LibGuides: Economics: Country Analysis

Welcome - Where to start?

Fitch, EMIS Intelligence, EIU, and Global Insight have ready reviews of country political and economic developments, including investment environments and industries.
Use Investext for quality brokerage house reports on countries, industries, and companies.
The eLibrary contains World Bank research and policy publications.
The IMF "Country Reports" include detailed reviews of economic policy issues in certain member nations. Other international agencies covering Latin America also offer websites with member country data and economic surveys.

The PDF reports in Investext can save considerable time previously spent researching global firms and industries via scattered press sources. In fact, they contain much information that is not available to us in any other way.

Key Sites

Refinitiv Workspace (Economics)
Real time aggregator of international business and economic news. Quick links to economic contents: OV for country macroeconomic overviews; EM for economic monitor; MACOX macroeconomic data explorer, TOPICS to set up selected news feed monitors. First time users register here: https://my.refinitiv.com/productregistration.html
Fitch Country Risk & Industry Reports
Formerly known as Business Monitor, Fitch is a leading, independent provider of proprietary data, analysis, ratings, rankings, and forecasts covering 175 countries and 22 industry sectors. Includes lengthy country and industry reports.
EIU.com
Portal to our subscribed Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) global country publications. Strong for current political and economic news and analysis, with data, forecasts, and business and investment profiles. See also ViewsWire for selected EIU content covering Americas and Asia. We also license Economist magazine online.

EMIS Intelligence (formerly ISI Emerging Markets)
Provides economic studies, company & industry reports, country risk, statistics and political news on emerging market countries. Covers public & private companies & global industry reports. Includes interactive data analysis tools & news alerts. Excellent China coverage.

Global Insight
Country reports, risk ratings, industry analysis, daily alerts, and data. Includes country reports. We also have the automotive industry module included with our subscription.
Human Development Report
Full text of UNDP Human Development Reports, from 1990 to the next to most current year, plus national Human Development Reports and an excellent statistics section on industrialized and developing countries. Includes the Human Development Index and related indicators for Health, Education, Income/Composition of Resources, Inequality, Gender, Poverty, Work, employment and vulnerability, Human Security, Trade and Financial Flows, Mobility and Communication, Environmental sustainability, Demography, Socio-economic sustainability.
Political Handbook of the World
Detailed country political profiles include quick facts and recent history. Along with Europa and EIU, a great starting place for reading about a country.
Political Risk Yearbook
Great for background reading on threats to economic growth and governance issues.
Center for Strategic and International Studies: Regions
CSIS is a bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization that provides worldwide strategic insights and policy analysis.

International Organizations

Country Reports (International Monetary Fund)
Staff consultations and economic policy reviews. For related working papers, articles, press releases, and transcripts see Country Information page.
Regional Economic Outlook (International Monetary Fund)
These reports discuss recent economic developments and prospects for countries in various regions (Europe, Western Hemisphere, Middle East and Central Asia, Asia and Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa). They also address economic policy developments that have affected economic performance in the regions and discuss key challenges faced by policymakers. Data tables included.
World Bank Documents & Reports
More than 65,000 project and research publications.
World Bank eLibrary
Our subscriber access to 5,000 books, journal articles, and working papers.