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  Papua New Guinea

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-

The Commonwealth Yearbook; for holdings and shelving locations, see IUCAT.

Country Information [from the State Dept. Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 1/20/2001-]

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

Census/Population

International Data Base (IDB) (population statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau)

World Population Policies 2009

World Population Policies; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

2000 National Census

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 Medium Term Development Strategy 2005-2010

Papua New Guinea Vision 2050

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

Economy/Commerce

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

Trade Policy Reviews

Papua New Guinea and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific

Asian Development Outlook

Papua New Guinea [from ADB]

Bank of Papua New Guinea

Investment Promotion Authority

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- ]

Literacy Facts and Figures in Asia and the Pacific

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]

State of the Environment in Asia and the Pacific

Government information/Official publications/Statistics

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

Embassy of Papua New Guinea

National Statistical Office

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of PNG's statistical yearbooks, see East Asian & Pacific 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.