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Published by the American Economic Association; provides full-text for nearly 600 publications including titles from the American Economic Association (all with no embargo), such as: American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, and Journal of Economic Perspectives; citations and abstracts to economic research dating back to 1969, covering all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, and urban economics.

The World Bank
Select the Data tab from the top menu to browse data By Country and Indicators. Other menu options found on The World Bank home page include Research and Countries.
World Bank - Open Knowledge Repository
“The World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products.” Materials range from short briefs on specific topics to full-text e-books.
WDI World Development Indicators (The World Bank Group)
World Bank Group's World Development Indicators.
The Doing Business Project (World Bank)
"Provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 189 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level."
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Select Countries from the top menu to access IMF reports and publications arranged by country.
World Economic Forum
Select "Reports" or "Projects" to access research and analysis produced by the organization.
European Centre for International Political Economy
"An independent and non-profit policy research think tank dedicated to trade policy and other international economic policy issues of importance to Europe."
Penn World Table (PWT)
"PWT is a database with information on relative levels of income, output, inputs and productivity, with country and period coverage depending on the release." Focus on the relationship between purchasing power parity and measurement of these variables. Currently maintained at the University of Groningen, Netherlands.

ILOSTAT (International Labor Organization database)
A statistical database providing “multiple datasets with annual and infra-annual labor market statistics for over 100 indicators and 230 countries, areas and territories.”

Note: Certain resources are listed on multiple guides.

World Trade Organization (WTO)
- To “see key information on trade statistics, WTO commitments, disputes, trade policy reviews, and notifications” by country, select from the WTO Membership menu option.
- Explore the Trade Topics and Documents and Resources menu options.
- See also the List of WTO Online Systems
Export.gov
Explore Opportunities and Solutions in the main menu. Select International Offices under the Locations tab to find trade information by country. International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
International Trade Centre
Select a country from the Countries/Territories drop down menu for trade statistics. Joint agency of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations.
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
U.S. International Trade Commission
International Markets & Trade, U.S. Department of Agriculture