InfoGuides: Comparative Politics & Area Studies: Research Asia

Journal Articles, Reports & News

Regional

Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic index of research, policy and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa. Coverage spans from 1900 and earlier to the present.
Asian Business Database This link opens in a new window
Offers detailed information on companies, economies, markets and overall business conditions throughout the Eastern Hemisphere, as well as international trade including national and regional coverage.
World Newspaper Archive, South Asia This link opens in a new window
Features titles published in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka during the colonial era, 1864-1922. Titles include such key publications as: Amrita Bazar Patrika (Calcutta), Bankura Darpana (Bankura, India), Madras Mail (Madras), Tribune (Lahore, Pakistan) and the Ceylon Observer (Sri Lanka). Languages include English, Bengali, and Gujarati.
Asian Film Online This link opens in a new window
Online streaming of nearly 600 narrative feature films, documentaries, and shorts with Asian voices addressing Asian issues, and through works selected by Asian film experts, the collection offers relevant perspectives and insights. Includes themes on modernity, globalization, national identity, female agency, inequalities in opportunity amid social and political unrest, and cultural and sexual identity.

National

China Academic Journals This link opens in a new window
Collects full-text Chinese journals dating back to the start year of each journal. All content is Chinese language but access uses English or Chinese language interfaces. Collections include Education/Social Sciences, Literature/History/Philosophy, Economy & Management, and Politics/Military Affairs/Law. Full-text access up through 2020 if content is available, and through present for articles in Politics/Military Affairs/Law.

This section only includes those resources for statistics on this region of the world.

Please consult the list of "Global Statistical Resources" for other useful data for these countries.

UN ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific): Online database for data by country on demography, migration, education, health, GDP, labor and more. Back to 2000. Display charts and maps for selected topics.

Economy & Trade

Statistics and Data (Asian Development Bank): Key economic, financial, and social development Indicators for Asia and the Pacific countries (1999--) and other international sources.

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific (via UN ESCAP): Annual (1999--), look for tables, figures, and country profile.

ASEANstats (Association of Southeast Asian Nations): Monthly, quarterly, and annual economic indicators, trade, investment, and tourism.

Intellectual Propertiy

World Intellectural Property Organization: Patents, utility models, and trademarks, industrial designs, and more. see Statistiscal Country Profile for Asia and the Pacific countries.

National & Sub-national