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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

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

World Bank Data Catalog [includes World Development Indicators]

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

Statistical Abstract of the ESCWA Region 2009

Country Information [from the U.S. State Dept]

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

Iraq: A Country Study, D101.22: 550-31/990 (SuDoc stacks)

Iraq: A Country Study

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

General Census of Population and Housing 2010

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]

Development plan

United Nations Development Assistance Framework Iraq

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

Iraq Investment and Reconstruction Task Force

Iraq and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

Iraqi Commercial Office [in Washington, DC]

Central Bank of Iraq

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]

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

Conflict and the Environment in West Asia [from UNEP]

Government information/Official publications/Statistics

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

Embassy of Iraq

General Secretariat for the Council of Ministers

Embassy of the United States, Baghdad, Iraq [continues work of CPA]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

COSIT [Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology]

Annual Abstract of Statistics [2008-2009]

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of Iraq'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/War

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

The United Nations and the Iraq-Kuwait Conflict, 1990-1996; shelved in ALF; go to IUCAT to request.

United Nations Office of the Iraq Programme Oil-for-Food [ceased 2004]

UNIKOM [United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission; ceased 2003]

UNSCOM [United Nations Special Commission, the agency charged with monitoring Iraqi compliance with Security Council resolutions, 1991-1999]

UNMOVIC [United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission; successor to UNSCOM; ceased 2007]

UNAMI [United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq]

Saddam's Iraq: Sanctions and U.S. Policy [2000]

Saddam's Iraq: Sanctions and U.S. Policy; print edition shelved in ALF; go to IUCAT to request.

United States Policy toward Iraq [2001]

United States Policy toward Iraq; print edition shelved in ALF; go to IUCAT to request.

Coalition Provisional Authority [website archived as of 6/30/04]

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