The Library has trial access to CountryWatch until 6 June 2008.
“CountryWatch provides the most cost-effective, current and comprehensive source of socio-demographic, cultural, historical, economic, political, environmental and investment information, along with news, analysis, maps, data and statistics on all of the world’s 192 countries and many non-sovereign nations.”
CountryWatch consists of:
Country Reviews – comprehensive online reports, updated as major events occur
Country Wire – country-specific, real-time news feeds to keep current with breaking news in each country
CountryWatch Data – ten years of raw data for over 250 different variables for all 192 countries
Map Gallery – online gallery of maps, integrating CountryWatch Data to provide an illustration of global trends
Access CountryWatch
Username: canterbury
Password: canterbury
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We welcome any comments you may have about CountryWatch. Please use this evaluation form.
The trial includes access to the 5-year Macroeconomic Forecast (a separate product) — find the link on the CountryWatch homepage, under Other Products.
I’ve also added user comments and a couple of review articles to the Camelot Trials page.