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Country Profiles
The following is a selected list of web sites containing country profiles created by intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and bilateral aid organizations such as USAID. The emphasis is on developing nations. For further assistance, contact Tom Stave at tstave@uoregon.edu.
Other international studies guides:
- International Studies
- African Studies Large sets of links for each country (Columbia University)
- Canadian Studies
- Country Guides (available for some countries)
- East Asian Studies
- European Union
- Latin American Studies
Collections of country profiles
- Foreign Information by Country. (University of Colorado-Boulder Libraries)
Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)
- African Development Bank
- Asian Development Bank
- Economic Commission for the Western Asia (ECWA) . Go to left side of page and choose a country, or click on map, then click on country of interest.
- European Union (EU)
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- Inter-American Development Bank
- International Energy Agency (IEA). Members (OECD) or non-members.
- International Monetary Fund (IMF). Reports and publications on and by individual countries.
- OECD iLibrary. Use the "Countries" menu to locate recent books, chapters and articles published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (UO only)
- UN Development Programme (UNDP). Human Development Indicators.
- UNESCO Education, science, culture, communications.
- UNHCR The UN Refugee Agency
- UN Human Rights . Click on "Countries", then on "Human Rights in the World".
- UNICEF
- UNOCHA. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. ReliefWeb.
- World Bank General profiles
- World Bank statistical profiles.
- World Bank Governance Indicators.
- World Food Program
- World Health Organization
Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) (Aid related)
- Action Against Hunger
- CARE. Click on map for country list.
- Child Fund International. Choose a location on the map and then click on “more” to read country profile.
- CRIN (Child Rights Information Network)
- Development Gateway: Country Gateway Network. 50 locally created country "gateways" to development information; some are non-English language sites.
- Save the Children
Bilateral Development Agencies
- AUSAid
- Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Canadian International Development Agency
- Irish Aid; Department of Foreign Affairs
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- The Library of Congress
- Portals to the World. (Temporarily down for review, 9/16/10.)
- UK Department for International Development (DFID)
- UK Foreign and commonwealth office
- United Nations Statistics Division. List of countries on left side of page.
- US Agency for International Development (USAID)
- U.S. Department of State, Background notes
- U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs . Information for U.S. travelers.
- U.S. Department of State, Human Rights. Browse by country near top of page.
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
- U.S. Library of Congress Country Studies. Longer studies written 1989-1996.
- U.S. Library of Congress Country Profiles. Shorter, more recent studies.
Other Non-governmental Organizations
- Africa; south of the Sahara
- African Studies Large set of links for each country (Stanford University).
- Al Bawaba Links to educational, government, media and commercial sites in Arab countries. Click on "Country Specific News".
- Amnesty International. Select country from menu; choose annual report.
- BBC News
- Countries of the World Information is from CIA World Factbook, The UN Statistical Office, The Library of Congress Country Studies and other sources.
- Development Gateway Foundation
- Earth Trends. Enter country name in search box.
- Encyclopedia Britannica Enter country of interest in search bar at top of page.
- Eldis. Links to documents on development issues, by country.
- Freedom House. Political and press freedom.
- Globalhealthfacts.org. Kaiser Family Foundation country health indicators.
- Human Rights Watch
- Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) Topically organized links for each country (UT-Austin).
- Looklex Encyclopedia An internet encyclopedia devoted to the Middle East and Northern African region.
- Measure DHS. Demographic and health surveys. Funded by USAID and other organizations.
- MBendi Information Services
- New Agriculturist
- Political Database of the Americas Click on topic, then select country of interest (Georgetown University).
- The Norwegian Council for Africa
- OneWorld.Net Development profiles for 60 countries; includes links to outside resources.
- Transparency International. Political corruption.
- WaterAid
- World Resources Institute (WRI). EarthTrends (environmental). Choose a topic, then a country.
