Chinese Taipei
(Taiwan) 
Country Descriptions
& Profiles
Background Notes on Countries of the World: Taiwan in Business Source Premier [About] 
Published by the U.S. government and includes facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, foreign relations and travel/business information.
Ernst
and Young: Taiwan
http://www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/Taiwan_E/Home_E
Taiwan
Country Profile in Business Source Premier
[About]
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: Taiwan
http://www.buyusa.gov/taiwan/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.
Corporate
Information: Taiwan
http://www.corporateinformation.com/ctryind.asp?ctry_cod=760
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: Taiwan
http://www.economist.com/countries/Taiwan/
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: Taiwan [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.
FITA:
Taiwan Country Profile
http://fita.org/countries/taiwan.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: Taiwan
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/countryintro.asp?CountryID=174
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: Taiwan
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Taiwan
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.
Internationalist.com:
Taiwan
http://www.internationalist.com/business/Taiwan.php
MSI
Legal and Accounting Network: Taiwan
http://www.msi-network.com/content/doing_business_in_taiwan_page1a.asp
Political Risk Yearbook: Taiwan Country Forecast in Business Source Premier [About]
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.
Taiwan
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.
Taiwan 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.
Statistics
& Government Resources
American Institute
in Taiwan
http://www.ait.org.tw/en/
Central
Bank of China: Republic of China
http://www.cbc.gov.tw/EngHome/default.asp
The official Web site of the Central Bank of Taiwan
includes information on currency rates, monetary
policy, statistics and much more.
Energy
Information Administration: Taiwan
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/taiwan.html
Republic
of China: National Statistics
http://eng.stat.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=5
Selected
Internet Resources: Taiwan-Portals to the world
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/taiwan/taiwan.html
"Links to electronic resources selected by Library of
Congress subject experts."
Taipei Economic and
Cultural Representative Office in Washington D.C.
http://www.tecro.org/
Information about business and investment. Also contains
information about flora and fauna, education, travel
and tourism, visas, immigration, history, geography,
people and culture.
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