Database Description
CountryWatch.com provides up-to-date information and news on the countries
of the world.
CountryReviewsTM
CountryReviewsTM for each of 191 countries comprise a 50-100 page report covering
the demographic, historical, political, economic, business and environmental background
and contemporary issues facing each country. Reviews are updated on a biannual schedule
but are updated dynamically on the Website whenever major events occur in a country
(e.g. change in government).
CountryWireTM
CountryWireTM accompanies each of the 191 CountryReviewsTM and provides
country-specific, comprehensive daily news from 12 international news services
with a 12-month archive in a searchable database containing 180,000 stories.
The CountryWireTM allows users to stay up-to-date on breaking news and to follow
developing stories in each of the 191 countries.
CountryWatch Data
CountryWatch Data is an online international database containing more than
230 times series or cross-sectional data series spanning socio-demographic,
macroeconomic, economic sector, environmental and cultural information and
allowing for convenient downloading and inter-country cross-tabulating of
the numeric data representing key aspects of the world's countries.
The database contains FIPS codes to facilitate its use with GIS mapping software.
CountryWatch Business Services
CountryWatch Business Services includes more than 100 edited links to
best-of-the-web sources of data on countries and their economies,
convenient access to Country Commercial Guides providing detailed
information on regulations on investment, trade and project financing,
and access to Country Experts, our international consulting service offering
information search and in country consulting assistance on a per hour or per
engagement basis.
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Niagara University Library
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(No Password Required)
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(Password Required)
If you are a current student or employee of Niagara University, you can search CountryWatch from off campus by obtaining a user id and password from a reference librarian.
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| There is a great deal of additional country information on
the World Wide Web. Visit the Country Information Page for
a list of some of the more useful sites.
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