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Latin America: Business

Prepared by Terese Terry Lippincott Library

TOP RESOURCES	FINANCE / TRADE	STATISTICS
NEWS / MARKET RESEARCH	DICTIONARIES	LOCATION CODES

See also Lippincott Resource Guides: International Statistics     EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) Publications Locator

See also Central Bank publications in BANKS & BANKING. Lippincott Selected Business Websites

TOP RESOURCES

BANCO CENTRO DO BRASIL    Economic Indicators, Monthly Statistical Bulletin, 1996 - current, Working Papers.      bcb.gov.br/

BUSINESS MONITOR INTERNATIONAL      Industry analyses, Brief country profiles, Country risk, Foreign investment + more.

BUSINESS SOURCE PREMIER.
Type: [country name] in Geographic terms field.          On the next screen, select from: Country Reports, Industry Profiles or Market Research Reports

COMPUSTAT GLOBAL & EMERGING MARKETS DATABASE.      (S&P)     Financial & Market data.    WRDS

EIU COUNTRY COMMERCE.   Semi-annual, from 1996. Commercial indicators, regulatory information + more. Corporate foreign investment.            Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala-Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela.

EIU COUNTRY PROFILES. 180 countries 1986-1999. (ST)     [Continued in Business Source Premier
To locate the call number, search by Title in: Franklin, the online catalog, e.g.: country profile argentina

ECONOMIC COMMISSION for LATIN AMERICA / CARRIBBEAN. (CEPAL)   Statistical Yearbook;    Research / Analysis.   FDI.      eclac.cl/
        ECONOMIC SURVEY.    Print: Annual, from 1948-current. w / CD.    HC 161 U525 (RS)
        LATIN AMERICA / CARRIBEAN IN THE WORLD ECONOMY     w/ CD      Annual, 1999-current. HF 1480.5 L38(RS)
        STATISTICAL YEARBOOK for LATIN AMERICA / CARIBBEAN.Print.     1985-current. HA 755 A68 (Van Pelt RS)
        Statistical Bulletin-Latin America. UN. 1964-72. (ST) (discontinued)   HA751 .U5 (3rd Flr)

FACTIVA.      Business Latin America(EIU) Weekly, 2002-current.     Gazeta Mercantil. Daily, 1998 - current.     Business News Americas Daily, 2000-current.
10,000 + publications, including Wall St.J,   Financial Times,   Economist.

ISI EMERGING MARKETS.    News,Companies, Financial markets, Economic and Investment analyses. Market research
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Central America.

INSTITUTO BRAZILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E STATISTICA .      Brazils official population, industry and economy statistics      ibge.gov.br/

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.      iadb.org

ORBIS.     Company financials, news, mergers + Industry & Company market research for more than 2 million Latin American firms.   [Use IE Explorer]

SOURCEOECD.     Latin American Economic Outlook 2008.       192 pages.       Economic Surveys: Brazil, Chile, Mexico.
Print: Brazil, HC 186 O33;     Chile,   HC 191 O74    Mexico,    HC 131 O73 (RS)

FINANCE / TRADE

BOVESPA: SAO PAULO STOCK EXCHANGE      The only stock trade center in Brazil and Latin America's largest stock exchange, accounting for nearly 70% of the region's trade volume.      Listed Companies' financials.     bovespa.com.br/

BRAZIL: Rankings of Top 20 multinational enterprises      (excludes financial services)     2007.    Columbia Program on International Investment.      15 pages.

BRAZIL TRADE NET.    Brazil Ministry of External Relations. | Use IE browser | braziltradenet.gov.br/

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION. ( World Bank) .     DOING BUSINESS REPORTS IN: Brazil;     Mexico;      Latin America & Caribbean;      Organization of Eastern Caribbean States;     doingbusiness.org/downloads/

BUSINESS DIRECTORY - MEXICO. | directorio-de-empresas.com.mx

LAVCA. Latin American Venture Capital Assoc.    Research papers on VC in Latin American countries.
Links to regional & international VC information.      lavca.org/

MERGENT INTERNATIONAL MANUAL.    (Formerly Moody's)    Annual, from 1981 - 2005.      Government debt history.      Major companies' financial reports.     HG 4527 M6(PC)    Continued by MERGENT WEB

MERGENT WEB.        Image version of Mergent (formerly Moody's )International Manual. 1981 - current
MERGENT ONLINE NEWS/INDEX UPDATES / DIVIDEND RECORD & NEW LISTINGS       Select Documents & Downloads from top tool bar.
Includes Complete Corporate Indices, 2004 - current (Bottom of News Reports page).       mergent.com/downloads-newsReports.html/

NEWS / MARKET RESEARCH

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY.     Limit results to GEO REGION - Latin America.

Economia .     Journal -Latin American / Caribbean Economic Ass'n (LACEA).
Semiannual, from 2003.   Print: HC 151 A1 E266 (PER)

EUROMONITOR'S GLOBAL MARKET INFORMATION. Demographics, consumption, media audience etc.

Latin Trade      Includes annual company / bank rankings, economic forecast.      Covers 8 countries.
Print: HF 3230.5 A35 (PER)

LatinFinance Monthly.        HG 185.L3 L36 (PER; Also on LexisNexis)

Market Latin America       Monthly, 2003 - current.       Regional consumer market trends, covering macroeconomic, demographic, & sociopolitical factors.      (In Business & Industry database from 1994.)

US GOV'T EXPORT PORTAL.        Select Market Research      Market Research Library    export.gov/

PROMT. Market, industry, company and product news.

ZONALATINA. Media and market research reports. Media directories.      zonalatina.com/

STATISTICS

(See also TOP RESOURCES)

GLOBAL INSIGHT.     Time Series. Select DataInsight-Web

CENTRAL AMERICA - OFFICIAL ENERGY STATISTICS. IEA.

INTERNATIONAL DATABASE. U.S. CENSUS. IDB SUMMARY DEMOGRAPHIC DATA. From 1950, with projections to 2050.      census.gov:80/ipc/www/idbsum.html

MEXICO CONSENSUS ECONOMIC FORECAST. Quarterly, from 1995.      wpcarey.asu.edu/seid/eoc/mexico/

UN COMTRADE.           Trade Statistics.

UN INVESTMENT PROMOTION NETWORK.           Foreign direct finance, privatization, economic data.    fdi.net

DICTIONARIES

BUSINESS GLOSSARY: ENGLISH-PORTUGUESE/PORTUGUESE-ENGLISH.          HF 1002 B897 1998 (RS)

ELSEVIER'S DICTIONARY OF FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC TERMS: SPANISH-ENGLISH AND ENGLISH-SPANISH.           HG 151 U75 1996 (RS)

ONLINE FOREIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES.
1. DICTIONARY LINK      dictionarylink.com/
2. WORD2WORD      word2word.com/
3.      TRAVLANG      travlang.com/

WILEYS ENGLISH-SPANISH, SPANISH-ENGLISH BUSINESS DICTIONARY.           1996 HB 61 K323 (RS)

LOCATION CODES