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General Information Sources in ET2

Africa South of the Sahara, DT4.A254 (latest shelved ET2 reference desk); for other print editions, see IUCAT. Availiable online in Europa World Plus .

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

African Development Indicators; for holdings and shelving locations of print edition, see IUCAT.

Africa Development Indicators

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

World Bank Data Catalog [includes World Development Indicators]

African Development Report; for print editions see IUCAT; also available online at IUCAT.

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

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

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

African 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

2004 Population and Housing Census: For holdings and shelving locations, go to IUCAT and search Sierra Leone census 2004 in keywords anywhere.

Population and Housing Census Reports

Crime

Crime Statistics [1970- ; from UNODC]

Culture/Cultural Policy

Unesco Institute for Statistics Data Centre

Development plans

For Action Programme for the Development of Sierra Leone, 2001-2010, UNLDC III, Brussels, 14-20 May 2001, A/CONF.191/CP/42, search the document number/symbol at Official Document System of the United Nations.

Progress Report on the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010

Sierra Leone Vision 2025

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:  Sierra Leone; for holdings and locations of print editions, see IUCAT.

Trade Policy Reviews

Investment Policy Review Series [from UNCTAD]

Sierra Leone and the IMF

Reports and profiles from the Economist Intelligence Unit

Economic Report on Africa [2002- ]

ECOWAS [Economic Community of West African States]

Bank of Sierra Leone

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]

Africa Environment Outlook

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 Sierra Leone

State House

Statistics Sierra Leone

For a guide to the Library's print/microform holdings of national statistical yearbooks, see African 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

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

UNAMSIL [United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, 1999-2005]

Special Court for Sierra Leone is "mandated to try those who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law committed in the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996."

Report of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Sierra Leone

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