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  Bahamas

General Information Sources in ET2

Europa World Plus [including Europa World Year Book] is available to authorized IUB users only.

The World Factbook, PrEx3.15: (latest shelved SuDoc reference); for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

The World Factbook

World Development Indicators, HC59.69.W69 (latest shelved ET2); for other editions, see IUCAT.

World Bank Data Catalog [includes World Development Indicators]

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean [available online 1997- ]

Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)

The Commonwealth Yearbook; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Country Information [from the State Dept. Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, 1/20/2001-]

Background Notes [from the State Dept., 1990- ]

Caribbean Islands: A Country Study

Islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean: A Regional Study, D 101.22:550-33 (SuDocs stacks)

Latin American and Caribbean Studies [from IUB Wells Library]

Census/Population

International Data Base (IDB) (population statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau)

World Population Policies, for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

World Population Policies 2009

Population Census 1990, 2000

Crime

International Crime Statistics,  [1950-1999; not all years available]; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Crime Statistics [1970- ; from UNODC]

Culture/Cultural policy

Unesco Institute for Statistics Data Centre

Economy/Commerce

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean [available online 1996- ]

The Bahamas and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

The Central Bank of the Bahamas

Education/Literacy

Ethnologue (summary information on languages)

IBE Databases [from International Bureau of Education] include World Data on Education and Country Dossiers.

International Conference on Education: National Reports [1932- ]

Environment/Sustainable development

Nations of the Earth Report, v.3 (summary data) [see also v.2 under OECS] (shelved ALF); to request see IUCAT.

Earth Summit (full report) GE170.U556 1993 (high-use CD-ROM)

The National Information pages of the UN Division for Sustainable Development include reports to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and other environmental information.

Rio+20 [United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development]

National Environmental Policies, Legislation and Publications

Government information/Official publications/Statistics

Nations of the World, from the Law Library of Congress, includes links to legal and governmental resources.

Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Government of the Bahamas

Department of Statistics

Key Statistics

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of Bahamas' statistical yearbooks, see Western Hemisphere Statistical Yearbooks at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries.

Human rights/Social conditions

Human Development Report, HD75.H85 (latest at ET2 reference desk); for holdings and shelving locations of other print editions, see IUCAT.

Human Development Reports, 1990-

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; for holdings and locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices [1999-]

Social Indicators [from the United Nations]

Global Health Observatory [from WHO]

Politics/Government

FIRST [Facts on International Relations and Security Trends] provides information on such topics as conflicts and military expenditures.

For a comprehensive listing of online country information resources, see Foreign Information by Country from the University of Colorado Boulder.