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Business, Commerce, Economy : Belize

The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Belize 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.   One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to Belize is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/belize/).

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BELIZE 2001  (http://workmall.com/wfb2001/belize/)
Photius Coutsoukis provides a 2001 country profile of Belize. The profile includes information about the geography, population, economy, government, leaders, military, transportation, communications, and international issues of the country. This information was obtained from the 2001 U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) World Factbook. Links to Web sites that offer maps and images of the flag of the country are available.

BELIZE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY  (http://www.belize.org/)
Presents the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Belize City, Belize in Central America. Describes membership benefits, services, and publications. Features a business directory of member businesses in Belize.

BELIZE.NET  (http://www.belize.net/)
Naturalight Productions offers a collection of Web sites on Belize. The links include information on the country's business, districts, government, news and media, education, society and culture, and travel.

EHMT.COM: ENTREPRENEUR HOLDINGS MANAGEMENT TRUST  (http://ehmt.com/)
Features Entrepreneur Holdings Management Trust, located in Orlando, Florida. Includes information on do-it-yourself and pure U.S. trusts, do-it-yourself Belize offshore trusts, and CD and/or T-bond collateral borrowing programs for commercial funding of business projects. Posts do-it-yourself trust files ordering details and contact information via mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail.

FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS (FTAA): BELIZE  (http://www.ftaa-alca.org/busfac/ctyindex/BELmnpge.asp)
The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is an initiative to integrate the economies of the Western Hemisphere into a single free trade arrangement, in which barriers to trade and investment will be progressively eliminated. As part of a collection of documents relating to the history of the FTAA, the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Administrative Secretariat outlines legislation of Belize pertaining to international trade. The areas covered include agriculture, competition policy, government procurement, intellectual property rights, market access, and investment.

KPMG CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.  (http://www.kpmgbelize.com/index.thtml/)
Presents KPMG Corporate Services Ltd., an affiliate of the Belize accounting and consulting services firm KPMG. Contains information about offshore industry in Belize.

LATIN AMERICAN ALLIANCE: MAPS AND STATISICS  (http://www.latinsynergy.org/def%5Fmap%5Fforest.htm)
Presents maps and statistics related to the rain forests in Latin America. Explains that the information was provided to the Latin American Alliance by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC). Includes maps and statistics related to Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guayana, Honduras, Madagascar, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Offers access to rain forest conservation articles. Links to the home page of the Latin American Alliance, which develops environmental and educational business information about sustainable commerce for Latin American countries.

LATIN AMERICAN NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (LANIC): BELIZE  (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/belize/)
Presents a collection of Web sites related to the country of Belize, provided through the online Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC). Explains that LANIC, managed by the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin, provides Latin American users with access to academic databases and information services. Contains Web sites related to Belize, as well as its economy, the government, weather, network and information services, news and newsgroups, travel and tourism, and WWW servers.

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS DIVISION: U.S. TRADE BALANCE WITH BELIZE  (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c2080.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 Belize from January 1985 to the present month. The division provides tables that list the exports, imports, and balance of U.S. trade with Belize for individual months of each year. Guidelines for reading the tables are available.

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