Database Digest: World Development Indicators

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Library of Congress: Country Studies
Describes and analyzes the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

CIA World Factbook
Country snapshots provide facts and figures on geography, people, government, economy, transportation, the military and transnational issues. This information is also available as a print publication and can be found in Gelman Library's Reference section at call number Ready Reference G122 .U56 2007.

World Development Indicators
This World Bank database supplies country-level comparisons of economic development data. Uses can create custom reports that compare countries by specific development statistics.

Image citation: World Bank (2003). Being near prosperous places is important, but not enough. Foreign market potential, 2003. [Online image]. Retrieved June 1, 2009 from http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2009/Resources/Map-6.6.gif.