Afrol News (http://www.afrol.com/)
A portal link to vast resources for sub-Saharan African countries.
Botswana
Stock Exchange (http://www.bse.bw)
"Provides a history and basic information on each of the primary and dual
listed companies as well as the stock broking companies operating in Botswana."
Botswana
Telecommunications Corporation (http://www.btc.bw)
"Botswana's largest supplier of fixed-line and associated communications
services, and is charged with providing telephony and other products to urban
and rural centres across the country." Provides on line residential
and business directories.
Brabys, Business
Directory for Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands (http://www.brabys.com)
Business directories for South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Seychelles, Botswana, Mauritius, Angola.
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.
Global
Archive -- Total Search (http://search.ft.com/search/index.html)
Searches the archive of the British newspaper, Financial
Times, online version.
The
Government of Botswana Web Site (http://www.gov.bw/home.html)
Site offer information of tourism, government, business
and the economy.
Institute
of Development Management (http://www.info.bw/%7Eidm/)
Established in 1974. Management and consultancy training
offered on three campuses in Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.
International
Monetary Fund (http://www.imf.org/)
The IMF is an "organization of 183 member countries, established
to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability,
and orderly exchange; to foster economic growth and high
levels of employment; and to provide temporary financialassistance
to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment." A
search by country will yield reports on the IMF's initiatives
and programs in it.
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 a particular
country.
Links
To Essential Web Sites for International Organizations (http://www.usemb.org.zm/wwwhint.htm)
Site of the Information Resource Center in Lusaka, Zambia. Links
to parastatals such as Red Cross, Red Crescent, ICRC, IMF, NATO, OAS, OECD, World
Bank, WHO, WTO, International Studies Association, and
International Communications Union.
Mbendi, Information
for Africa (http://www.mbendi.co.za)
"Africa's leading business website and one of the world's top
mining, energy and international trade websites. The site has been designed
to assist business-people to identify and research business opportunities
in the country and industry sectors of their choice." Provides the
economic profile, investment and information, such as visa requirements
and currency exchange rates.
SADCBankers.Org - Committee
of Central Bank of Governors in SADCC (http://www.sadcbankers.org/)
Inaugural meeting on November 24, 1995 to contribute to the
process of regional economic cooperation and integration. SADC
countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic
of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South
Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
South
African Data Archive, SADA (http://www.nrf.ac.za/sada/)
Non-profit organization that acts as a facilitator between
data providers B statistical agencies, government departments, market
research companies, academic institutions B and research
community. Links to other data archives worldwide.
SouthScan.Net (http://southscan.gn.apc.org/)
Provides news from Southern, Central and East Africa. Forecasting, and
risk analysis provided by the bi-weekly e-journal SouthScan, which
dates from 1986, and the Southern Africa Monthly Briefing
Report (MBR) which dates from 1991.
Southern
Africa and the Southern African Development Community (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/sadc.html)
Provides economic and energy sector overview for the 14 member-states
of Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South
Africa, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and
Zimbabwe. Overviews included also for Comoros and Madagascar.
Southern
African Center for Cooperation in Agricultural and Natural
Resources Research and Training (SACCAR) (http://www.info.bw/%7Esaccar/sacca.htm)
"Was established in 1984 by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to
coordinate and monitor agricultural and natural resources research and training
activities in the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector of SADC, and
to promote cooperation between member states."
Southern
African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC) (http://www.sardc.net/)
SARDC is an independent institution involved in the collection, analysis
and dissemination of information on Southern Africa and the Southern
African Development Community (SADC) and its member states.
Stockbrokers
Botswana (http://www.stockbrokers-botswana.com)
Provides company research reports and daily market reports.
TradePort
Directory (http://www.tradeport.org/ts/countries/index.html)
Provides comprehensive trade information, trade leads, and
company databases. Managed by the Los Angeles Area Chamber
of Commerce. Funding was provided by the U.S. Department
of Commerce Economic Development Administration, and significant
assistance was provided by the U.S. Commercial Service, the
California Trade and Commerce Agency, and other sponsors.
U.S. Diplomatic
Mission toBotswana (http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/bc1/wwwhmain.html)
Features Embassy services, current news and events.
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."
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
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (http://www.unicef.org/)
"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.
United
Nations ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/ByCountry/)
"ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)... serving the informationneeds of the humanitarian
relief community" Offers news updates to crisis
situations around the world and includesinformation about refugee camps and
other relief efforts. 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 (USAID) (http://www.usaid.gov/)
"An independent agency that provides economic, development and humanitarian
assistance around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United
States ."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."
United
States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/index.html)
Offers valuable statistics by country and by commodity
beginning in 1996 and information about the U.S. trade
balance
with individual countries from 1992 onward.
United
States. Department of Commerce. International Trade
Administration (ITA) (http://www.ita.doc.gov)
A branch of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the
ITA site offers trade statistics, export data, publications
and reports on avariety of issues related to international trade. United
States. Energy Information Administration (EIA)--Country
Analysis Briefs (CAB): Sub-Saharan Africa. (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/cabsaf.html)
Provides an overview of the energy situation for all countries
that are of current interest to energy analysts and policy makers.
Provides data on oil, natural gas, electricity, coal, synthetic
fuels; export, consumption, exploration and production; includes
economic, energy, and environmental overview; also
gives information on various factors affecting the energy sector.
Links to important U.S. government and worldwide sites. Country
briefs for 2001 and 2002 provided for: Angola, Cameroon, Chad,
Rep. of
the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Great
Lakes, Horn, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan
and the SADC countries.
United
States. Energy Information Administration. Energy
Data (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/contents.html)
Annual energy, energy balance and other energy-related
data for the period 1980-2000; presented by fuel category;includesforecasts. Websites
of U.S. embassies and consulates (http://usembassy.state.gov/)
Provides information on US government mission and services, and
publicand private sector information on each country.
The
World Bank Group (http://www.worldbank.org)
A search by country yields numerous English language reports
on the economic development of regions of the world and theWorld
Bank Groups' advice, initiatives and warnings concerning
them. 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
ofofficial documents." Yahoo! Finance
- Currency Conversion (http://finance.yahoo.com/m3?u)
This service provided by Yahoo offers up-to-the-minute
universal conversion rates of foreign currencies.
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