Warner Granade
Humanties & Social Sciences in Alderman and Clemons Libraries
434-924-7324
granade@virginia.edu
University of Virginia Library
PO Box 400113
Charlottesville VA 22904-4113
434.924.3021
fax: 434.924.1431
Good background with historical, cultural and political information. However, most recent is 1998.
Basic Factsheet profiles for quick snapshot.
In Spite of the name, this is an international source that contains data, history, politics and a directory of agencies, business and media.
With the title "Doing Business in...", each country guide gives investment climate, political and economic environment and guidelines for doing business with that country.
Find Data on countries.
An interesting way to search features of a country, ie. find waterfalls in Brazil.
A fulltext database of articles, book chapters, and reports on international topics. For example, a search on black empowerment in South Africa retrieves a 40 p. report.
Links to more sources selected by the GeoStat Center