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ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

• BradyNet -- Brady Bond Information
• Central Banking Resource Center (Mark Bernkopf)- includes ministries of finance and economy and other financial resources.
• Brookings Institution Policy Briefs
• Companies Online-- Dun & Bradstreet and Lycos provide brief information on selected U.S. companies
• Country Studies: Library of Congress Area Handbooks
• Econ-wp Archive
• Economic Bulletin Board
• Economics Journals (WebEc) - Includes information for authors and links to tables of contents where available.
• European Job Openings for Economists
• Hoover's Company Information
• Job Openings for Economists
• Moody's Investors Service - Includes ratings.
• NAICS ( North American Industry Classification System) -- Information on the system replacing U.S. SIC codes.
• NetEc - Links to many types of resources in economics.
• Public Register's Annual Report Service--index to company annual reports that can be ordered from the PRARS Service
• IDEAS Economic Working Paper Information - from the RePEc Web site
• Resources for Economists on the Internet
• Standard & Poor's - Includes Ratings Service.
• WebEc-World Wide Web Resources in Economics - links to a large number of Web economics resources arranged by subject.
• WoPEc - Electronic working papers in economics
• Worldwide Banking Directory

U.S. GOVERNMENT

• A.I.D.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Census Bureau
• C.I.A. - includes the World Factbook and the Factbook on Intelligence
• Commerce Department
• EDGAR
• Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
• FedWorld - U.S. government gateway to more than 130 online computer systems
• GAO - information and full-text reports
• GPO Access
• GPO Access Gateway via Northwestern University
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Stat-USA- U.S. Govt. statistical sources including Commerce Business Daily, Economic news and statistical releases
• Thomas - U.S. congressional legislation
• U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library
• U.S. Information Agency
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. Superintendent of Documents (GPO) - includes links to GAO document searching
• U.S. Treasury Dept.
• White House and Related Agencies

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS

• IMF Web
• World Bank
• IFC
• MIGA
• American Economic Association - general information and membership application
• American Economic Association - membership list
• Asian Development Bank
• Bank for International Settlements
• Brookings Institution
• Cato Institute
• Centre for Economic Policy Research
• EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• European Union Web Sites
• European Investment Bank
• European Monetary Institute
• G7 Information Centre - sponsored by the Univ. of Toronto
• Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID)
• Heritage Foundation
• IDRC
• International Organizations (IBNet) - Selected list of links (by acronym) to IGOs and NGOs of interest to the business community
• Institute for International Economics (IIE)
• Inter-American Development Bank
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
• Japan International Cooperation Agency
• London School of Economics and Political Science
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
• North American Development Bank
• OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
• OECD Washington D.C. Center
• Organization of American States
• United Nations Headquarters
• United Nations System -links to all UN Web sites
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Trade Agreement including GATT 1994
• World Trade Organization

WORLD POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (CIA)
• Electronic Embassy - Links to Embassy sites and information in Washington, D.C.
• Rulers: Heads of State and Government
• Documents in the News- inlcudes text of resources on major events back to 1995
• Foreign (non-U.S.) Government Resources on the Web - comprehensive list of links to resources by country ; includes constitutions, laws, treaties links

STATISTICS

• EUROSTAT - Statistical Office of the European Communities
• Federal Reserve Board, U.S. - Statistics: Releases and Historical Data
• FEDSTATS - Statistics from many U.S. Government Agencies
• Government Statistics (Univ. of Michigan) - Links to numerous worldwide statistical Web resources searchable by country and source
• IDB (International Database) Online (U.S. Census Bureau) - Databank of demographic and socio-economic statistical tables for countries of the world.
• InfoNation (United Nations) - Database of current statistical data for UN member countries. Comparative data from multiple countries can be retrieved.
• JP Morgan - currency index, bond index
• National Trade Data Bank
• Penn World Tables
• Stat-USA- U.S. Govt. statistical sources including Commerce Business Daily, Economic news and statistical releases
• Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (current year)
• U.S. Economic Indicators from the Census Bureau

AFRICA

• General
• Africa Regional Information Guide
• Amalgamated Banks of South Africa
• Index on Africa - Norwegian Council on Africa
• Quarterly South African Economic Monitor
• SANGONet
• South African Futures Exchange
• The South African Reserve Bank

ASIA

• General
• Asia Information - Helsinki School of Economics Library. Covers: Burma-Myanmar, Cambodia, China (Mainland), China (Taiwan), Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Republic), Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
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• Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
• Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL) - Includes information guides to China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc.
• Hong Kong 1997 Countdown to History (S. China Morning Post)
• India Ministry of Finance - Budget and Economic Survey
• News Sources
• China Today
• South China Morning Post
• The Hindu - Online edition of India's national newspaper
• Journals
• AsiaWeek

MIDDLE EAST

• General
• Amman Financial Market-- a daily report of the banking, parallel market, and industry sectors
• Arab Internet Directory
• ArabBiz Directory -- worldwide directory of Arab businesses
• Economics of the Middle East: A Selected Bibliography
• Iran Business Resources- -business organizations, events and exhibition calendars
• Lebanon On-Line Resources- -business, banking, tourist information
• Middle East Economic Association- -lists officers and related sites
• Privatization Middle East and North Africa--country information targeting those interested in privatization programs in this region
• News Sources
• al-Ayam- daily Arabic and English news from Bahrain
• al-Ayyam -- daily Arabic paper from Palesting
• Al-Dustour-- daily Arabic paper from Jordan
• al-Hadath -- daily paper from Jordan
• al-Hayat -- daily paper from Lebanon
• al Ittihad Newspaper- daily Arabic newspaper from the United Arab Emirates
• al-Jumhurriyya -- daily Arabic newspaper from Egypt
• al-Massa' -- daily Arabic newspaper from Egypt
• al-Sabeel -- daily paper from Jordan
• al-Safir -- daily paper from Lebanon
• Ettelaat-- daily Arabic newspaper from Iran
• Ha'aretz-- daily newspaper from Israel
• Hamshahri -- daily Arabic newspaper from Iran
• Khaleej Times- daily news update from the United Arab Emirates, Gulf and Middle East
• Shihan -- daily paper from Jordan
• al-Watan -- daily paper from Kuwait
• Yemen Times (Arabic version)
• Yemen Times (English version)
• Journals
• Iran Business Digest-weekly bulletin of business and economic news in Iran
• Middle Eastern Studies - tables of contents for current and past issues
• The Star- Jordan's political, economic and cultural weekly

EUROPE and CENTRAL ASIA INFORMATION

• General
• BISNIS -Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States (U.S. Dept. Commerce)- includes country and industry reports, exchange rates, publications list, events
• Central Europe Online
• ECU-EURO Journal
• EU Delegation to the U.S.
• EUnet - Czech and Central Europe information.
• Europa - Information on the European Union; a service from the European Commission.
• European University Institute - Catalog of the University Library and historical information on the EU and Europe.
• I'm Europe - Europe and European electronic information market.
• Russia & East European Home Pages: REES - Links to many sites by region and topic, including business and economics sources.
• 10 Downing Street - British Prime Minister's Office plus links to other UK govt. sites
• U.K. Treasury
• Les Valeurs du Tresor/ French Government Securities
• News Sources
• Commersant
• Russia Today - current news
• St. Petersburg Press
• St. Petersburg Server - Includes Severo-Zapad daily news source, St. Petersburg Business Journal, etc.

LATIN AMERICA

• General
• Latin America and Caribbean Regional Information Guide
• University of Texas - Latin America Network Information Center
• News Sources
• World News Online - Includes Excelsior (Mexico City), Agencia Estado (Brazil), Global Information Network, Latin America Wire

TOP NEWS, MAGAZINES, PAPERS AND JOURNALS

• AJR (American Journalism Review) NewsLink - world newspaper index
• News Index from select ware - the world's newspapers and wires by country
• Newspapers Online - Guide to the World's newspapers.
• U.S. Newspaper Web Site Locater
• Australian Financial Review
• CARL - Table of Contents Service for journals
• CNN Interactive
• The Economist
• Electronic Mail & Guardian
• Electronic Telegraph
• Euromoney World Link
• Finance and Development
• Financial Times
• Foreign Affairs
• Fortune
• International Herald Tribune
• Irish Times
• New York Times
• Science Magazine
• Der Spiegel
• Time
• The Times (London)
• Washington Post

BOOKSTORES AND PUBLISHERS

• Amazon Books (U.S.)-- A virtual bookstore. Over 2. 5 million titles. Search recent book reviews in major publications, search by subject, scan reviews by readers, order books.
• BookWeb (American Booksellers Association)- directories of U.S. and World bookstores
• Blackwell's on the Internet (U.K.) - Virtual bookstore from Blackwell academic bookseller.
• International Trade and Business Bookstore (U.S. Dept. of Commerce)-- Collection of trade and business publications from the public and private sectors. Browse by industry sector, subject, and region.
• EUR-OP - Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
• Le Furet du Nord - Large French bookstore includes online searchable catalog
• iBS - Internet Book Shop (U.K.) - An online book shop with about 900,000 titles. Browse by author, title, subject, publisher, isbn. See the iBS top selling titles. Order books.
• Publishers Catalogs - Links to over 50 publisher's catalogs arranged by country.
• Reiter's Scientific and Professional Books (Washington, D.C.)--includes searchable database

LIBRARIES

• Joint Bank-Fund Library Network Home Page
• Bibliotheque Nationale de France- Need we say more?
• British Library Catalogue
• Library of Congress
• Libraries on the Web -- searchable by type of library and country
• National Library Catalogues Worldwide
• Webcats -- another way to access web-based, searchable, library catalogs. Geographical list of libraries available.
• Washington Research Library Consortium

DIRECTORIES

• AT&T 800 Phone Directory
• Four11 -Internet white pages for people
• Kapitol - A directory of Web sites for fax numbers, yellow pages, white pages, etc.
• Switchboard - U.S. residential and business directory
• Telephone Directories on the Web
• Postal Codes of the World
• WhoWhere - e-mail addresses, companies, and more
• U.S. Zip Code Locator

CONSUMER REFERENCE

• Kelly Blue Book - new and used car prices
• MapQuest - personalized maps, an interactive atlas and more
• World Holiday and Time Guide - JP Morgan

INTERNET GUIDES AND SEARCH TOOLS

• Alta Vista
• Hotbot
• Lycos
• Infoseek
• Scout Report - a weekly publication offering a selection of new and newly discovered Internet resources
• WebCrawler Search
• World-Wide Web Home - Information about the WEB, including a list of ALL registered WEB sites in the world.
• Yahoo