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International Experience 2010
This web page has been compiled for the 2010 InternationalExperience. It focuses on the countries that SOM students will travel to in January 2010 with links to various databases, websites, and selected reference books to assist in preparing for the trip and in post-trip reporting. Please Note: This page will change frequently as I get feedback from students and faculty preparing for the trips, please check back. Judy
Quick Links: Destinations 2010
In-depth InternationaI Research: Country Overviews Company/Industry Information Exports/Imports
Australia Brazil Chile China Costa Rica Western Europe Japan Russia/Norway South Africa
Australia Bureau of Statistics Australia's official source of statistics.
BBC Country Profile Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) History,politics,infrastructure, current trends, 2 year forecasts and more.
Jane's Sentinel Country Profile: Australia Be sure to click view all risk pointers subscribers only. Includes information on internal and external threats; strategic natural resources; demographic trends; infrastructure (roads, railways, airports, ports and waterways, telecommunications) and more.
Background Note: Australia U.S. Department of State, discusses people, history, U.S. relations etc.
Portals to the World: Australia Resources selected by Library of Congress subject experts.
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) History,politics,infrastructure, current trends, 2 year forecasts and more.
Jane's Sentinel Country Profile: Brazil Be sure to click view all risk pointers subscribers only. Includes information on internal and external threats; strategic natural resources; demographic trends; infrastructure (roads, railways, airports, ports and waterways, telecommunications) and more.
Background Note: Brazil: U.S. Department of State, discusses people, history, U.S. relations etc.
Portals to the World: Brazil Resources selected by Library of Congress subject experts.
BBC Country Profile: Chile Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) History,politics,infrastructure, current trends, 2 year forecasts and more.
Background Note Chile:U.S. Department of State, discusses people, history, U.S. relations etc.
Jane's Sentinel Country Profile:Chile Be sure to click view all risk pointers subscribers only. Includes information on internal and external threats; strategic natural resources; demographic trends; infrastructure (roads, railways, airports, ports and waterways, telecommunications) and more.
Portals to the World Chile: Resources selected by Library of congress subject experts.
BBC Country Profile: China Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news
BBC China Topic Page Content on China from around the BBC and beyond
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) History,politics,infrastructure, current trends, 2 year forecasts and more.
Background Note China: U.S. Department of State, discusses people, history, U.S. relations etc.
Jane's Sentinel Country Profile: China Be sure to click view all risk pointers subscribers only. Includes information on internal and external threats; strategic natural resources; demographic trends; infrastructure (roads, railways, airports, ports and waterways, telecommunications) and more.
Portals to the World China: Resources selected by Library of congress subject experts.
Asia 2002 Handbook (Far Eastern Economic Review) available in print: Social Science Library, reference stacks DS501 F37
China Data Online Macro-economic statistics (national, provincial, city),country statistics and statistical yearbooks
China: Facts & Figures Available in print: Social Science Library, reference stacks DS5799.13 C48)
China Infobank Statistics, business reports, legal regulations
Doing business in China by Tim Ambler (search Orbis for this electronic resource/online book)
SourceOECD Sample search: search for “China rural finance” in all publications.
BBC Country Profile: Costa Rica Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news
Background Note Costa Rica: U.S. Department of State, discusses people, history, U.S. relations etc.
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) History,politics,infrastructure, current trends, 2 year forecasts and more.
Jane's Sentinel Country Profile:Costa Rica Be sure to click view all risk pointers subscribers only. Includes information on internal and external threats; strategic natural resources; demographic trends; infrastructure (roads, railways, airports, ports and waterways, telecommunications) and more.
Portals to the World Costa Rica: Resources selected by Library of congress subject experts.
International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics (Social Science Library, reference collection GF170 I55) hint: includes articles on eco-tourism (p. 151) and Central American environmental policies (p. 74-75).
OrbisKeyword search ecotourism and Costa Rica.
Political and Economic Dictionary of Latin America (Social Science Library, reference collection F1406 C35 2004)
SourceOECDSearch for OECD investment policy reviews Caribbean rim Costa Rica Dominican Republic and Jamaica in all publications.
South America, Central America and the Caribbean, a Survey of the Political and Economic Life of that Region (Social Science Library, reference collection F1408.29 S68)
BBC Country Profile Japan: Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news
Background Note Japan: U.S. Department of State, discusses people, history, U.S. relations etc.
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) History,politics,infrastructure, current trends, 2 year forecasts and more.
Jane's Sentinel Country Profile:Japan Be sure to click view all risk pointers subscribers only. Includes information on internal and external threats; strategic natural resources; demographic trends; infrastructure (roads, railways, airports, ports and waterways, telecommunications) and more.
Portals to the World Japan: Resources selected by Library of congress subject experts.
Asia 2002 Handbook Far Eastern Economic Review (available in print: Social Science Library, reference stacks DS501 F37)
Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) History,politics,infrastructure, current trends, 2 year forecasts and more. Background Note:RussiaU.S. Department of State, discusses people, history, U.S. relations etc.
Portals to the World Russia: Resources selected by Library of congress subject experts.
Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) History,politics,infrastructure, current trends, 2 year forecasts and more.
Background Note:South Africa. US. Department of State, discusses people, history, U.S. relations etc.
Jane's Sentinal Country Profile:South Africa Be sure to click view all risk pointers subscribers only. Includes information on internal and external threats; strategic natural resources; demographic trends; infrastructure (roads, railways, airports, ports and waterways, telecommunications) and more.
Portals to the World South Africa: Resources selected by Library of congress subject experts.
BBC Country ProfilesProvide overviews, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) History,politics,infrastructure, current trends, 2 year forecasts and more. Background Notes U.S. Department of State, discusses people, history, U.S. relations etc.
Jane's Sentinel Country Profile: Western Europe Be sure to click view all risk pointers subscribers only. Includes information on internal and external threats; strategic natural resources; demographic trends; infrastructure (roads, railways, airports, ports and waterways, telecommunications) and more.
Portals to the World: Resources selected by Library of congress subject experts.
Business Source Complete includes reports from the ICON Group Ltd, most easily searched by the phrase countryname economic competitiveness. For example, japan economic competitiveness retrieves FINANCIAL RETURNS: ASSET STRUCTURE RATIOS for that country. EIU Databases Europa World Includes profiles and statistics, comparative statistics and information on government, society, and media. ISI Emerging Markets Delivers news, company and financial data direct from more than 25 emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. Comtrade Provides commodity trade data for all available countries and areas from 1962. Availability of data depends on in what classification and when comtrade data are reported by countries.
Select EIU Country Data for snapshots of the political and economic prospects of countries, data series for economic indicators (real GDP, consumption, import, export etc.) and commodity prices. Select EIU Country Profiles for basic data, politics, economy, reference tables (statistics) and analyses of infrastructure and major industrial sectors.
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