Guides: ECB 305: Economic Development: Country Information

In the Stacks

NOBLE Catalog Search
Search the Jenks Library catalog for books, eBooks, audiobooks, scores, etc.

LC Classification Guide
All books on the history of countries in the list you have been provided are located on stack level 2. In general, history on the following regions are located at call numbers:

DS - Asia
DT - Africa
F - Latin America

Stack 2

India - DS 401-486.6
Taiwan - DS 798.92-799.9
Ghana - DT 509.97-512.9
Cote d'Ivoire - DT 545-545.9
Botswana - DT 2421-2525
Mexico - F 1201-1392
Costa Rica - F 1541-1557 / Guatemala - F 1461-1477 / Honduras - F 1501-1517

Data Sites

Central America Data
Gathers and manages information relevant to business decision making in Central America, to deliver it with a regional vision to decision makers.
Africa Information Highway
The AfDB Statistical Data Portal has been developed in response to the increasing demand for statistical data and indicators relating to African Countries. The Portal provides multiple customized tools to gather indicators, analyze them, and export them into multiple formats.
Data.Gov.In
Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India - data.gov.in - is a platform for supporting Open Data initiative of Government of India. The portal is intended to be used by Government of India Ministries/ Departments their organizations to publish datasets, documents, services, tools and applications collected by them for public use.

Reference Resources

Gale in Context: Global Issues This link opens in a new window
Current, international news and viewpoints on global issues and current events. Use this resource for background information and analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, science-related, and cultural issues.
Formerly called Global Issues in Context
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Find quick facts and background information in over 600 reference sources. Then continue searching in the NOBLE catalog and other electronic resources right from the Credo search screen.

Importing/Exporting Informatiom

Trade.gov
The International Trade Administration (ITA) strengthens the competitiveness of U.S. industry, promotes trade and investment, and ensures fair trade through the rigorous enforcement of our trade laws and agreements.

Websites

CIA World Factbook
he World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Foreign Assistance.gov
Foreign assistance is aid given by the United States to other countries to support global peace, security, and development efforts, and provide humanitarian relief during times of crisis. It is a strategic, economic, and moral imperative for the United States and vital to U.S. national security.
The World Bank
World Bank Open Data provides free and open access to global development data.
IMF Data
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 189 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
Index of Economic Freedom
Annual guide published by The Heritage Foundation that tracks over two decades of the advancement in economic freedom, prosperity, and opportunity.

STATISTICS
Library databases providing statistics data.

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics portal integrating statistics and other quantitative data on over 80,000 topics including media, business, finance, politics, and more.