The Country Overviews prepared by the Development Gateway team offer general reference information on economic and social development in approximately 160 countries, with content drawn from standard international sources, encyclopedic background information and specialized coverage of a development topic.
 

Investment Promotion Network is a web service linking corporate investors and the development community with investment information and analysis on emerging markets.  It provides an extensive searchable database of over 12,000 investment-related documents and resources, drawn from over 1,500 organizations, about the investment environment and business opportunities in emerging markets worldwide. These resources - which range from research on economies and product markets, investment-related laws and treaties to specific investment opportunities - are cataloged by country, sector and topic.
 

Country snapshots for 160 countries worldwide with rankings on 6 key governance indicators.

 

A World Bank dataset containing measures of the unofficial economy for 69 countries around the world. An exposition and analysis of this data can be found in the work of E. Friedman, S. Johnson, D. Kaufmann, and P. Zoido-Lobatón in the Journal of Public Economics, June 2000.