Country Information Pathfinder

Sample Questions That Can Be Answered Using This Pathfinder

• How can I find trade policy for the U.S. and Vietnam?
• Who is the current head of state in South Africa?

General Country Resources: State Dept. Website

State Dept: Regional Bureaus
http://www.state.gov/www/regions.html

Country Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html

Other Country Information (Human Rights Reports, Narcotics Reports, etc.)
http://www.state.gov/www/regions/background_info_countries.html

Non-State Department general resources include:

Library of Congress: Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/indexgeo.html

Country Commercial Guides
http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/business/com_guides/index.html

Country Economic and Trade Policy Reports
http://www.state.gov/www/issues/economic/trade_reports/index.html

U.S. Census Bureau: International Database
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/idbnew.html

Census Bureau: Links to Statistical Depts. of Other Countries
http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html

Embassies of Other Countries in Washington, D.C.
http://www.embassy.org/embassies/index.html

State Dept.: Key Officers at Foreign Service Posts
http://foia.state.gov/keyofficers.asp

Census Bureau: Links to Statistical Depts. of Other Countries
http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html

Foreign Resources on the Web (U. of Michigan Documents Center)
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/foreign.html

Political Resources on the Net
http://www.agora.stm.it/politic/

Governments on the WWW
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/