Directories Maps Statistics Human Rights
Country Studies (Library of Congress)
Book-length studies of individual countries
Background Notes (U.S. Department of State)
Almanac-type information about each foreign country
World Factbook (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
All foreign countries descibed, includes maps and copious data
National Parliaments (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
Links to the websites of the world's parliaments and national assemblies
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
Directory of the members of foreign governments, updated weekly
Global Legal Information Network (U.S. Library of Congress)
Laws and regulations listed by country, with summaries and abstracts in English
United Nations Official Page
Links to the entire UN system
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (University of Texas Library)
Maps of countries and regions
United Nations Cartographic Section
Maps for selected regions and countries of the world
Maps and Geography (National Geographic)
Ready-to-print maps of all countries (go to "Find Printer-Friendly Maps")
Infonation (United Nations)
View and compare statistics for all UN member states (up to five countries at a time)
StatUSA - Globus & NTDB (U.S. Department of Commerce) SLU CAMPUS ONLY
Trade statistics, market and country research, etc
Penn World Tables (University of Pennsylvania/University of Toronto)
Data for 152 countries and 29 subjects
Country Indicators for Foreign Policy (Carleton University)
Indicators for 196 countries
Key Development Data and Statistics (World Bank)
Data for individual countries and cross-country comparisons
World Report 2006 (Human Rights Watch)
Human rights report on each country, as well as regional and special reports
Amnesty International Library by Country and Region
Annual reports and special reports on human rights issues
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