AED Econ / International Studies 597.01
 Useful Links for Your Paper



U.S. Government

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First Gov                                                          http://firstgov.com

Fed Stats                                                          http://www.fedstats.gov

Fed World                                                       http://www.fedworld.gov/ciir.htm

State Department                                              http://www.state.gov   

embassies                                             http://usembassy.state.gov

Consular Information Sheets                http://www.travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html

international topics                                http://www.state.gov/interntl.cfm

Background Notes                               http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn

Information Programs                           http://usinfo.state.gov

refugees                                                http://www.usinfo.state.gov/topical/global/refugees

USAID                                                           http://www.usaid.gov

Central Intelligence Agency                               http://www.cia.gov

The World Factbook                            http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/indexgeo.html

Department of Commerce                                 http://www.doc.gov

Census Bureau                                     http://www.census.gov

population pyramids                              http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbsum.html

HIV/AIDS                                           http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/hivaidsd.html

U.S. Trade Representative                                http://www.ustr.gov

Department of Agriculture                                 http://www.usda.gov

Foreign Agricultural Service                              http://www.fas.usda.gov

FAS reports                                         http://www.fas.usda.gov/country.html

CDC                                                                http://www.cdc.gov

Traveler’s Health                                  http://www.cdc.gov/travel

Department of Defense                                     http://www.defenselink.mil

country studies                                      http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Peace Corps                                                    http://www.peacecorps.gov

Famine Early Warning System                           http://www.fews.net 

Department of Justice - global crime                  http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/international

NASA - Visible Earth                                       http://visibleearth.nasa.gov

U.S. Export Advisor                                         http://www.tradenet.gov

Export-Import Bank                                         http://www.exim.gov

Trade and Development Agency                       http://www.tda.gov

Office of Refugee Resettlement                         http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/orr

EPA - Environmental Issues                              http://es.epa.gov/oeca/guide

EPA - International Activities                            http://www.epa.gov/oia

Federal Reserve – reports                                 http://www.frbsf.org/publications/fedinprint/index.html


Foreign Government Agencies  

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GTZ                                                                 http://www.gtz.de/home/english

Canadian IDA                                                  http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/INDEX-E.HTM

Japan ICA                                                        http://www.jica.go.jp/english

links to embassies                                             http://www.embassy.org/embassies

links to governments                                         http://www.politicalresources.net

http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Countries

links to constitutions                                          http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/const.htm

links to central banks                                        http://www.bis.org/cbanks.htm

http://adams.patriot.net/~bernkopf

links to elections                                               http://www.ifes.org/Electionlaws.htm

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/election.watch


International Organizations

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United Nations                                                 http://www.un.org/english

organizational chart                               http://www.un.org/aboutun/chart.html

UNICEF                                              http://www.unicef.org

UNICEF - studies                                http://www.unicef.org/statis

World Food Programme                       http://www.wfp.org/index.htm

Population Fund                                   http://www.unfpa.org

Environment Programme                       http://www.unep.org

Refugees                                              http://www.unhcr.ch

Development Programme                      http://www.undp.org

Development Fund for Women             http://www.unifem.undp.org

Population Information Network           http://www.undp.org/popin

Drug Control Programme                      http://www.undcp.org

Human Rights                                       http://www.unhchr.ch

declaration                                http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm

Trade and Development                        http://www.unctad.org

University                                             http://www.unu.edu

International Labour Organization                      http://www.ilo.org

Food and Agriculture Organization                    http://www.fao.org

statistics                                                http://apps.fao.org

UNESCO                                                        http://www.unesco.org

World Health Organization                                http://www.who.int

World Bank                                                     http://www.worldbank.org

country data                                         http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html

International Monetary Fund                             http://www.imf.org

individual countries                                http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm

World Trade Organization                                http://www.wto.org

Trade Policy Reviews                           http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tpr_e/tpr_e.htm

IFAD                                                               http://www.ifad.org

UNIDO                                                           http://www.unido.org

country data                                         http://www.unido.org/Regions.cfm

IFPRI                                                               http://www.ifpri.org

country-level research                           http://www.ifpri.org/country/country.htm

CGIAR                                                            http://www.cgiar.org

African Development Bank                               http://www.afdb.org

Asian Development Bank                                  http://www.adb.org

Caribbean Development Bank                          http://www.caribank.org

Inter-American Development Bank                   http://www.iadb.org

European Investment Bank                               http://eib.eu.int

Organization of American States                       http://www.oas.org

Organization of African Unity                            http://www.oau-oua.org

Association of Southeast Asian Nations             http://www.aseansec.org

OPEC                                                              http://www.opec.org

NAFTA                                                           http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/english/index.htm

European Union                                                http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm

Mercosur                                                         http://www.mercosur.org

West Africa Monetary Union                           http://www.bceao.int/internet/bcweb.nsf/pages/us

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation                  http://www.apecsec.org.sg

OECD                                                             http://www.oecd.org

G-7 (or G-8)                                                    http://www.g7.utoronto.ca

G-20                                                                http://www.g20.org  


NGO’s

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World Resources Institute                                 http://www.wri.org

country reports                                     http://www.wri.org/facts/country-data.html

World Wildlife Fund                                         http://www.panda.org

Green Peace                                                     http://www.greenpeace.org

Resources for the Future                                   http://www.rff.org

Care International                                             http://www.care.org

Oxfam                                                              http://www.oxfam.org

Catholic Relief Services                                    http://www.catholicrelief.org

World Vision                                                    http://www.worldvision.org

Doctors Without Borders                                  http://www.msf.org

Red Cross and Red Crescent                            http://www.ifrc.org

Transparency International                                http://www.transparency.de

corruption                                             http://www.transparency.de/documents/cpi/2000/cpi2000.html

Human Rights Watch                                        http://www.hrw.org

Amnesty International                                       http://www.amnesty.org

Freedom House                                                http://www.freedomhouse.com

Heritage Foundation                                         http://www.heritage.org

economic freedom                                http://www.heritage.org/index

Population Reference Bureau                            http://www.prb.org

data                                                      http://www.popnet.org/MAPS/maps.htm

Planned Parenthood                                         http://www.ippf.org

country profiles                                     http://www.ippf.org/regions/countries/index.htm

World Economic Forum                                   http://www.weforum.org

Chamber of Commerce                                    http://www.iccwbo.org

links to other NGO’s                                        http://www.idealist.org

http://www.uia.org  


Media

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Cable News Network                                      http://www.cnn.com/WORLD

British Broadcasting Company                         http://www.bbc.co.uk

news bureaus through Yahoo!                           http://news.yahoo.com

National Technical Information Service             http://wnc.fedworld.gov

Christian Science Monitor                              http://www.csmonitor.com

Financial Times                                              http://www.ft.com

Wall Street Journal                                         http://www.wsj.com

The Economist                                                http://www.economist.com

Far Eastern Economic Review                       http://www.feer.com

Business Central Europe                                 http://www.bcemag.com

National Geographic                                      http://www.nationalgeographic.com  


Academic Resources

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Foreign Affairs                                               http://www.foreignaffairs.org

Current History                                               http://www.currenthistory.com

UCSD - social science data                              http://odwin.ucsd.edu/idata

UT - maps                                                           http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html

Penn World Tables                                           http://datacentre2.chass.utoronto.ca/pwt

Resources for Economists                                 http://rfe.wustl.edu/Data/World/index.html

OSU - library                                                   http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu

 


These links are listed in the order that they appear in Chapter 10 of the reader.  Especially useful links are in red.


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