annual reports
- International company data
- International company archives
- International annual reports
- Factsheets Plus
- Factsheets Express
- Institutional Holdings
- Insider trades
- Expanded long-term debt
- Equity portraits
- Corporate bond portraits
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- Export company reports and financials into software applications such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Execute accurate cross-border searches using a variety of financial and text variables
- Compare multiple companies' reports
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SourceOECD
Coverage includes: agriculture & food; economic outlook; education; health; science & technology, and much more. NOTES: UConn has access to the OECD statistical databases ONLY. 1960-current.
Also Known As
- OECD Statistics
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The Statistical Database Sets available from SourceOECD include:
- Agriculture & Food
- Bank Profitability
- Economic Outlook
- Education at a Glance
- Employment
- Globalization
- Health
- Indicators for Industry and Services
- Industrial Structure
- Institutional Investors
- Insurance
- International Development
- International Migration
- International Trade and Competitiveness
- International Direct Investment
- ITCS International Trade by Commodities
- Main Economic Indicators
- Monthly International Trade
- National Accounts
- Revenue
- Science and Technology
- Services
- Social Expenditure
- STAN Industry Structural Analysis
- Taxing Wages
- Telecommunications
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World Development Indicators (WDI)

Provides statistics on the economies of over 200 developing countries, including time series data on agriculture, manufacturing, health indicators, education, natural resources, and foreign investment. From the World Bank World Development Indicators. 1960s-current.

WDI is very slow; the vendor is aware of the problem. 11/27/07.

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