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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 Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific

Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 1996-

Country Information [from the State Dept. Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs]

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

Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan: Country Studies, D101.22: 550-114 (SuDocs stacks)

Kazakstan: A Country Study

Central Eurasian 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

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

Strategic Projects of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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]

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

Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific

Asian Development Outlook

Kazakhstan [from ADB]

CIS Main Macroeconomic Indicators

Republic of Kazakhstan and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

Kazakhstan Investment Promotion Center [in Russian]

Economy

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- ]

Global Education Database [from USAID]

Environment/Sustainable development

Nations of the Earth Report, v.3 (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.

State of the Environment in Asia and the Pacific

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

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

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

Portal of Knowledge for Water and Environmental Issues in Central Asia

Environmental Performance Reviews, Kazakhstan: Second Review; shelved in ALF; see IUCAT to request.

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 of Kazakhstan

Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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

Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Statistical Yearbook: Kazakhstan in 2008

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of national statistical yearbooks, see South and Central Asian 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.