POLS 43001 — NGOs in International Relations (Rosato)

Includes information on countries, territories and federal states; significant international and national organizations; and biographical profiles of significant people.

Provides concise information on politics, history, economics, trade, infrastructure, etc. for every country in the world.

Economic, political, historical, and geographic profiles of 250+ countries and global regions. Contact information for international organizations. Features statistical data and directories. Usage info: Licensed for one simultaneous user.

Includes full text access to 1) Business Operations Report (Concise fortnightly business briefing), 2) Country Commerce (Guide to business environment, regulatory framework, trading risks, key economic indicators, including level of foreign direct investment), 3) Country Finance (In-depth analysis of national financial conditions and instruments, comprehensive guide on how to maximize return on overseas investments, case studies of foreign and domestic companies), 4) Country Monitor (Weekly briefings which highlight key developments from around the world affecting global business). Also: Business Africa, Business Asia, Business Eastern Europe, Business Europe, Business Latin America.

"Political Risk Services (PRS) publishes 100 Country Reports that monitor the risks to international business of the next five years, using Coplin-O'Leary methodology."

To retrieve a "country report," from the home page on the top line of the screen, select "My Account."
Under "My Products," select "Political Risk Yearbook."
Select "Country" from drop down menu.
Select "Download PDF" option.
Select "Select."

Contains multiple years' worth of information on each of the more than 300,000 nonprofit organizations that file a Form 990 or 990-EZ, and on 70,000 private foundations with a certain asset size or substantial grant activity. Includes millions of images of these IRS forms.

The IFS searchable database contains approximately 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries starting in 1948. Includes data on exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and national accounts. Information is presented in country tables and in tables of area and world aggregates. Part of IMF eLibrary - Data. Access info: In "Data source" dropdown menu, select "International Financial Statistics"

Online library for books, papers and reports published by OECD and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. Formerly known as SourceOECD.

Survey data covering Latin American citizen views on political tolerance, citizen participation, local government, corruption, and views on authoritarianism. Includes AmericasBarometer surveys.

More than 12,000 national, state, local and special surveys, conducted by 700 polling organizations in the United States and 70 other countries from 1986 through the present. Usage info: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users.

"... WRD contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. It provides source material, including censuses and surveys, as well as best estimates for every religion to offer a definitive picture of international religious demography. It offers best estimates at multiple dates for each of the world's religions for the period 1900 to 2050... "--Provided by publisher.

WCD includes detailed information on 9,000 Christian denominations and on religions in every country of the world. Extensive data are available on 239 countries and 13,000 ethnolinguistic peoples, as well as on 5,000 cities and 3,000 provinces. Resource based on the 2001 revisions of print versions of World Christian encyclopedia and the World Christian trends.

Data from the decennial Census and the American Community Survey about U.S. population, business, housing, economics, and more.

Provides access to statistical data produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations. There are up to 2 billion charts, maps, views, rankings, time series and tables available for use in the Data-Planet repository. Data-Planet Statistical Datasets offers powerful capabilities to compare & contrast multiple data series, perform statistical calculations on the data, and customize output views.

The world's largest archive of datasets in the social and behavioral sciences. Access info: To download data, users must create a personal account using their Notre Dame email address.

More than 12,000 national, state, local and special surveys, conducted by 700 polling organizations in the United States and 70 other countries from 1986 through the present. Usage info: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users.