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Africa: Conflicts Without Borders 2009
Africa: Conflicts Without Borders 2009
Other
refugees, armed conflict, piracy incidents, ...
Conflicts Without Borders, which visualizes conflict in Africa as sub-national and transnational areas of armed conflict, inter-communal strife, and political violence that occurred in the first seven months of 2009. Areas of conflict were drawn around locations of reported conflict incidents in 2009, as well as around concentrations of internally displaced persons inside affected countries and cross-border rebel bases and refugee camps in neighboring countries.
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3,157 views
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PISA 2009
PISA 2009
Education
Student assessment, student performance, ...
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) was created by the OECD member countries in 1997 to produce direct assessments of student performance, on a regular basis in an efficient, timely and cost-effective manner; and to provide more relevant and powerful indicators of human capital. PISA produces assessments of reading literacy, mathematical literacy, scientific literacy and a growing range of cross-curricular competencies among 15-year-olds in school. The dataset contains the anonymised records from the over 450,000 students in 65 countries who were sampled and took the PISA assessments. The records include background information about the studetns as well as thier motivations and learning styles. Background information on the schools attended by the students including school level policies and practices is included in the dataset.
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Darfur - Damaged-Destroyed Villages Sept 2009
Darfur - Damaged-Destroyed Villages Sept 2009
Other
villagesn, sudan, humanitarian, destruction, ...
The dataset from the Humanitarian Information Unit depict villages confirmed to have been damaged or destroyed in the Darfur region of Sudan between 2003 and 2009.
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Bibliographical Metadata of the Foreign Relations of the United States Series
Bibliographical Metadata of the Foreign Relations of the United States Series
Other
FRUS, foreign policy, foreign affairs, diplomacy, ...
The Office of the Historian is responsible, under law, for the preparation and publication of the official historical documentary record of U.S. foreign policy in the Foreign Relations of the United States series. The dataset that the Office of the Historian is submitting is the raw bibliographical metadata for the nearly 500 volumes in this series published since 1861. Each record in the dataset contains a volume's title, year of publication, years covered by the volume, summary, and links to websites that offer these volumes online or in print, among other metadata items.
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FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - East Asia and Pacific region
FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - East Asia and Pacific region
International Statistics
regional, East Asia and Pacific, statistics, IAWG, ...
The Interagency Working Group (IAWG) on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training was created in 1998 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year and also include the previous fiscal year's Inventory of Programs that details the scope of federal international exchanges and training. Each report is a large PDF file and includes many charts, graphs, and supporting appendices. nnIAWG FY2008 East Asia and Pacific Regional Reports statistical reports that will be included in our dataset follow:nnParticipants by Employment TypenParticipants by Field of ActivitynInventory of Participants by CountrynParticipants by Federal Sponsor
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1,268 views
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FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Eurasia (formerly New Independent States) region
FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Eurasia (formerly New Independent States) region
International Statistics
regional, East Asia and Pacific, statistics, IAWG, ...
The Interagency Working Group (IAWG) on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training was created in 1998 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year and also include the previous fiscal year's Inventory of Programs that details the scope of federal international exchanges and training. Each report is a large PDF file and includes many charts, graphs, and supporting appendices. nnIAWG FY2008 Eurasia (formerly New Independent States) Regional Reports statistical reports that will be included in our dataset follow:nnParticipants by Employment TypenParticipants by Field of ActivitynInventory of Participants by CountrynParticipants by Federal Sponsor
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1,175 views
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Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances by Visa Category and by Nationality for Fiscal Years 1997-2009
Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances by Visa Category and by Nationality for Fiscal Years 1997-2009
Arts, Recreation, and Travel
Nonimmigrant visas, visitor visas, NIV, ...
This dataset shows the number of nonimmigrant visa issuances organized by visa category (including dependent categories) and nationality for Fiscal Years 1997-2009.
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765 views
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FY2008 Global Economic Indicators
FY2008 Global Economic Indicators
Federal Government Finances and Employment
economic affairs, world economies, FRUS, ...
This dataset consists of general economic indicators for all countries in the world as collated in the Department of State's Economic Engagement Matrix.
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668 views
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FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Europe
FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Europe
International Statistics
regional, statistics, IAWG, sponsor, training, ...
The Interagency Working Group on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training (IAWG) was created in 1997 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year and also include the previous fiscal year's Inventory of Programs that details the scope of federal international exchanges and training. Each report is a large PDF file and includes many charts, graphs, and supporting appendices. nnIAWG FY2008 Europe Regional Reports statistical reports that will be included in our dataset follow:nnParticipants by Employment TypenParticipants by Field of ActivitynInventory of Participants by CountrynParticipants by Federal Sponsor
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507 views
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Nonimmigrant Visas by Individual Class of Admission FY1987 - 2009
Nonimmigrant Visas by Individual Class of Admission FY1987 - 2009
Arts, Recreation, and Travel
Nonimmigrant visas, visitor visas, NIV, ...
This dataset shows the number of nonimmigrant visa issuances by class of nonimmigrants including crewlist visas and border crossing cards, Fiscal Years 1987-2009
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479 views
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FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Near East
FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Near East
International Statistics
Near East, regional, statistics, IAWG, sponsor, ...
The Interagency Working Group on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training (IAWG) was created in 1997 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year and also include the previous fiscal year's Inventory of Programs that details the scope of federal international exchanges and training. Each report is a large PDF file and includes many charts, graphs, and supporting appendices. nnIAWG FY2008 Near East Regional Reports statistical reports that will be included in our dataset follow:nnParticipants by Employment TypenParticipants by Field of ActivitynInventory of Participants by CountrynParticipants by Federal Sponsor
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458 views
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Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2009
Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2009
Population
China, psychotropic, Pan Am Flight 103, Montenegro, ...
The 2009 Digest provides a historical record of key legal developments in 2009. Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh summarized the contents of the 2009 Digest, stating in part: In 2009, as this volume reflects, a new United States administration, under the Presidency of Barack Obama, took office and pursued important initiatives demonstrating its respect for the rule of law. For instance, the United States has sought to ensure its detention operations, detainee prosecutions, and uses of force are all consistent with the laws of war. In one of his first actions after taking office, President Barack Obama unequivocally banned the use of torture as an instrument of U.S. policy and instructed that all interrogations of detainees be conducted in accordance with Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions and with the revised Army Field Manual. The executive branch also articulated a revised, narrower legal basis for its authority to detain individuals, based on the 2001 statutory Authorization for the Use of Military Force ("AUMF"), and made clear that its interpretation of the AUMF would be informed by the law of war. The administration also worked with Congress to improve the legal framework governing military commissions. Finally, as the President made clear in his Nobel lecture, "[w]here force is necessary, we have a moral and strategic interest in binding ourselves to certain rules of conduct. . . . [E]ven as we confront a vicious adversary that abides by no rules . . . the United States of America must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. The United States also resumed our multilateral engagement in many different diplomatic fora, while remaining fully engaged in others. With the International Criminal Court, the United States participated for the first time as an observer in the Eighth Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute. With the Human Rights Council, the United States became a member of the Council for the first time. With the climate change negotiations, the United States engaged at the highest level, and President Obama and the leaders of key major economies reached consensus on the Copenhagen Accord in December 2009. The United States submitted a written statement and written comments to the International Court of Justice concerning the UN General Assembly's request for an advisory opinion on the question "Is the unilateral declaration of independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo in accordance with international law?" and I was privileged to deliver an oral statement of the U.S. views to the Court in December. Promoting the development of international law also played a key part in the United States' economic diplomacy agenda, including in the areas of trade, sanctions, claims settlement, and private international law. Arbitral tribunals issued awards in favor of the United States under the Softwood Lumber Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement in 2009, and the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal issued a partial award in favor of the United States. The United States also continued to participate actively in the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement mechanism and received favorable decisions in a number of disputes in that forum. In the area of private international law, the United States signed the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods, Wholly or Partly by Sea ("Rotterdam Rules") and the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements ("Choice of Court Convention") and participated actively in the negotiations concluding the Convention on Substantive Rules for Transfers of Intermediated Securities ("Geneva Securities Convention"). The United States also pursued initiatives to renew the rule of law by reviving our treaty and agreement making process. For example, in 2009, we deposited or exchanged instruments of ratification to bring into force more than 70 advice and consent treaties, which is an all-time annual record for the United States. Among these treaties were crucial law of war instruments, tax treaties, an environmental treaty, and law enforcement treaties, including landmark agreements with the European Union on extradition and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, which entered into force in early 2010. In addition, we negotiated a new treaty to replace the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms ("START"), signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities-the first new human rights convention of the twenty-first century, and supported the negotiation of a new multilateral agreement to reduce mercury pollution. In 2009 the United States also sought legal and policy-based solutions to a range of other pressing international problems. For example, the United States took the lead on a Security Council resolution concerning sexual violence in situations of armed conflict, which the Council adopted unanimously on September 30, 2009. The year also marked several important developments relating to the privileges and immunities of foreign states and foreign officials in the United States. The Supreme Court issued one opinion concerning the effect of Presidential and congressional action on a state's immunity from jurisdiction in the United States (Iraq v. Beaty). The Court issued another opinion holding that a U.S. victim of terrorism could not enforce a judgment against Iran by attaching, under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, certain Iranian property that was unblocked at the time of the lower court decision, and that, in any event, the victim had relinquished any right to attach the property by having already accepted payment under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Ministry of Def. & Support v. Elahi). Within the executive branch, the State Department announced two significant decisions relating to privileges and immunities of foreign diplomatic or consular missions and their personnel: (1) the Department began accepting the accreditation of same-sex domestic partners of foreign diplomatic or consular personnel assigned to official duty in the United States, meaning that accredited same-sex domestic partners now have the same privileges and immunities as other accredited family members whom the Department recognizes as forming part of a diplomat's household; and (2) the Department also extended exemptions from real property taxes to residences owned by foreign governments and used to house staff of diplomatic missions to the United Nations and the Organization of American States and consular posts. . . .
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Directorate of Defense Trade Controls , Section 655, Annual Military Assistance Report, FY08
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls , Section 655, Annual Military Assistance Report, FY08
National Security and Veterans Affairs
ITAR, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, ...
Section 655 Annual Military Assistance Reports cover defense articles and defense services licensed for export under 22 U.S.C. 2778 of the Arms Export Control Act (see the AECA Web page here). These reports are provided annually to Congress pursuant to Section 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act and, as required by that Section, these reports show for a fiscal year the aggregate dollar value and quantity of defense articles and defense services authorized as direct commercial sales to each foreign country
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421 views
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FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - South Asia region
FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - South Asia region
International Statistics
IAWG, regional, sponsor, South, training, Asia, ...
The Interagency Working Group on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training (IAWG) was created in 1997 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year and also include the previous fiscal year's Inventory of Programs that details the scope of federal international exchanges and training. Each report is a large PDF file and includes many charts, graphs, and supporting appendices. nnIAWG South Asia Regional Reports statistical reports that will be included in our dataset follow:nnParticipants by Employment TypenParticipants by Field of ActivitynInventory of Participants by CountrynParticipants by Federal Sponsor
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FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports -Western Hemisphere Affairs
FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports -Western Hemisphere Affairs
International Statistics
Western, Hemisphere, IAWG, regional, sponsor, ...
The Interagency Working Group on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training (IAWG) was created in 1997 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year and also include the previous fiscal year's Inventory of Programs that details the scope of federal international exchanges and training. Each report is a large PDF file and includes many charts, graphs, and supporting appendices. nnIAWG Western Hemisphere Affairs Reports statistical reports that will be included in our dataset follow:nnParticipants by Employment TypenParticipants by Field of ActivitynInventory of Participants by CountrynParticipants by Federal Sponsor
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FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Sub-Sarahan Africa region
FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Sub-Sarahan Africa region
International Statistics
Sub-Sarahan, IAWG, regional, sponsor, training, ...
The Interagency Working Group on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training (IAWG) was created in 1997 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year and also include the previous fiscal year's Inventory of Programs that details the scope of federal international exchanges and training. Each report is a large PDF file and includes many charts, graphs, and supporting appendices. nnIAWG Sub-Sarahan Africa Regional Reports statistical reports that will be included in our dataset follow:nnParticipants by Employment TypenParticipants by Field of ActivitynInventory of Participants by CountrynParticipants by Federal Sponsor
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375 views
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FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Region Unattributable
FY2008 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Region Unattributable
International Statistics
Unattributable, IAWG, regional, sponsor, training, ...
The Interagency Working Group on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training (IAWG) was created in 1997 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year and also include the previous fiscal year's Inventory of Programs that details the scope of federal international exchanges and training. Each report is a large PDF file and includes many charts, graphs, and supporting appendices. nnIAWG Region Unattributable Reports statistical reports that will be included in our dataset follow:nnParticipants by Employment TypenParticipants by Field of ActivitynInventory of Participants by CountrynParticipants by Federal Sponsor
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357 views
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Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2008
Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2008
Population
China, capital punishment, psychotropic, ...
The Office of the Legal Adviser publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law. The 2008 volume covers significant legal developments that occurred during 2008. In his introduction to the volume, Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh stated in part: "This volume provides a historical record of developments occurring during the period when my predecessor, John B. Bellinger, III, served as Legal Adviser. . . . "Significant legal developments occurred throughout 2008, including ones relating to international terrorism and piracy, conflict resolution, nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, and international human rights and humanitarian law. For example, the UN Security Council, with U.S. leadership, adopted resolutions authorizing the use of force to repress piracy off the Somali coast, a resolution maintaining and strengthening the Somali arms embargo, and a resolution reauthorizing the African Union peacekeeping mission to Somalia. The United States concluded a strategic framework agreement and a status of forces agreement with Iraq, an agreement for nuclear cooperation with India, and a comprehensive claims settlement agreement with Libya. In the area of human rights, the United States made its first appearance before the Committee on the Rights of the Child, which met to consider the initial U.S. reports on U.S. implementation of the two optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child . . . . "In 2008, by negotiating and concluding treaties, pursuing other diplomatic initiatives, and participating in arbitration and litigation, the United States also remained actively engaged in the development of international law. . . ."
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FY2009 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Europe
FY2009 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Europe
International Statistics
sponsor, IAWG, regional, exchanges, statistics, ...
The Interagency Working Group on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training (IAWG) was created in 1997 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year and also include the previous fiscal year's Inventory of Programs that details the scope of federal international exchanges and training. Each report is a large PDF file and includes many charts, graphs, and supporting appendices. Europe Regional Reports include: Participants by Employment Type Participants by Field of Activity Inventory of Participants by Country Participants by Federal Sponsor
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Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances by Visa Category and by Nationality for Fiscal Years 1997-2010
Nonimmigrant Visa Issuances by Visa Category and by Nationality for Fiscal Years 1997-2010
Arts, Recreation, and Travel
Nonimmigrant visas, visitor visas, NIV, ...
This dataset shows the number of nonimmigrant visa issuances organized by visa category (including dependent categories) and nationality for Fiscal Years 1997-2010.
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284 views
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FY2009 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Sub-Saharan Africa region
FY2009 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports - Sub-Saharan Africa region
International Statistics
sponsor, IAWG, regional, exchanges, statistics, ...
The Interagency Working Group on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training (IAWG) was created in 1997 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year and also include the previous fiscal year's Inventory of Programs that details the scope of federal international exchanges and training. Each report is a large PDF file and includes many charts, graphs, and supporting appendices. Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Reports include: Participants by Employment Type Participants by Field of Activity Inventory of Participants by Country Participants by Federal Sponsor
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260 views
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Nonimmigrant Visas by Individual Class of Admission FY1987 - 2010
Nonimmigrant Visas by Individual Class of Admission FY1987 - 2010
Arts, Recreation, and Travel
Nonimmigrant visas, visitor visas, NIV, ...
This dataset shows the number of nonimmigrant visa issuances by class of nonimmigrants including crewlist visas and border crossing cards, Fiscal Years 1987-2010
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250 views
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FY2009 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports -Western Hemisphere Affairs
FY2009 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports -Western Hemisphere Affairs
International Statistics
Western, Hemisphere, sponsor, IAWG, regional, ...
The Interagency Working Group on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training (IAWG) was created in 1997 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year and also include the previous fiscal year's Inventory of Programs that details the scope of federal international exchanges and training. Each report is a large PDF file and includes many charts, graphs, and supporting appendices. Western Hemisphere Affairs include: Participants by Employment Type Participants by Field of Activity Inventory of Participants by Country Participants by Federal Sponsor
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FY2009 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports Eurasia (formerly New Independent States)
FY2009 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports Eurasia (formerly New Independent States)
International Statistics
statistics, IAWG, regional, sponsor, training, ...
The Interagency Working Group on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training (IAWG) was created in 1997 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year and also include the previous fiscal year's Inventory of Programs that details the scope of federal international exchanges and training. Each report is a large PDF file and includes many charts, graphs, and supporting appendices. Eurasia Regional Reports include: Participants by Employment Type Participants by Field of Activity Inventory of Participants by Country Participants by Federal Sponsor
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FY2009 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports East Asia and the Pacific (EAP)
FY2009 U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training Regional statistical reports East Asia and the Pacific (EAP)
International Statistics
sponsor, East, IAWG, regional, exchanges, Asia, ...
The Interagency Working Group on U.S. Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training (IAWG) was created in 1997 to make recommendations to the President for improving the coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of United States Government-sponsored international exchanges and training. IAWG Annual Reports review the IAWG's activities over a given fiscal year and also include the previous fiscal year's Inventory of Programs that details the scope of federal international exchanges and training. Each report is a large PDF file and includes many charts, graphs, and supporting appendices. East Asia and the Pacific Regional Reports include: Participants by Employment Type Participants by Field of Activity Inventory of Participants by Country Participants by Federal Sponsor
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