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Background Notes on Countries of the World: Hong Kong in Business Source Complete [ 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.

Hong Kong Country Profile in Business Source Complete [About]BU logo
Provides quick access to country data points, trends and analysis including country's political and governmental make-up, economic performance, gross domestic product, the potential for economic development, and detailed market and industry analysis of the country's business environment.

Finance, Trade & Commerce

BuyUSA.gov U.S. Commercial Services: Hong Kong
http://www.buyusa.gov/hongkong/en/
From the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. U.S. Commercial Service (USCS) Provides information to U.S. businesses exporting goods and services, including trade agreements, market research, trade event lists, industry specific information.

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.

Economist.com Country Briefings: Hong Kong
http://www.economist.com/countries/HongKong/
A Web resource highlighting recent articles and a country profile. Includes forecast, factsheet, economic data, political structure and forces, economic structure and more.

EIU: Economist Intelligence Unit: Hong Kong  [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.

FITA: Hong Kong Country Profile
http://fita.org/countries/hk.html
FITA, The Federation of International Trade Associations, website includes general information as well as information on market access, economic indicators, taxes, labor market, agriculture, media, and more.

Global Edge: Hong Kong
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/countryintro.asp?CountryID=19
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.

Hong Kong Country Monitor (Global Insight) in Business Source Complete [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.

Hong Kong Economic Competitiveness in Business Source Complete [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.

Hong Kong Under Chinese Rule: The Economic and Political Implications of Reversiontinybook
Mugar HC 470.3 H675 1997

Index of Economic Freedom: Hong Kong
http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/HongKong
A Web resource evaluating the following areas: Hong Kong's 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.

Political Risk Yearbook: Hong Kong Country Forecast in Business Source Complete [About]bu logo
From PRS Group, published annually and includes the Political Risk Service rating system which assesses different political scenarios within a country, 18-month and five year forecasts based on a variety of political scenarios, the country's political framework, key political player as well as economic conditions, investment, taxation and environmental trends, foreign relations, defense forces and the country's history and geography.

Statistics & Government Resources

Census and Statistics Department
http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/home/index.jsp
The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) is the provider of official statistics in Hong Kong .

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