Business: Country Level Info

"data.gov.sg is the first-stop portal to search and access publicly-available data published by the Singapore Government. Launched in June 2011, data.gov.sg brings together over 5000 datasets from 50 government ministries and agencies."

Contains US Federal Government Datasets

UK Government DataSets

Australian Datasets

New Zealand Datasets

Includes comprehensive statistics of historical Japan as far back as the late 19th century.

Open Data hub of the European Union

The statistical office of the European Union, contains a lot of free data.

This searchable database contains all tables produced from published US R&D surveys from 1953 through 1998. These tables include statistics for selected periods on such measures as industry R&D funding and industry R&D personnel. These statistics are broken out by such dimensions as source, industrial sector, character of work, and company size.

Good listing of guides to information of hundreds of countries. Lists country profiles of each country etc.

"With the passing of the Accountancy Functions (Consolidation) Act 2022, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), the Council, and the Singapore Accountancy Commission merged under one entity (ACRA) with effect from 1 April 2023. The Act conferred the function of making or formulation of accounting standards for companies, charities, co-operative societies and societies on ACRA and reconstituted the Council as the Accounting Standards Committee (ASC) under ACRA, to continue performing the function of making or formulation of accounting standards in the same way as the Council had done. "

The International Accounting Education Standards Board develops and issues in the public interest standards, guidelines, and information papers on pre-qualification education, training of professional accountants, and on continuing professional education and development for members of the accountancy profession.

The IASB is the independent standard-setting body of the IFRS Foundation. Their aim is to develop a single set of high quality, understandable, enforceable and globally accepted financial reporting standards based upon clearly articulated principles.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board develops auditing and assurance standards and guidance for use by all professional accountants.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) develops ethical standards and guidance for use by professional accountants.

IFAC develops standards in the areas of auditing, education, ethics, and public sector financial reporting. There are currently more than 140 country members.

The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) develops accounti ng standards and guidance for use by public sctor entities.