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Philippines

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 East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 1/20/2001-]

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

Philippines: A Country Study, D101.22: 550-72/993 (SuDoc stacks)

Philippines: A Country Study

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.

Population and Family Planning Laws, Policies and Regulations

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 plans

Updated Medium Term Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) 2004-2010

Millennium Development Goals [progress reports]

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: The Philippines; for holdings and shelving locations of print editions, see IUCAT

Trade Policy Reviews

Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific

Asian Development Outlook

Philippines [from ADB]

Philippines and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

National Economic and Development Authority

Board of Investments

Economic Indicators Online

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas [in English]

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.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]

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.

Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines

Official Website of the Republic of the Philippines

Philippine Information Agency

National Statistics Office

Philippine Statistical Yearbook; for holdings and shelving locations, see IUCAT.

Quickstat

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of the Philippines' 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.

The United States and Its Territories, 1879-1925: The Age of Imperialism [from the University of Michigan]

RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement

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