Georgia
Country Descriptions
& Profiles
Background
Notes on Countries of the World: Georgia in Business
Source Premier [ About
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Published by the U.S. government and includes facts
about the land, people, history, government, political
conditions, economy, foreign relations and travel/business
information.
Georgia
Country Review in Business Source Premier [About]
Published annually by CountryWatch, these in-depth reports
provide demographic, political, economic, business,
cultural and environmental data. Includes key sector
production, consumption and net exports, maps, country
flag, Freedom Rankings for political rights and civil
liberties, Human Development Index measuring quality
of life and investment climate basic infrastructure
information.
Ernst
and Young: Georgia
http://www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/Georgia_E/Home
Finance, Trade
& Commerce
EIU: Economist Intelligence Unit: Georgia [About] (works only with Firefox)
Indepth reports such as Country Finance, Country Commerce, Country Forecast, Country Monitor, etc which include economic indicators, political and business environment analysis, country risk assessment and financial and operating conditions for companies doing business globally. Type of reports vary country by country.
Doing Business. Benchmarking Business Regulations.
http://www.doingbusiness.org/
Produced by the World Bank, this database provides information on business regulations and their enforcement in many countries. Countries are ranked according to ease of doing business. The Doing Business Indicators are comparable across 175 economies. These indicators include starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, enforcing contracts, and others.
Georgia
Country Monitor (Global Insight) in Business Source Premier [About]
Presents Analyses, Statistics, and Forecasts on the
Economy. Includes information on Gross Domestic Product
(GDP), Real GDP, Consumer Prices, Foreign Trade, Official
Exchange Rate, etc. Also provides Import and Export
Statistics as well as the names of important government
officials.
Georgia Economic Competitiveness in Business Source Premier [About]
From the Icon Group, using vertical analysis or common-sized statements, provides estimates of the financial performance and labor productivity of countries compared to global benchmarks. Financial analysis includes asset, liability and income structure, ratios, profitability ratios and key percentile rankings. Labor productivity analysis includes asset-labor, liability-labor, and income-labor ratios.
Global
Edge: Georgia
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/countryintro.asp?CountryID=18
Created by the Center for International Business
Education and Research at Michigan State University
( MSU-CIBER ), globalEDGE
contains country specific news, statistics, history,
economics, and government data.
Index
of Economic Freedom: Georgia
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Georgia
A Web resource evaluating the following areas: trade
policy, fiscal burden of government, government intervention
in the economy, monetary policy, capital flows and foreign
investment, banking and finance, wages and prices, property
rights, regulation, and black market.
World
Bank
www.worldbank.org
Provides report and statistics on challenges developing
countries face, education, debt, demographics, telecommunications
infrastructure, health issues, etc.
Statistics
& Government Resources
Department of Statistics:
Georgia
http://www.statistics.ge/
Embassy of Georgia
in Washington D.C.
http://www.georgiaemb.org/
Information about business and investment. Also contains
information about flora and fauna, education, travel
and tourism, visas, immigration, history, geography,
people and culture.
National
Bank of Georgia
http://www.nbg.gov.ge/?lng=eng
The official website of the National Bank of Georgia
includes information on currency rates, monetary
policy, statistics and much more.
Selected
Internet Resources:Georgia -Portals to the world
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/georgia/georgia.html
"Links to electronic resources selected by Library of
Congress subject experts."
U.S. Embassy
to Georgia
http://georgia.usembassy.gov/
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