I-II. First and second screenings (basic need potential, economic and
financial forces).
A. WTO, www.wto.org.
B. IMF, www.imf.org.
1. Direction of Trade Statistics.
2. International Financial Statistics.
3. World Economic Outlook.
C. OECD, http://www.oecd.org.
D. UN.
1. International Trade Statistics Yearbook.
2. Statistical Yearbook, Demographic Yearbook.
3. World Investment Report, http://www.unctad.org/.
4. UNCTAD Trade and Development Report,
http://www.unctad.org/.
5. Social Indicators,
www/unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/.
E. EU.
1. Eurostat, www.europa.eu.int.
F. World Bank, www.worldbank.org.
1. World Development Indicators (also on CD).
2. Atlas.
3. World Development
Report, http://econ.worldbank.org/wdr/wdr2003/.
G. Development banks.
1. African Development Bank, www.afdb.org.
2. Asian Development Bank, www.adb.org.
(a) Other information on Asia is available at the APEC
site, http://www.apecsec.org.sg/, and Pacific Basin Economic Council,
www.pbec.org.
3. Inter-American Development Bank,
http://www.iadb.org/.
H. CIA Country Factbook,
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/.
I. Heritage Foundation Index of Economic
Freedom, http://index.heritage.org.
J. Small Business Administration, Office of
International Trade, www.sba.gov/oit/.
K. U.S. Department of Commerce.
1. International Trade Administration,
www.ita.doc.gov.
2. Export Today, www.exporttoday.com.
3. National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), CD-ROM
or www.stat-usa.gov.
L. Monitor, London, England.
1. Europe Marketing Data & Statistics (annual).
2. International Marketing
Data & Statistics (annual), http://www.euromonitor.com/reference.asp.
M. Commercial officers of foreign embassies in Washington, DC.
N. Trade associations.
O. Banks with international departments.
P. Chambers of commerce, such as the German-American Chamber of Commerce
in New York City and the Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico City.
Q. The Economist Intelligence Unit, www.eiu.com.
R. Many state governments have trade offices with market specialists and
good libraries.
S. American embassies produce Country Commercial Guides.
T. Your company's suppliers and customers have data they might share.
III. Political and legal forces.
A. Business Environment Risk Index, www.beri.com.
B. Political Risk Group: Political Risk Country
Reports, www.prsgroup.com.
C. European Union: http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm.
D. International Chamber of Commerce, various publications.
E. Association newsletters.
F. Major city newspapers.
1. The Financial Times, www.ft.com.
G. Business magazines.
1. BusinessWeek, www.businessweek.com.
2. The Economist, www.economist.com.
3. Far Eastern Economic Review, www.feer.com.
4. Forbes, www.forbes.com.
H. International legal publications, www.oceanalaw.com.
I. International economic law
Web sources, www.internationaleconomic-law.org/.
J. Corruption perception and bribery
indexes, http://www.transparency.org/.
IV. Cultural forces.
V. Competitive forces.