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• CIA Publications Here you will find links to the latest edition of The World Factbook, Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments and more.

• Country Commercial Guides and Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, U.S. Department of State Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs 

• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices--from the U.S. State Department

• Country Studies Find at this site the popular Army Area Handbook Series. Each volume describes and analyzes the country's political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.

• Census Bureau International Data Base Find here a wide variety of demographic data for countries around the world. Includes historical data and projections, 1950-2050. Select one table, one or more countries and years (use left mouse button in conjunction with the CTRL key to select more than one), and total, urban, or rural. Submit to generate table in text format. Click here to generate a comma-delimited text file of the same data you can import into a spreadsheet program.

• Aneki.com Quick facts and figures for 190 countries in these categories: Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, Academic, and Miscellaneous

• ELDIS--This international initiative provides access to information on development and environmental issues.

• Country Profiles

• U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs

• Library of Congress Portals to the World Provides authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.

• U.S. Agency for International Development

• U.S. Department of State

• State Department Support for Business This page includes links to Country Commercial Guides and Background Notes for countries around the world.

• Department of State Consular Affairs Home Page Find here links to U.S. consulate offices worldwide and other information for Americans traveling abroad.

• International Information Programs--Formerly known as US Information Agency

• Treaties in Force

• U.S. Embassies and Other Diplomatic Missions Department of State links to U.S. Embassies around the world.

• United Nations

• United Nations Documents

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

• Poverty Report, 2000--Overcoming Human Poverty. Links poverty to government policies and includes profiles for several countries.

• UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

• UNESCO Information Services

• UNESCO  Thesaurus and other Thesauri

• UNESBIB Online Catalog of UNESCO Documents, Publications, and Library Collection

• State of the World's Children 2005
• United Nations Scholar's Workstation Designed by Yale librarians for Yale scholars, this site lists many resources available to the rest of us. Note especially "Research Tools to Locate UN Information" and "Research Approaches to UN Information." A few resources at this site are limited to Yale-affiliated users.
• United Nations Research Guide Information on researching using United Nations resources.
• United Nations Statistics Division Official access point to statistical data compiled by the UN and other international agencies.


• World Bank

• Living Standards Measurement Study--This site provides access to tools and a description of data available from the World Bank's Living Standards Management Study.

• Working Papers

• Poverty Lines Newsletter

• World Health Organization

The World Health Report 2000 Health Systems: Improving Performance

• Lists compiled by the documents librarians at Northwestern University

• Foreign Governments

• International Organizations

• OFFSTATS--Official Statistics from around the world. Compiled by the University of Auckland Library.

• Governments on the WWW: Table of Contents Gunnar Anzinger maintains this list in cooperation with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). It includes links to government sites for countries A-Z.

• Telephone Directories on the Web Includes telephone and email directories from around the world plus climate, map, and time zone links.

• Foreign Information by Country Resources on countries around the world. Produced by the University of Colorado libraries.

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