Country Information
CIA
World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
The CIA's snapshot of countries around the world. Generally updated
weekly.
Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Links to electronic resources from around the world selected
by researchers at the Library of Congress.
Economist.com Country Briefings
http://www.economist.com/countries/
News, country profiles, forecasts, statistics and more about a number of countries from the pages of the Economist.
Country Studies/Area Handbook Series
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published
in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress
under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Army.
BBC News Country Profiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
Includes brief overviews and key figures of countries, territories and international organizations as well as links to related news articles.
Library
of Congress Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
"Portals to
the World contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth
information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are
arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide
range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists
and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria.
When completed, the project will include all the nations of the world."
Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
"This website
contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard
copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under
the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department
of Army. Because the original intent of the Series' sponsor was to focus
primarily on lesser known areas of the world or regions in which U.S.
forces might be deployed, the series is not all-inclusive. At present,
102 countries and regions are covered. Notable omissions include Canada,
the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and other Western nations,
as well as a number of African nations. The date of information for
each country appears on the title page of each country and at the end
of each section of text."
World Bank Data
http://www.worldbank.org/data/
"The World
Bank Group’s mission is to fight poverty and improve the living
standards of people in the developing world. It is a development Bank
which provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge
sharing services to low and middle income countries to reduce poverty."
Use the Data by Country link to locate information on specific countries,
as well as statistics on various topics
Department of State
Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
"Background Notes are factual publications that contain information
on all the countries of the world with which the United States has relations.
They include facts on the country's land, people, history, government,
political conditions, economy, and its relations with other countries
and the United States. The Notes are updated/revised by the Office of
Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs
as they are received from regional bureaus..."
United Nations Statistics
Division
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/
ASIL Guide to
Electronic Resources for International Law
http://www.asil.org/resource/home.htm
"The ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
has been published by the American Society of International Law since
1997, and is continuously updated and expanded." Contains information
on all aspects of international law.
International
Governmental Organizations - Northwestern University Library
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/igo.html
List of international governmental organizations.
Multilaterals
Project
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html
"The Multilaterals
Project, begun in 1992, is an ongoing project at The Fletcher School
of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts to
make available the texts of international multilateral conventions and
other instruments. Although the project was initiated to improve public
access to environmental agreements, the collection today also includes
treaties in the fields of human rights, commerce and trade, laws of
war and arms control, and other areas. The vast majority of texts date
from the second half of this century, but the collection also includes
historical texts, from the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia to the Covenant
of the League of Nations."
International
Constitutions and Related links -- from
FindLaw.com
http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/06constitutional/03forconst/
Last updated: November 2, 2005
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