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Background Notes on Countries of the World: Georgia in Business Source Premier [ About ] BU logo
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]BU logo
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]BU logo (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]BU logo
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]bu logo
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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