A few places to start your research
- Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country Intelligence This link opens in a new windowEIU Profiles and Reports provide timely analysis and forecasts of the political, economic, social, and business environment in a total of 126 reports about more than 180 countries
- Espacenet (European Patent Office) This link opens in a new windowProvides detailed searching of EPO and PCT patent applications for the last 24 months, and worldwide patent documents searchable by patent number as early as 1920 for some issuing nations.
- Finaeon This link opens in a new windowSource for deep macro-economic information on most countries.
- International Monetary Fund Data OnlineFinancial data by country, includes trade, interest rates, national accounts, and numerous government finance, monetary, and economic variables
- OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new windowBooks, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data
- PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Index This link opens in a new windowProvides international coverage of materials in government, international relations, legislation, political science, statistics, and related areas.
- Polling the Nations This link opens in a new windowPublic opinion polls containing the full text of 400,000 questions and responses from 14,000 surveys conducted from 1986 through the present in the U.S. and 80 other countries.
- United Nations Digital Library This link opens in a new windowExplore documents, votes, speeches, and public domain publications from the United Nations.
- United Nations Official Document System This link opens in a new window
Covers all types of official United Nations documentation. Provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council (1946 onwards). Does not contain press releases, UN sales publications, the United Nations Treaty Series or information brochures issued by the Department of Public Information.
- UNdata This link opens in a new window
Authoritative compilation of United Nations and agency statistics, covering economic, environmental, social, financial and development topics, continuously updated.
- World Development Indicators This link opens in a new windowProvides direct access to more than 900 development indicators, with time series for 210 economies going back to 1960
- Yearbook of the United NationsThe authoritative reference work on the UN System
- World Bank Data Catalog This link opens in a new windowThe World Bank's Open Data initiative is intended to provide all users with access to World Bank data. The data catalog is a listing of available World Bank datasets, including databases, pre-formatted tables, reports, and other resources. Data sources include the World Development Indications, World Bank Financial Data, Global Economic Prospects and much more.
- World Bank Open Knowledge Repository This link opens in a new windowThe World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) is The World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products.