Article database that includes trade publications, academic journals, industry profiles, country information and company profiles, which include SWOT analyses. Full text is often available. Use the FindIt links to locate full text of articles that are not included in the database.
Access to the Economist Intelligence Unit Risk Briefing.
Enter rst=rskw AND your keywords to search this source.
Limit your search to article headlines for best results. Access for our academic account ends in 2018.
Provides access to global news and business information, including local newspapers, same-day newswires, company reports, and media programs. Content is available in many different languages, including Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Russian. Stock data and indices are available for 5 years.
Contains the current constitution for every country, constitutional histories, texts on constitutional law, links to scholarly articles about constitutional development, and a bibliography of selected constitutional books. Browsable by country or resource.
Annual compilation on politics and government, including structure, parties and recent elections.
Political Handbook of the World provides thorough and accurate information on the major aspects of each country's government and political party system.
The PARLINE database contains information on the structure and working methods of 261 parliamentary chambers in all of the 186 countries where a national legislature exists. Includes information on recent elections.
National level data for parliamentary elections for 186 countries, dating back as far as 1967. Maintained by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which was established in 1889 as the international "focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue."
Business Environment
These sites have guides to doing business in various countries for foreign companies. These usually have good summaries of the tax and regulatory environment.
These are issued for selected countries but don't have a central home. The best way to find them is a web search for "Doing Business in (your country)"