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City Guides: Dubai: Home

Country Overview

"United Arab Emirates on the globe (Afro-Eurasia centered)" by TUBS is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

World Factbook This link opens in a new window

Use the dropdown menu to select United Arab Emirates
Offers basic information on the country's government, economy, and society
Published by the CIA

Culture

GoinGlobal This link opens in a new window

Though GoinGlobal focuses primarily on career search resources, each country and city profile does have information on the culture and business etiquette
Contains profiles of the United Arab Emirates (click on Country Career Guides) and Dubai (click on Global City Career Guides)
Explore the Living There and General Resources section of each profile
Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds

Business and the Economy

International Strategic Analysis This link opens in a new window

PowerPoint presentations detailing the political, economic, and demographic outlook and current events for each country listed
Scroll down to Middle East and North Africa and download the United Arab Emirates Country Report
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Country Commercial Guides This link opens in a new window

Information on the business landscape, trade regulations, investment climate, and political & economic environment of 125 countries

News

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full text or pdf articles from the Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Perspectives, Administrative Science Quarterly, California Management Review, and the Journal of Business Ethics.

Contains articles from scholarly and trade journals, newspapers, and magazines as well as industry and company reports
To find news about Dubai:
- Enter Dubai in the search box and select GE Geographic Terms under Select a Field
- Select Newspaper and/or Periodical under Publication type
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Factiva This link opens in a new window
Limit the results of your search while setting up your search and/or while you view results. You can specify date, industry, geographic region, and type of publication. You can also limit results to one or more specific publications.

Broad variety of news sources
On the search page, expand the Region field and search for Dubai
Add additional search criteria as desired and click Search
Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds

Statistics & Data

Dubai Statistics Center

Statistical bureau of Dubai
Includes statistics on labor and income, the economy, and society, including basic demographics

IMF eLibrary Data (International Monetary Fund) This link opens in a new window

Contains economic time series data
Datasets include International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade, Balance of Payments, and Government Finance Statistics
Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds

World DataBank (World Bank) This link opens in a new window

Provides social and economic statistics for key indicators for each country as well as regions in some cases
Consists of several individual databases with overlap in indicators; databases include:
- World Development Indicators
- Education Statistics
- Gender Statistics
- Poverty and Equity Database
Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds

UN Data (United Nations) This link opens in a new window

Includes economic and socio-demographic data
Use the Advanced Search function to search for data across a range of UN databases

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