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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

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]

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

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

Statistical Abstract of the ESCWA Region; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Statistical Abstract of the ESCWA Region 2009

Egypt: A Country Study, D101.22: 550-43/991 (SuDoc stacks)

Egypt: A Country Study

African Studies [from IUB Wells Library]

Middle Eastern and Islamic 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

Census 2006

Crime

International Crime Statistics, 1950-1999, not all years available; for holdings and shelving locations, 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

The Third Arab Report on the Millennium Development Goals 2010 and the Impact of the Global Economic Crises, HC498 .T45 2010 (Research Collection stacks)

The Third Arab Report on the Millennium Development Goals 2010 and the Impact of the Global Economic Crises

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

Economy/Commerce

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

Trade Policy Review: Arab Republic of Egypt; for holdings and shelving location of print edition see IUCAT.

Trade Policy Reviews

Investment Policy Review Series [from UNCTAD]

Arab Republic of Egypt and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

COMESA [Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa]

Economic Report on Africa [2002- ]

Business and Investment in Egypt

Central Bank of Egypt

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.1 (summary data) (shelved ALF); to request see IUCAT.

Earth Summit, GE170.U556 1993 (full report; 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]

Africa Environment Outlook

Compendium of Environment Statistics in the ESCWA Region; shelved in ALF; go to IUCAT to request.

Compendium of Environment Statistics in the ESCWA Region 2008-2009

Egypt State of the Environment Report

Government information/Official publications/Statistics

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

Embassy of Egypt

Egyptian Government Portal

State Information Service

Year Book [from State Information Service]

Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of Egypt's statistical yearbooks, see Near East & North Africa 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.

UNTSO [United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, 1948- ]

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