Business, Commerce, Economy : Montserrat

This pathfinder includes information about business. commercial, and economic resources relating to Montserrat. The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Montserrat is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).   Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form. For banking information, see specific citations below, or the general pages of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Latin America Research Group, Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund for economic and other information concerning Colombia and other countries of the world. Readers may also wish to consult the Library of Congress' Business Reference Services (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/business/) site, a useful starting point for conducting research in all major business subjects, including industry information, commerce, statistics, banking, insurance, economics, finance, investment, and marketing. Note especially their page on Multi Regional Internet Business Resources. The wealth of published books available on this subject exceeds the offerings of the online materials on the World Wide Web. Libraries, and in particular The Library of Congress Online Catalog, offers a wide bibliography of such published works on Business subjects. One need only search the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading with the relevant country. The Business Reading Room web page offers an example of such subject headings combined with History at : http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/business/guide/sharp13.html#heading.

BRITISH WEST INDIES: CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET  (http://travel.state.gov/british%5Fwindies.html)
The Bureau of Consular Affairs of the U.S. Department of State presents a September 14, 1999 consular information sheet for the British West Indies. Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat, and the Turks and Caicos are British overseas territories comprising the British West Indies. The bureau includes information about entry requirements, customs regulations, crime, medical facilities, traffic safety, and more.

THE CARIBBEAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY (NORTH AMERICA ) INC.  (http://www.caribbeanbusinesscommunity.com/montserrat.asp)
Official register of Caribbean professionals, businesses & services.

ECONOMIC CHANGE AND THE NATIONAL QUESTION IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE  (http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031/00024474.html)
Includes bibliographical references and index.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU: FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS DIVISION: U.S. TRADE BALANCE WITH MONTSERRAT  (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c2485.html)
The Foreign Trade Statistics Division of the U.S. Census Bureau, based in Washington, D.C., presents statistics relating to trade between the United States and Montserrat, an island in the West Indies, from January 1985 to the present month. The division provides tables that list the exports, imports, and balance of U.S. trade with Montserrat for individual months of each year. Guidelines for reading the tables.