Links for Final Project

General Sites to Use
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COUNTRY STUDIES:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html

CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

For Section II (Economy) Item #2

Infrastructure
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_inf-economy-infrastructure

(the higher the number, the better the infrastructure)

Corruption
http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2008/cpi2008/cpi_2008_table

(the higher the number, the less corrupt)

Political Instability
http://viewswire.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=social_unrest_table&page=noads&rf=0

(look at the index score. The higher the number, the higher the political instability)

Murders per Capita
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita

Websites for International Business Activity

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_eco_fre-economy-economic-freedom
(the higher the number, the greater the degree of economic freedom)

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_inf-economy-infrastructure
(the higher the number, the better the infrastructure)

http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2008/cpi2008/cpi_2008_table
(the higher the number, the less corrupt)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_around_the_world
(the higher the number, the higher the taxes)

http://viewswire.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=social_unrest_table&page=noads&rf=0
(look at the index score. The higher the number, the higher the political instability)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Index
(the higher the number, the more well educated the adult population is)

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/lab_reg_emp_con-labor-regulation-employment-conditions
(the higher the number, the more the regulations on the conditions of your employees)

Unit IV Vocabulary

GDP
GDP Per Capita
GNP
IMF
GATT
NAFTA
Eurozone
BRIC
Import
Export
Tariff
Labor market
Capital market
G-7
Multinational
Globalization
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development

Due Monday Odd
Due Tuesday Even