AdmiNet - Asia (http://adminet.com/asia/)
Adminet.com provides links to general resources for countries of Asia. It includes
many links to sites on 25 different subject headings, ranging from government
to world wide web resources.
Asian Business Watch (http://www.asianbusinesswatch.com/)
ABW is an excellent source of links to a wide variety of economic and trade resources
relating to Asia. Established in 1995, ABW continues to add to its content. Of
special interest is The Chartroom, an archive of graphical economic data.
Asian Development Bank (http://www.adb.org/)
The Asian Development Bank, a non-profit, multilateral development financial
institution, is dedicated in promoting economic growth while reducing poverty
in Asia and the Pacific. Available for each country are country reports, annual
reports, strategies and programs, projects, key indicators, evaluation and outlook.
In English.
Asian Inc. (http://www.asianinc.org/)
Website that provides information and resources for Asian Americans on physical,
social and economical development.
Asian-American
Business Resources (http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/interests/asianamerican.html)
Website that provides information on small business, resources, and interests
for Asian-American business owners and business ventures.
AsianWeek.com (http://news.asianweek.com/news/)
Online news website that provides information on the feature for the week, national
and world news, local news, consumer section, sports, arts and entertainment,
and opinion section.
BW Online - The Asian-American Business Explosion (http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/may2001/sb20010531%5F712.htm)
BusinessWeek online magazine provides information and resources on daily news,
investing, global business, technology, small businesses, b-schools, and career.
BusinessJeeves.Com:
Asian-American Entrepreneural Resources (http://www.businessjeeves.com/MoneyAsian%5FPeer.html)
Provides links to websites that are Asian American owned businesses and support
services.
Country Commercial
Guides (http://www.usatrade.gov/website/ccg.nsf?OpenDatabase)
Commercial Guide for particular country prepared annually by the U.S. Department
of Commerce.
Country Specific Business
Resources (http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/counbir.html)
A Library of Congress website about business resources searchable by region and
country.
Development
Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/countryprofile/intermediary)
"The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals
build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty." Search
by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites
and documents.
Directory of Development Organizations (http://www.devdir.org/)
"The Directory is a compilation of contact data of the main sources of assistance
available for private sector development (micro, small an medium-sized enterprises)
and poverty reduction. A wide range of organizations is included in the Directory:
international organizations, government ministries, private sector institutions,
development agencies, universities, research and training institutes, NGOs/PDOs,
grantmakers, banks, microfinance institutions, and development consulting firms." Searchable
by keyword.
Focus USA's Asian American
mailing lists (http://www.focus-usa-1.com/asian%5Fcat.html#03)
Focus USA is a data solutions company specializing in consumer and business postal
mailing lists, e-mail lists, custom modeling, data and e-mail enhancement, ethnicity
segmentation, and customer reactivation.
Global Archive -- Total Search (http://search.ft.com/search/index.html)
Searches the archive of the British newspaper, Financial Times, online version.
GoldSea 100 - America's
Most Successful Asian Entrepreneurs (http://goldsea.com/Profiles/100/100.html)
Website that features a listing of 100 most successful asian entrepreneurs in
America.
IMF Country Page (http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
web site provides information on the reports
of the IMF's initiatives and programs set for each country.
International Data Base
(IDB). (http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html)
Presents the International Data Base (IDB), a computerized data bank containing
statistical tables of demographic and socio-economic data for all countries
of the world. Contains the IDB online total population aggregation and summary
demographic
data. Allows users to download the IDB program and data. Notes that the IDB
was created in the International Programs Center of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Lists
the type of data available in the IDB, such as migration, marital status, literacy,
labor force, income, and ethnicity.
International Trade Organization (ITA) (http://www.ita.doc.gov)
A branch of the US department of Commerce, the ITA site offers trade statistics,
export data, publications and reports on a variety of issues related to international
trade.
Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (http://www.jha.ac/)
Published at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford,
U.K., this site may be searched for articles in the journal concerning Somalia.
ReliefWeb: By Country (http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/WCT?OpenForm)
“ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) ... serving the information needs of the humanitarian
relief community” Offers news updates to crisis situations around the
world and includes information about refugee camps and other relief efforts.
Top U.S. Diversity-Owned Businesses - 2002 (http://www.mwib.com/top%5Fbusinesses.htm)
Top U.S. Diversity-Owned Businesses website provides a ranking of the top 100
minority and women owned business in America.
U.S. Census Bureau:
Foreign Trade Statistics (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/index.html)
The Foreign Trade Statistics Division of the U.S. Census Bureau presents current
and previously released statistics about top trading partners of the United States
and products traded with the United States. The division also provides access
to profiles of U.S. exporting companies, full-text versions of press releases,
and information about U.S. export regulations seminars.
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund (http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html)
"Works for children's rights, their survival, development and protection,
guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child." Site offers reports
and information about the status and living situations of children in many
countries.
UNRISD On-Line (U.N. Research Institute for Social Development) (http://www.unrisd.org/)
"UNRISD carries out research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems
affecting development. Through its research, UNRISD stimulates dialogue and
contributes to policy debates within and outside the United Nations system."
US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce (http://www.uspaacc.com/uspaacc/)
Website that features resources and information on scholarships, awards, upcoming
events, contract opportunities and headline news.
United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several
languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization
as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations,
etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.
United States Trade Representative (http://www.ustr.gov)
As "America’s chief trade negotiator and advisor to the President
of the United States on trade policy, the USTR and the Agency itself work with
other bodies, such as the World Trade Organization to create new job opportunities
for American business, workers and agricultural producers." A search by
country yields news, regulations, reports and initiatives on the United States’ and
USTR’s dealings with it.
United States. Agency for International Development. Development Experience
Clearinghouse (DEC) (http://www.dec.org/)
"The purpose of the DEC is to strengthen USAID's development projects, activities,
and programs by making ... development experience documents available to USAID
offices and mission staff, PVO's, NGO's, universities and research institutions,
developing countries, and the public worldwide."
World Chambers Network (http://www.worldchambers.com/)
Searchable by country offers information about individual national chambers of
commerce and about international trade including news and upcoming events of
interest to the business world.
World Trade Organization (http://www.wto.org/)
Headquartered in Switzerland the WTO, made up of member governments from around
the globe, is dedicated to topics concerning international trade and development.
Its English language "website contains material for a range of users,
from the general public to students, academics and trade specialists. It includes
introductions to WTO activities and a large database of official documents."
The WorldBank Group (http://www.worldbank.org/countries)
Provides extensive economic and developmental information from the World Bank
on East and Southeast Asian countries. Includes reports, project descriptions,
economic statistics, and news from the region as well as country-specific information
and links to government agencies. Some reports in PDF format.
Yahoo Currency Converter (http://finance.yahoo.com/m3?u)
This service provided by Yahoo offers up-to-the-minute universal conversion rates
of all foreign currencies.
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