New Resource: (Free) The Economist "Country Briefing" Pages

[gary price <gprice@gwu.edu>]

Hello from Washington.

Word this afternoon that The Economist (Economist.Com) has launched a new
"Country Briefings" resource that contains, for the most part, free content.

http://www.economist.com/countries/

Overview:
1) Reports for 60 Countries
2) From a news release, "For each country we have brought together succinct
forecasts, economic and political profiles, core statistics, essential
recent articles and in-depth surveys from The Economist."

A Look at A Country Briefing: Australia
Content Includes:
A) An article from a 6/22/01 EIU Country Forecast (Free)
B) Links to 16 Article From The Economist (9 of them free to read online)
C) Map
D) Currency Converter
E) Current Stock Market Index Numbers
F) Factsheet from the EIU (free)
Selected Content from EIU Reports (All Free)
G) Forecast
H) Political forces
I) Political structure
J) Economic structure
K) Economic data (four years)

Yes, The Economist and EIU are providing this site to help promo fee-based
publications and resources. However, the amount of free and current content
from an otherwise expensive source is wonderful. An excellent web-based
ready reference tool.

cheers,
gary



Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
gprice@gwu.edu
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