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Business: Country Reports

Why Country Reports?

Insights Into Performance & Society

Country reports (also referred to as overviews or profiles) are designed to provide the reader with factual information on a range of factors related to the performance of a country. Profiles can vary in how much & what type of information they provide.

Some are brief while others provide an in-depth survey of specific topics & statistics. This may include a Political, Economical, Social, Technological, Legal & Environmental (PESTLE) analysis. Country profiles are an excellent starting point for research.

Country Reports On The Web

CIA World Factbook contains information on the history, citizens, government, economy, geography, communications, transport, military & transnational issues for 267 world entities.

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Country Reports At DCU Library

DCU library provides access to country reports via several databases

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) contains reports on Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain & Japan.

Country Profiles provide an in-depth analysis of the world’s top 110 economies. Analysis is presented in terms of the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PEST/PESTLE) structure of the subject country.

City Profiles include a comprehensive overview of the subject city, political, economic, social, technological (PEST) analysis, along with analysis of key industries including technology, tourism and hospitality, construction and retail.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) contains Economic Surveys & Economic Outlooks*

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Finding Country Reports - Economist Intelligence Unit

Finding Country and City Reports - MarketLine

Finding Country Reports - OECD