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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 shelving locations of other editions, see IUCAT.

The World Factbook

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

World Bank Data Catalog [includes World Development Indicators]

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean [available online 1997- ]

Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)

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

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

Nicaragua: A Country Study

Nicaragua: A Country Study, D 101.22:550-88/994 (SuDoc stacks)

Latin American and Caribbean 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

VIII Censo Nacional de Población y IV de Vivienda 2005

Crime

International Crime Statistics [1950-1999; not all years available]; 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

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

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean [available online 1996- ]

Trade Policy Review: Nicaragua; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Trade Policy Reviews

Nicaragua and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

Banco Central de Nicaragua

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.2 (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]

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

Presidencia

INIDE [Instituto Nacional de Información de Desarrollo]

Anuario Estadístico 2008

Nicaragua in Figures 2009

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of Nicaragua's statistical yearbooks, see Western Hemisphere Statistical Yearbooks at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries.

Human rights/Social conditions

Human Development Report; for holdings and shelving locations of 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-]

Country Reports on the Situation of Human Rights [from IACHR, issued irregularly, 1962-]

Social Panorama of Latin America [available online 1994- ]

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.