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Enterprise Surveys
Enterprise Surveys, an International Finance Corporation (IFC)/World Bank database, offers an expansive array of economic data on 130,000 firms in 135 countries. The surveys cover a broad range of business environment topics including access to finance, corruption, infrastructure, crime, competition, and performance measures.
ICSID Bibliography on Investment Law and Procedure
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes' (ICSID) searchable bibliography listing articles, books, research, and working papers on ICSID, investment law and treaties, and international investment dispute resolution.
ICSID Cases
Database of cases held before the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
IMF - eLibrary
IMF publications which provide in-depth, independent analysis on the financial crisis, development, macroeconomics, poverty reduction, trade, globalization, and more.
IMF - eLibrary - Data
This database gives access to international financial data and statistics collected by the IMF, the International Financial Statistics (IFS) and the AFR Regional Economic Outlook.

IMF Economic Review - Palgrave Macmillan
Dedicated to publishing peer-reviewed, high-quality, academic research on open economy macroeconomics. It aspires to publish the leading academic research and authors in the field. Given the IMF's unique position, this journal will be required reading for everyone interested in questions related to global economic policies, open economy macroeconomics, and international finance and trade.

Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS)
The International Maritime Organization's collection of data and databases regarding various aspects of shipping information, including security, port reception, simulators, greenhouse gas emissions, pollution prevention, marine casualties and incidents, contact points, and local regulations. Registration required.
ITC - Market Analysis Tools
Market Analysis Tools consists of a set of web portals intended to enhance the transparency in global trade and market access and to help users in their market analyses. Tools: Trade Map; Market Access Map; Investment Map; Trade Competitiveness Map; and Standards Map.

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ITC - Online Library
Library catalogue for the International Trade Centre (ITC).
Principal Global Indicators - Economic & Financial Statistics
The PGI is hosted by the Inter-Agency Group on Economic and Financial Statistics and presents data for the Group of 20 (G-20) to facilitate the monitoring of economic and financial developments for these systemically important economies.
WTO Glossary
The World Tourism Organization's (UNWTO) glossary of tourism terms with links to online references and other useful information.
UNCITRAL CLOUT Cases Database
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) database CLOUT (Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts) offers a fast method of searching the abstracts collected in the CLOUT system.
UNCITRAL Library Catalogue
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Library jointly maintains an online catalogue with the other United Nations libraries in Vienna.
UNCTAD Publications
UNCTAD Publications offers access to the flagship reports, series, policy briefs, and meeting documentation of the UN Conference on Trade and Development.
UNCTAD Statistics
Collection of statistical databases offered by UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), including commodity price statistics, foreign direct investment, information and communication technology statistics, and trade control measures.
UNIDO - Statistical Country Briefs
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) maintains this statistical database for major indicators of industrial performance. The briefs are organized by country to meet the needs of a wide range of data users.
UNWTO e-Library
Information source offering access to research and information in the area of tourism. The UNWTO Elibrary contains books, journals and statistical reports by country and by indicator.
UPU Postal Statistics
The Universal Postal Union's (UPU) statistical database provides a dynamic overview of postal development in each member country. It includes approximately 100 indicators of postal development, grouped in 12 chapters.
WIPO IP Portal
WIPO IP Portal includes WIPO’s global collections of searchable IP data with resources for patents, brands, domain name, designs, statistics, classifications, and standards. Includes WIPO-Lex, a collection of laws, treaties and judgements from WIPO member states.
WIPO Knowledge Center
Catalogue of the library of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The library's collection covers all aspects of intellectual property with its holdings of some 35,000 monographs and over 300 periodicals.
WIPO Meetings and Documents
Database for searching meetings and documents of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
World Bank Databank
DataBank is an analysis and visualization tool developed by the World Bank. It contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. Links to other World Bank databases.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
The World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products.
World Bank GEM
The Global Economic Monitor (GEM) is a World Bank online subscription service, updated daily, providing analysis of current economic trends, economic and financial data indicators, and an extensive database.
WTO Docs Online
The WTO Documents Online database provides access to the official documentation of the World Trade Organization, including legal texts of the WTO agreements.
WTO Library Catalogue
Catalogue of the World Trade Organization Library.
WTO Statistics Database
The WTO statistics database allows for retrieval of statistical information through four presentations: Trade Profiles, Tariff Profiles, Services Profiles and the Time Series section.
WTOTERM
Terminology database of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for translators where one can find the terminology of the organization in its three official languages (English, French, Spanish).