LibGuides: Economics: Country Analysis

Welcome - Where to start?

Fitch, EMIS Intelligence, EIU, and S&P's Global Connect's Country Analysis & Forecast have ready reviews of country political and economic developments, including investment environments and industries.
Use LSEG Refinitiv Workspace for quality investment analyst 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 LSEG Refiniitv Workspace 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

LSEG 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

BMI Country Risk Global & All Industry Global
BMI provides proprietary data, analyst reports, ratings, rankings, and forecasts covering 175 countries and 25 industry sectors. Login path: choose SSO > Organization ID = UCSD. BMI includes lengthy country and industry reports, financial markets and commodities coverage, plus newsletters and daily alerts.

Country Analysis & Forecast (S&P Global Connect)
Country reports, risk ratings, industry analysis, daily alerts, and statistical data. To get to S&P’s strong country coverage, login and go to Connect: Country Intelligence > Research a Geography to pull up a country’s dashboard. NOTE: First time users should follow the Create a New Account link, and use your @ucsd.edu email to register. An activation code will be sent to your @ucsd.edu email in order for you to complete the registration. Once your account is activated, login happens via UCSD’s Single Sign On. Formerly called IHS Markit Connect, and Global Insight.
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 Next Academic Research (formerly EMIS Intelligence)
Provides economic studies, company & industry reports, country risk, economic and industrial statistics, and political news with a focus on emerging market countries. Covers public & private companies & global industry reports. Includes interactive data analysis tools & news alerts. Excellent China coverage.

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.