Provides access to several useful reports, in particular the Country Commercial Guides (U.S. Commercial Service).
This also links to the BBC Country Profiles in the Introduction section of each country under quick links which contain "Media Profiles" with links to the media outlets within a country.
Mergent Online's "Country Profiles" can be found in the bottom right hand corner of the homepage. These reports are roughly 20 pages with facts and figures about the population, topography, economy, media outlets, and more.
Searching for the name of the country and narrowing the "Source type" results to "Country Reports" will give you reports from companies such as IHS Markit's Country Monitor reports that cover the country's economic conditions.
This database contains is mostly used for articles, but it also contains industry and country reports. The Fitch Solutions and First Research reports (formerly BMI) is an excellent source. Use the searches below in one line in the advanced search, and use additional lines with the AND operator to add keywords or geographic terms.
For Fitch: "Fitch Solutions Country Industry Reports" OR pubid(2044556)
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
To locate the Political Risk Yearbook: Type "Political Risk Yearbook [insert country name]" (without the square brackets) and change drop down box to "SO Publication Name," then "Search."
The Fitch Solutions Country Industry Reports (formerly BMI) in ABI/INFORM are published quarterly and are an excellent source for political and business risk information. To find information from Fitch Solutions on risk in a country:
1. Conduct the following search: risk AND PUBID(2044556)
2. Use the "Location" search limiters on the left hand side of the results page to narrow to a particular country or region
NOTE: Not every country or region will have a report every quarter