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- Where to do Research (.com)
- Environmental Organization WebDirectory
- OneWorld.net - community of over 1000 organisations working for social justice
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- CIA World Factbook
- Data Service & Information Web Shop - statistics, reference and economic publications
- FAOSTAT - Food & Agriculture Organization (UN)
- InfoNation (UN)
- Interstate Statistical Committee, Commonwealth of Independent States
- OECD in Figures
- Online Intelligence Project
- TeleGeography - international telecommunications statistics and analysis
- UN Human Development Index
- Virtual Library Statistics
- World Meteorological Organization (UN)
- Demographics & population:
- City Population - the largest cities in the world
- Demographia
- International Programs Center (IPC), U.S. Bureau of the Census - conducts demographic and socioeconomic studies and
strengthens statistical development around the world
- Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
- United Nations World Population, 1998
- World Population Information (US Census Bureau)
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- AltaVista CountryWatch
- AsiaSource Country Profiles
- Atlapedia Online - physical and political maps, key facts and statistics
- AtlasNav - geographic web navigator
- CIA World Factbook
- E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - The World - national anthems, flags, maps, people, economies, geography, government,
defence, news and weather
- Economist Intelligence Unit
- The Economist Country Briefings
- E-thologies (Centre for Intercultural Learning, Canada) - country information resource
- Flags of all Countries
- Flags Of The World
- Geographic.org - geography, climate, countries, maps, flags, population
- Information Please - dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas and almanac
- Nation by Nation Almanac
- North American Vexillologist - The Flag Detective
- Official City Sites - Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, UK, USA
- PortFocus - ports harbours marinas worldwide
- United States Library of Congress Country Studies
- World Flag Database
- Worldwide Holidays & Festivals
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- xrefer - the web's reference engine
- General:
- NameBase - database of names, gathered by Public Information Research, Inc., (Texas) including citations to individuals and
groups involved in assassinations, organized crime, and scandals, Wall Street and transnational corporations, foreign policy and
media establishments, political elites from the Right and Left, Cold War history and intelligence
- Information Please (US) - dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas & almanac
- Dictionaries & translators:
- Dictionary.com
- Cockney Rhyming Slang-to-English
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary &Thesaurus (US)
- OneLook® Dictionaries
- Thesaurus.com
- VoyCabulary.com - dictionary & thesaurus
- Encyclopaedia:
- A World of Knowledge
- Britannica.com - Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
- Encyclopedia.com from Electric Library
- Hutchinson Family Encyclopedia Online
- Geography:
- Country Map Sites
- Eco-Portal - environment, pollution, biodiversity, climate change, energy, ecological news, forests, land use, oceans
- Envirobiz - International Environmental Information Network
- Free Blank Outline Maps (University of Texas)
- Terraserver - satellite imagery
- timeanddate.com - guide to time zones, calendars and more
- World Time interactive atlas
- World Timezones
- Quotes and writing:
- Bartleby.com Great Books Online
- Quoteland
- The Times Style Guide
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- Brad DeLong - database of economics articles
- Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences Data Centre (University of Toronto)
- WTRG Economics - information for energy producers and consumers
- Economist Intelligence Unit
- The Economist Country Briefings
- GeoInvestor.com
- IMF World Economic Outlook 2000
- Institute for International Economics
- International Development Research Centre (Canada)
- International Trade Centre (ITC) - sponsored by UNCTAD and the WTO
- PortFocus - ports, harbours and marinas worldwide
- RationalExpectations.com - economics and finance gateway
- World Trade Organisation (WTO)
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- [CIA Library] Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
- Endgame Research Services - a project of the Public Information Network (United States), which provides research services and
training to citizens working for corporate and governmental accountability
- ElectionWorld.org - election results from around the world
- Political Resources on the Net
- Solon Law Archive (Ottawa) - national constitutions from around the world
- WorldAudit Democracy Statistics
- Worldwide Governments on the World Wide Web - comprehensive, up-to-the-minute database of governmental institutions:
parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks,
multi-governmental institutions, etc. Includes also political parties
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- Amnesty International
- Human Rights Watch
- Human Rights Watch World Report 2000
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- Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN)
- Center for Strategic & International Studies Institute for Policy Studies (Washington DC)
- Crisisweb - International Crisis Group
- Institute for Global Communications (IGC)
- Institute for the Study of Genocide (ISG) and the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) (Williamsburg, VA,
United States) - advance and review research into the instances, causes and consequences of genocide worldwide, and advise
media, governments and intergovernmental organizations concerned with early warning and prevention of genocide
- International Development Research Centre (Canada)
- International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)
- Military Analysis Network - Federation of American Scientists data on defense spending, by nation, conflict, and theatre of
action
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- International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication (ICAAP) - research and development organization
devoted to the advancement of electronic scholarly communication
- International Development Research Centre (Canada)
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (United States) - identifies and analyzes policies for sustainably meeting
the food needs of the developing world, concentrating on economic growth and poverty alleviation in low-income countries,
improvement of the well-being of poor people, and sound management of the natural resource base that supports agriculture
- OneWorld.net country database - community of over 1000 organisations working for social justice
- United Nations Databases - NGO directories, statistics and indicators, treaties, voting records, speeches
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- AGRALIN - gateway to scientific information in the fields of food, agrotechnology, plant and animal production systems, nature
and the environment
- BIOSIS - biology and other life sciences databases
- Diversitas - international programme of biodiversity science
- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) (Washington, DC) - association of public and private
members supporting a system of 16 Future Harvest Centers that work in more than 100 countries to mobilize cutting-edge
science to reduce hunger and poverty, improve human nutrition and health and protect the environment
- Institute for the Future
- International Potato Center (CIP) Asia Office (Lima, Peru) - seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained
basis in developing countries through scientific research and related activities on potato, sweet potato, other root and tuber
crops, and on the improved management of natural resources in the Andes and other mountain areas
- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) (Philippines) - nonprofit agricultural research and training center established to
improve the well-being of present and future generations of rice farmers and consumers, particularly those with low incomes, by
helping farmers in developing countries produce more food on limited land using less water, less labor and fewer chemical
inputs, without harming the environment
- International Association for Mathematical Geology (IAMG) - promotes international cooperation in the application and use of
mathematics in geological research and technology
- International Center for the Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas (Japan) - studies bodies of sea water that are
almost entirely enclosed by land
- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (United States) - identifies and analyzes policies for sustainably meeting
the food needs of the developing world, concentrating on economic growth and poverty alleviation in low-income countries,
improvement of the well-being of poor people, and sound management of the natural resource base that supports agriculture
- International Council for Science (ICSU)
- ScienceNet - free science information
- Health & medicine:
- OrthoNet Online - orthopedic infortmation from the best international orthopedic portals
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- Analyst's Accounting Observer - research service published by R.G. Associates Inc. (Baltimore, MD) that provides "remedial
accounting" for institutional investors who should know better
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (United States) - worldwide networks of individuals who collect insights from client work,
conduct new research and disseminate knowledge both internally and externally
- Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI) (London) - independent think tank formed to stimulate research into the future
of the financial services industry, and to provide a neutral meeting ground for financial practitioners
- Eurasia Group (New York, NY) - research and consulting firm that focuses on political-risk analysis and industry research for
emerging markets around the world, with specific expertise on Africa, East and Southeast Europe, the former Soviet Union,
Latin America, Middle East, and Southeast and East Asia
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