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192 countries are covered in a variety of timely reports and include:
• Country Review is updated once a year or as major events occur. From the sidebar, choose from 6 “Overviews” to select specific information including the examples below: COUNTRY (key data, maps), ECONOMIC (key sector data—tourism statistics), ENVIRONMENTAL, INVESTMENT (foreign investment climate, taxation), POLITICAL (biographies of leaders, history, human rights), SOCIAL (cultural etiquette do’s and taboos for business travelers, status of women, travel guide—checklist & tips).
• CountryWatch Data gives you 10 years of in-depth country statistics, where available. Scroll through the list of individual data items, or checkmark "Use Category Filters” to select from 5 groups of data: CULTURAL (education, life expectancy/disease, population demographics, religion, standard of living). ECONOMIC SECTOR DATA (crops, energy, forestry, manufacturing, meat, metals, services). ENVIRONMENTAL (greenhouse gases). MACROECONOMICS (employment, external debt, fiscal balance, GDP, money & inflation, sector employment, stock market, trade balance). PHYSICAL (country data, land characteristics). Statistical results for all 5 categories are displayed as tables which can be downloaded into an Excel spreadsheet.
• CountryWatch Map Gallery offers thematic and political/physical maps.
• Country Wire is updated daily as news stories become available from wire services across the globe and provides various cultural and political points of view.
• Intelligence Briefings are updated weekly to inform you of significant political events around the world.

CultureGrams Online (No. Miami and Providence Campuses)
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Cultural reports for over 200 countries, all 50 United States, and the Canadian Provinces are updated annually. Create-your-own statistical tables to compare country data, U.S. state data, and the Provinces—select just the categories that interest you.
• World Edition: Over 200 country reports look at customs & courtesies such as gestures & greetings (etiquette do’s & don’ts), economy, food including eating customs and diet/cuisine, general attitudes, geography, government, history, lifestyle (family, dating & marriage), population, religion, and links to a world currency converter. Plus, country statistics for economy, energy, health, life expectancy, literacy, population, transportation, and more.
• States Edition: Explore a state’s economy, geography, government, history time line, and population. State data tables cover education, household size, income, population, and travel time to work.
• Recipe Collection: Five native recipes from each country.
• Famous People: Link to short biographies of famous people in each country around the world. Note: For well-known people in each of the United States, see “States Edition.”

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
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Over 25,000 entries cover a wide variety of subject areas. Country information and brief biographies of both historical and contemporary figures are available. A limited number of photos, diagrams, and charts are also included with selective topics such as math formulae, equations, and chemical compounds. To browse the complete list of 86 images that are available, simply check mark “Images Available” and click “Search. ”

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