Resources By Department: Economics: International Economics

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS TOPIC OVERVIEW RESOURCES

PRINCETON ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE WORLD ECONOMY Written by an international team of contributors, this comprehensive reference includes up-to-date entries covering a wide range of topics in international trade, finance, production, and economic development. These topics include concepts and principles, models and theory, institutions and agreements, policies and instruments, analysis and tools, and sectors and special issues. (Credo Reference)
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD TRADE: FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE PRESENT This exhaustive four-volume set from Routledge is the definitive reference on the history of trade in all time periods. It traces the historical and contemporary interaction of trade, commerce, and culture in fascinating detail. (Credo Reference)

COUNTRYWATCH This link opens in a new window Geographical, political, economic, historical, cultural and business information on 191 nations. Click on CountryReviews near the top left and then select a country from the drop down menu. Once on the homepage for the country, scroll down the left sidebar menu to Economic Overview to access a narrative description of the country's economic conditions as well as a variety of data sets.
STATESMAN'S YEARBOOK ONLINE This link opens in a new window
Up-to-date coverage of government and politics, geography, history, economics, social policy and culture for 192 countries, as well as detailed entries for numerous international organizations working in the areas of social, political and economic development and policy.

WORLD FACTBOOK (CIA) Detailed information on the geography, demographics, government, and economy of countries, territories, and regions of the world. Each entry includes a map of the area under discussion. Provides substantial economic data.
WORLD BANK COUNTRY DATA Provides users with access to World Bank data on countries formatted in tables and charts. Returning to the World Bank home page allows you to look at data by indicator rather than country and to access other data sets and research reports.
IMF COUNTRY INFORMATION Select a country to look at graphs of economic data and link to relevant news and research.
OBSERVATORY OF ECONOMIC COMPLEXITY A tool that allows users to quickly compose a visual narrative about countries and the products they exchange. Since its creation as the product of a Master thesis project in 2010, the development of The Observatory of Economic Complexity has been supported by The MIT Media Lab consortia for undirected research.

MONDO TIMES Mondo Times is the worldwide news media guide, giving you fast access to newspapers, magazines, radio and tv stations, networks and news agencies across the globe.

PROQUEST INTERNATIONAL NEWSSTREAM This link opens in a new window
This database provides the most recent news content from outside of the U.S. and Canada with archives that stretch back decades. The comprehensive collection features newspapers, newswires, transcripts, and digital-only news sites in full-text format. Over 800 of the world's top news sources such as The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications are included in the collection.