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  Democratic Republic of the Congo

General Information Sources in ET2

Africa South of the Sahara, DT4.A254 (latest shelved ET2 reference desk); for other print editions, see IUCAT. Availiable online in Europa World Plus .

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

African Development Indicators; for holdings and shelving locations of print edition, see IUCAT.

Africa Development Indicators

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

World Bank Data Catalog [includes World Development Indicators]

African Development Report; for print editions see IUCAT; also available online at IUCAT.

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

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

Zaire: A Country Study, D101.22: 550-67/994 (SuDocs stacks)

Zaire: A Country Study

African 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

Crime

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]

La politique culturelle de la IIIe République; shelved ALF; go to IUCAT to request.

Development plan

Programme du Gouvernement (2007-2011)

For Mémoire présenté par le Gouvernement de la République Démocratique du Congo [to UNLDC III, 2001], A/CONF.191/CP/32, search the document number/symbol at Official Document System of the United Nations.

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

Document de la Stratégie de Croissance et de Réduction de la Pauvreté; shelved ALF; go to IUCAT to request.

Economy/Commerce

U.S. Commercial Service Market Research Library [includes Country Commercial Guide]

Democratic Republic of the Congo and the IMF

Economic Report on Africa [2002- ]

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

SADC Trade

COMESA [Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa]

Trade Policy Review: Democratic Republic of the Congo, for holdings and locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Trade Policy Reviews

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- ]

Education in the Democratic Republic of Congo; for holdings and shelving locations of print edition, see IUCAT; see also IUCAT for online edition.

Environment/Sustainable development

Nations of the Earth Report, v.3 (summary data, see Zaire) (shelved ALF); to request see IUCAT.

Earth Summit (full report) GE170.U556 1993 (in French, see Zaire; 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 [see under DR Congo].

Rio+20 [United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development]

Africa Environment Outlook

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

Site Officiel du Président de la République

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of national statistical yearbooks, see African 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 United Nations Statistics Division]

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.

MONUSCO [United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2010- ].

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