Research Guides: Organizational Studies: Country Profiles

Country Profiles: In-Depth

Europa World Plus This link opens in a new window
Economic, political, historical, and geographic profiles of territories, countries, and global regions.Includes contact information for political, business, media, and cultural agencies and officials. Coverage: 2006-present.

Country Reports - MarketLine
Reports in Business Source Complete from Marketline and others.
NOTE: In first search box replace "Brazil" with your country
World Governance Indicators
The WGI reports cover six aggregate governance indicators... 1)Voice and Accountability, 2) Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 3) Government Effectiveness, 4) Regulatory Quality, 5) Rule of Law, and 6) Control of Corruption
Global Finance: Country Data
The magazine provides an overview of each country with information gathered from various statistical agencies. Also, checkout the Global Data tab on site.

Transparency International
"Our Mission is to stop corruption and promote transparency, accountability and integrity at all levels and across all sectors of society." The site includes the Corruption Perceptions Index.
World Happiness Report
An annual publication of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. It contains articles, and rankings of national happiness based on respondent ratings of their own lives, which the report also correlates with various life factors.

Country Studies (Library of Congress) This link opens in a new window
Digitized books that provide descriptions and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, and political systems and institutions of 80+ countries. Originally sponsored by the U.S. Army and written by researchers affiliated with the LoC’s Federal Research Division. Coverage: 1986-2015.

World Education Encyclopedia (2002)
This country-by-country survey of educational systems provides detailed essays on the histories, legal foundations, and primary and secondary educational systems.

World Values Survey
Some data and analysis from survey of public beliefs, about 70 countries.
World Religions from BBC
An overview of 20 major world religions.

CIA World Factbook
Basic information (just the facts) on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
BBC News: Country Profiles
Profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
US State Dept: Countries
Overview of countries, US Embassies and more.
Eldis: Country Profiles
Eldis provides free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research on international development issues.