Research Guides: Basic Needs Research: Developing Countries

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CIA World Factbook This link opens in a new window
Information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues for most countries.
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.
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.
United Nations Official Document Service This link opens in a new window
Access to UN documents including documents of the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiaries, as well as administrative issuances and other documents. Coverage: 1946-present.
HRAF (Human Relations Area Files) World Cultures This link opens in a new window
Digitized ethnographic collections covering aspects of cultural and social life. A repository of cultural knowledge for anthropological and cross-cultural research within and across disciplines that focuses on in-depth descriptive documents that have been subject-indexed.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports This link opens in a new window
English-language transcripts of foreign broadcasts and news. Political, military, economic, and environmental topics are the major emphases asthe original mission of the FBIS was to monitor and translate intercepted broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine operations. Covers the Cold War, China, the Middle East, Latin America, the Soviet Union, and more.
Coverage: 1941 to 1996.

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