Country and regional pages includes links to census data on agriculture, children, competitiveness, company directories, composite indexes, competitiveness, crime (criminal justice agencies and employees, criminal justice expenditures, gun control, etc.), culture (calendars and events, gestures -- 'silent language,' language, and religion),  demographic trends, dependency ratio (people <15 and >65 as a percentage of total population), the economy, education (includes educational attainment, enrollment, illiteracy, public expenditure, and teaching staff), employment (earnings, income, and related statistics), the environment (atmosphere and climate), energy and materials, exchange rates, exports, fertility rates, fertilizer, financial data, fishery production, flags, food, forests, gender-specific, geography (political and physical maps), government aid, government procurement, health, housing, imports, infrastructure, investment, labor (availability and cost), land use and irrigation, law (diplomatic relations, economic and trade sanctions, environmental, human rights, intellectual property, investment, labor trade, law of the sea, and rules of warfare), leisure, literacy, mortality rates, multinational conventions, natural resources, news, output, political (main political parties, system, organizations, and the national media), population, poverty levels, production, purchasing power, savings rates, social, socio-economic, standards, tariffs, telecommunications, telephone numbers & directory of Department of State Commercial and Political Desk Officers, trade (foreign chambers of commerce, foreign trade and economic offices, foreign trade representative offices and foreign embassies located in the United States, as well as foreign customs offices located overseas), trade opportunities and shows, unemployment, and urbanization patterns, access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and demographics on women.

There are three country categories: all countries (when the database includes at least 100 nations), regions (for example, the European Union, or former USSR countries, or "Newly Independent States"  -- or nations that are tied by economic, political, or cultural reasons, whether or not this relationship involves a formal agreement).  The third category includes resources for Individual countries. 

Examples of regions include the European Union (EU) and MERCOSUR.  Also, full text of selected regional trade and investment agreements.

If you wish to compare topics across a number of countries, it is better to start with a resource that contains all the countries you wish to compare (for example, the resources listed in the "all country" listings contain most nations.  If you are interested in European nations only, you might want to use the OECD (on the "International Organizations" page) or see the section on the EU on the Regions of the world page. 

It is not recommended that the sources in the individual country category be used when comparing data among countries since each resource collects data differently. For a list of countries in each category, see the Country List page.
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The product classification page allows the user to find commodity classification system numbers from the US Department of Commerce's Schedule B, C, D, and K systems, Commerce Control List (CCL) and Export Control Classification Number (ECCN), the SIC, the SITC, and the Harmonized System of classification.  This page also includes information about the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)  which is to be used throughout North America and replaced the SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) system in the United States.  The UK SIC, the CPV (Common Procurement Vocabulary), and the NACE (Nomenclature des Activits dans la Communaut Europenne) are also included. Some of the sites also contain concordances which allow the user to match various system numbers.  Go there!

Company and industry information from the Forbes 2000 to Inc. 500, as well as annual reports, news stories which can be searched by company name, and industry-specific trade statistics.  Descriptions of various business forms, such as Inc., GmbH, AG, and NV.  There is a link to the US SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission) and their EDGAR data base (US public corporate information, financial profile, SEC filings (8K, 10K, 10Q, 11K, etc.), as well as links to news and reports for selected industries (now including aerospace, automation, automotive, aviation, banking and finance, chemical, commodities, computers, consumer goods, electronics, energy, entertainment, environment, heavy equipment & machinery, industrial marketing, industrial software,  insurance, material handling, measurement & control, metals & minerals, microelectronics, medical equipment, multimedia, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, plastics & polymers, pulp & paper, real estate, services, telecommunications,  textiles and apparel, tourism, transportation, and utilities) and a source for monthly commodity prices.   Go there!

Sites on the education page are divided into those of primary interest to students, and those faculty would tend to find more useful. Faculty can link to the AACSB, European Case Clearing House, the US Department of Education (USDOE), and a data base of international business journal citations as well as sites that specialize in academic career notices.

Students can search job and career webs geared to international business, compare salaries within the U.S. and find information on public sector (e.g., U.S. Department of State), quasi-public sector (e.g., United Nations) as well as private sector job listings, study abroad, internships, the GMAT, MBA resources and schools around the world.  There are also links for bibliographies, endnotes, footnotes and other citation information (predominantly APA and MLA styles),   whether standard or electronic. 

A link to Adam Smith's An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of Nations is provided in the General interest section of this page.  Go there!

The international organization page includes information about each group and some instances,  member-country statistics are also available.  The International Chamber of Commerce, International Labor Organization, The International Monetary Fund, The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, The United Nations, The World Bank, The World Health Organization, and the World Trade Organization (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and General Agreement on Trade in Services)  are a few of the groups in the list.  Regional development banks are also included.  National, regional and international standards and certification boards, such as the ISO, ANSI, CENELEC and IEC are included.  Items of interest include arbitration, commercial crime services, copyright, patent, and trademark protection, health, ISO requirements, labor, and trade. If the organization is not listed, you can use the directory of international organizations to find it.  Go there!

The market entry assistance page is geared primarily towards exporters (although there is some information on licensing, foreign direct investment and other methods of entry).  Sources include those for general guidance, advertising, ATA Carnet, contacts in the US government, commercial and political risk insurance, courier services, dictionary of international trade terms, drawbacks, export declarations, export licenses, financial assistance and information, freight forwarder guides, foreign direct investment (F.D.I.) and reverse investment (U.S. perspective - as investor and as recipient) data, importing procedures, INCOTERMS (including 2000 revision), informed compliance, market identification and selection, pricing, regulations, shipment information for air, ship/ocean, and truck/overland transport, tariffs, trade leads, trade shows, interactive international trade tutorial, transportation, and world trade center news. Go there!

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The news page links to literally thousands of newspapers, journals, and periodicals around the world in nearly any language.   Some are considered "popular press," but most are business- and education-related.  The Journal of Commerce, The Economist, the Financial Times, and Morgan Stanley's Global Economic Forum are atypical resources for current events.

Print sources can be searched by country, language, and topic.   The Associated Press/Washington Post site allows searches by topic.   You can listen to live and recently recorded stories on Bloomberg News Radio. There are also sources for industry-specific news, and news shows such as Meet the Press and News Hour.  Go there!  

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The professional association page focuses on links to major academic and business organizations.  It is arranged by functional area and includes accounting, finance, management, and marketing groups, as well as some of the more well-known international associations and market research and statistics associations.  Go there! 

The travel page includes links to airlines, travel sites, as well as health and travel advisories.   There are links to downloadable US passport applications, world-wide visa, embassy and consulate information, currency converters, the "mega converter" (converts anything to anything), immigration information, language lessons and dictionaries, maps, mass transit planners for major world cities,  MINITEL (French Internet) Gateway, resources for moving overseas, world maps, time zones, and weather. There are also resources specifically for Americans living abroad, and business travel.   There are even "Do's and Taboos" associated with various cultures (gestures, greetings and speaking distance) around the globe.    Go there!

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