Library Guides: MKT 440: External Environment Research

Economic, Political, and Legal Conditions

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
The world’s largest online resource of documents and articles devoted to research, analysis, and scholarship on international politics and related fields.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the world’s largest online resource of full-text documents and articles devoted to research, analysis, and scholarship on international politics and related fields, including security studies, global finance, diplomatic practice, humanitarian law, global governance, development studies, and environmental studies. The material in CIAO encompasses working papers, reports, policy briefs, and current analysis and commentary, as well as scholarly journal articles, e-books, and videos. Contribution to this cross-searchable library comes from government research organizations, independent think tanks, university analysis centers, and scholarly journals.
Public Affairs Index
Covers all aspects of national and global public policy issues, including public health, the environment, housing, civil rights and international commerce.
This bibliographic database covers all aspects of national and global public policy issues, including public health, the environment, housing, civil rights and international commerce. It includes thousands of indexed journals, conference papers, trade publications, and government documents. Subjects covered include banking & public finance, criminal justice, economic policy & taxation, education & education policy, emigration & immigration, energy & energy policy, ethics, government, humanitarian issues, industry & labor, law & legislation, natural disasters & poverty, politics & elections, social policy, and transportation.

Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international research and advocacy organization that investigates and reports on human rights issues.
Pew Research Center: International Affairs
Articles reporting on research on many areas of international affairs, including current events, global economy and trade, and related topics
Political Risk Yearbook
Annual publications providing political, economic, and financial risk ratings and analysis for 100 countries important to international business.
Transparency International
A global coalition focused on corruption; offers the Corruption Perception Index and Global Corruption Barometer reports.
US Department of State: Countries and Areas
Fact sheets, travel information, and details of US relations with different countries and regions of the world.
World Economic Forum Centre for Regions, Trade and Geopolitics
Research and reports on political and economic environments impacting trade. Includes annual publication of The Global Cooperation Barometer.
WTO Trade Concerns Database
The Trade Concerns Database allows users to view profiles of WTO member countries where trade concerns raised in WTO committee meetings are documented.

Economic Data and Statistics

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
Trusted source for economic data. Download, graph, and track 817,000 US and international time series from 108 sources.
IMF Data Portal
International financial and economic data from the International Monetary Fund. Data topics include consumer price indices, trade statistics, and coverage of external, financial, and fiscal sectors.
US Census Bureau International Programs Center
The International Programs Center advances data-driven decision making through tools, capacity strengthening, and data products for the global statistical community.
World Bank Open Data
Free and open collection of global development data, including economic, social, and environmental indicators for countries around the world.