Green box page: Belarus

  Belarus

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 locations of other print editions see IUCAT.

The World Factbook

World Development Indicators, HC59.69.W68 (latest shelved ET2 reference desk); for other editions see IUCAT.

World Bank Data Catalog [includes World Development Indicators]

Country Information [from the State Dept. Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, 1/20/2001-]

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

Belarus and Moldova: Country Studies, D 101.22:550-112 (SuDoc stacks)

Belarus: A Country Study

Slavic Collection [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 Censuses [1999, 2009]

Crime

International Crime Statistics; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Crime Statistics [1970- ; from UNODC]

Culture/Cultural policy Unesco Institute for Statistics Data Centre

World Heritage List [Mostly cultural but also includes some natural properties]

Development plan

MDG Monitor documents individual countries' efforts to meet the UN's 8 Millennium Development Goals.

Economy/Commerce

Statistical Handbook: States of the Former USSR; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Republic of Belarus and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

CIS Main Macroeconomic Indicators

National Bank of the Republic of Belarus

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) (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]

Europe's Environment: The Fourth Assessment; shelved in ALF; go to IUCAT to request.

The pan-European Environment [includes 1st-4th assessments, 1995-2007]

SERIS [State of the Environment Reporting Information System, from EIONET, European Environment Agency]

The United Nations and Chernobyl

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

Embassy

E-Government in Belarus

Presidency of the Republic of Belarus

Official Statistics of the Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, HA1431 .O4 (ET2 CD-ROM collection)

National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus

The Republic of Belarus in Figures, 1995-

Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Belarus, HA1450.2 .A283 (Research Collection stacks)

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of Belarus's statistical yearbooks, see Europe and Eurasia Statistical Yearbooks at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries.

Human rights/Social conditions

Human Development Report, HD75.H85 (latest at ET2 reference desk); for holdings and 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.