Information & Links
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The Asian Development Bank – www.adb.org
ADB offers good background data on its member countries at. Click on the ‘Regions and Countries’ tab at the top of the home page.
Austrade – www.austrade.gov.au/industrycountry
Austrade’s website provides country and industry data as well as links to other sources.
CIA website – https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Provides information on country profiles.
Corporate Information – www.corporateinformation.com
Offers extensive links to sites offering corporate information in over 80 countries.
The Council for Australian Arab Relations – www.dfat.gov.au/caar/
Provides examples of what to expect in meetings in the Arab world. Also check out the business guides on the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA) – www.fita.org/webindex.html
Provides links to information on a wide range of international trade and import/export topics. It also has a trade leads service.
Global Edge – http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourceDesk/
International business portal providing country guides, links to global information resources and a discussion forum.
IBIS World – www.ibisworld.com
Produces reports on a range of industries.
Industry Canada – www.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inimr-ri2.nsf/en/gr-01000e.html
Has an excellent portal which guides you through company and industry information in grid format, most of it supplied by the US government
Market Research – www.marketresearch.com
Covers a huge range of topics and also ‘slices’ its reports. This company draws together reports from a wide range of respected research organizations – but it can be expensive. Spend time searching the site.”
The Research and Markets Company – www.researchandmarkets.com
Sells market research reports covering major products and markets.
The WA Department of Industry and Resources – www.doir.wa.gov.au/exportandtrade/
A good market research checklist.
Statistics research
FAO – http://faostat.fao.org
For food and agricultural statistics the FAO database is first class.
United Nations – http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm
World Bank – www.worldbank.org/data