Text resources: almanacs, The World Guide 2001/2002
Online resource: http://estat.epsb.ca
Web Resources (also use the Countries of the World page)
NationMaster.com http://www.nationmaster.com - This site allows you to make a variety of comparisons between countries. Once a characteristic such as military spending or economic aid is selected, the site produces a bar graph to show the comparison. Very fast!
Your Nation - This site allows you to make a variety of comparisons between countries. Once a characteristic such as life expectancy, death rate, land size, etc. is selected, the site produces a bar graph to show the comparison. Very slow! Here's a sample:
 | Map & Graph: Top 100 Economy: Economic Aid: donor (per capita) http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/eco_eco_aid_don_cap |
Foreign Aid Statistics http://www.its.caltech.edu/~kai/foreignaid.html
US Aid - 4http://www.usaid.gov/policy/budget/cbj2004/summary_of_budget_request.pdf
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
| Foreign Policy |
| Canada's International Human Rights Policy |
CanadaInternational - Canada and the World, Canadian Environment, Foreign Policy
Canada and NATO http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/nato/canada_nato-en.asp
United Nations Statistics Division
The World Bank Group – Regions and Countries
Canadian International Development Agency
Statistical Resources on the Web
Center for Global Development http://www.cgdev.org/
Ranking the Rich http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/story.php?storyID=13656&PHPSESSID=c5145eba7c67736e141a27d56b059ed8
Canadian Economy Online http://canadianeconomy.gc.ca/english/economy/overview.html
Amnesty International – working to protect
human rights worldwide
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote
all human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and
other international standards.
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Amnesty International - Library – View by country and region |
The Commonwealth - http://www.thecommonwealth.org/
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NAFTA Secretariat - http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/DefaultSite/home/index_e.aspx
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Canadian section - http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/canada/can_home/index_e.asp |
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