Business and Government Documents Center

This new database from the PRS Group provides access to one of the world's best commercial sources of country risk ratings and forecasts. Data is available for more than 150 countries, including risk ratings and economic data from International Country Risk Guide, as well as forecasts, economic, political, geographic, and social data from Political Risk Services. CountryData is updated monthly and is the gateway to all current and historical data from The PRS Group.

You can find it in the Economic and Statistical or Country sections of the Virtual Business Library.

ReliefWeb is part of the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs division.

The website aggregates information on humantarian efforts, natural disasters, and emergency situations from various government agencies, and non-governmental organizations. It is frequently updated and users can search by countries, emergencies, funding, policies and issues.

From the website:

ReliefWeb is the world’s leading on-line gateway to information (documents and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. An independent vehicle of information, designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian community in effective delivery of emergency assistance, it provides timely, reliable and relevant information as events unfold, while emphasizing the coverage of "forgotten emergencies" at the same time.