Arab Barometer is a nonpartisan research network that has conducted public opinion polling since 2006 documenting the political, and economic attitudes and values of ordinary citizens across the Middle East and North Africa
International Data and Statistics
A few key resources with international data to get you started.
Political, economic, financial, and social data for over 140 countries
CountryData offers political, economic, financial, and social data for over 140 countries, in most cases back to 1984. CountryData is also the only source for current and historical risk ratings developed from the International Country Risk Guide and Political Risk Services rating systems conducted by PRS Group. Note: the tabs International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) and Political Risk Services (PRS) provide access to information regarding methodology, but do not provide access to the actual products. Access to the CountryData and the Political Risk Yearbook are available through the University Libraries A-Z list.
This database has a wide range of high quality data on the developed countries and some data on the developing countries, including development aid.
Full-text books and serial publications from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Also includes research reports and policy papers as well as briefs. For statistics and data explore the OECD Data Explorer found in the library databases.
Commodity trade data for all available countries and areas since 1962. Currently, it contains almost 700 millions records.
Comtrade provides detailed import and export statistics in goods and services reported by statistical authorities of close to 200 countries/areas since 1962.
To get access you will need to register with your Penn State access ID email (only an example: abc12@psu.edu). You can also register for unlimited batch, bulk, and API downloads. Getting access to API downloads requires a second registration for an access key. More information can be found in the UN Comtrade user guide.