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Country Resources

Organizations and Associations

Business

Country Commercial Guides (U.S. State Dept.) These guides "present a comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis."

World Bank

International Business and Technology - links are organized by country and include business publications and information technology sites.

International Business Resources on the Web (Michigan State University, Center for International Business Education and Research)

Foreign Policy and International Relations

International Bountry News Database - The database contains over 10,000 boundary-related reports from a wide range of news sources around the world dating from 1991 to approximately six months before the current date.

US State Department Home Page - Information on doing business in other countries, travel

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (current & Older)

Department of State Daily Press Briefings (1993-present)

General Background

Background Notes - (U.S. State Dept.) arranged by country, these are quick overview of government, health and finance statistics, history, geography and more.

Statistical Abstract of the United States - (U.S. Census Bureau) - All manner of statistics from population to foreign commerce and aid.

Country at a glance - UN page of vital statistics for countries of the world.

Governments and Political Science

Governments

List of Foreign Goverment websites - comprehesive and easy to use list maintained by the American Library Association Government Documents Round Table

Foreign Government Resources on the Web - Mega site with links to government agencies of the world. (Univ. of Mich Documents Center)

Political Database of the Americas - The database provides documentary and statistical political information on Latin America, including constitutions, electoral laws, legislative and executive branch information and election data.

Embassys

The Electronic Embassy - Foreign Embassys located in Washington D.C.

Embassys of the World - list of U.S. and Foreign Embassys regardless of location

Government Consulates - list/addresses of foreign embassys in China, Vietnam, Thailand and other Asia countries.

Foreign Entry Requirements - for U.S. citizens from the U.S. Dept. of State

Elections

IFES Election Calendar - list of countries, date and type of election for 1998 and beyond.

Elections around the World - countires, heads of state, political parties and their voting percentage, etc.

Political Science

Academic Net policital science resources - Well organized, very comprehensive site for all aspects of political science and related topics. Go here first.

Language

Ethnologue - The Ethnologue is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Ethnologue Name Index lists over 39,000 language names, dialect names, and alternate names. The Ethnologue Language Family Index organizes languages according to language families and lists languages spoken in different countries.

Law

News

News Association of America - links to U.S., selected international and Canadian papers, alternative press links and news sources.

World Press and Media - Nice site that includes links to download font systems. This site also includes a database of overseas jobs.

News hub - search world, national and industry news stories

Total News - Another searchable news site. Good links to international news sources by country.

Socioeconomic Data

Economics

Social Indicators of Development Database "Social Indicators of Development" contains the World Bank's most detailed data collection for assessing human welfare to provide a picture of the social effects of economic development. Data are presented for over 170 economies, omitting only those for which data are inadequate." ... "Up to 94 indicators are reported for each country including: size, growth, and structure of population; determinants of population growth (including data on fertility and infant mortality); labor force; education and illiteracy; natural resources; income and poverty; expenditure on food, housing, fuel and power, transport and communication; and investment in medical care and education. Each of these indicators is broken into several subcategories."

Health

U.N. Indicators on Health - Life Expectancy 1995-2000, Infant and Child Mortality for countries of the world.

Income

U.N. Indicators on income and economic activity -2001 GNP and Adult Economic Activity Rates

Population

Gridded Population of the World - "By way of contrast global environmental studies using satellites as collection devices yield results indexed by latitude and longitude. Thus it makes sense to assemble the terrestrial arrangement of people in a compatible manner. This alternative is explored here, using latitude/longitude quadrilaterals as bins for population information. "

International Database (U.S. Census Bureau) Statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for countries of the world


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