International Economic and Environmental Sustainability Project Web Links
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
This official site
contains information about careers in the CIA; publications, including
The World Factbook and Factbook on Intelligence, both downloadable; annual
reports; speeches (archive extends back to 1995); press releases; a FAQ; a
brief bibliography of intelligence literature; and related links. Also includes
information on chiefs of state and cabinet members of foreign governments.
Searchable.
URL: https://www.cia.gov/
Sister Cities International
"Sister Cities International
is a nonprofit citizen diplomacy network creating and strengthening
partnerships between U.S. and international communities in an effort to
increase global cooperation at the municipal level, to promote cultural
understanding and to stimulate economic development." The site
contains a FAQ, a directory of sister cities, information on programs, and
more.
URL: http://www.sister-cities.org/
AFL-CIO
The official Web site of
the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, a
federation of national and international labor unions. It includes union
news and background information on the organization's economic,
political, and other concerns.
URL: http://www.aflcio.org/home.htm
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
This is the official
website of OPEC, an international organization of eleven oil-producing
and exporting countries, whose economic reliance is on oil revenues.
Includes news, publications and reports, daily oil prices, statistics, FAQs on
the petroleum industry, and more.
URL: http://www.opec.org/
TradePort
"TradePort is a
repository of free information and resources for businesses that seek to
conduct international trade to and from California." Owned by the
Bay Area Economic Forum and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce.
URL: http://www.tradeport.org/index.html
Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law,
History and Diplomacy
A collection of documents
"relevant to the fields of law, history, economics, politics,
diplomacy and government." International in scope. Includes
documents dating back to Ancient Greece. Searchable, and browsable by date,
subject, author, and title.
URL: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/
Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL)
This directory of international
law Web sites features sections for general international law, human
rights, and economic, environmental, and criminal law. Directory entries
include site descriptions and legal citations. Browsable and searchable. From
the American Society of International Law.
URL: http://www.eisil.org/
International Affairs Resources
An annotated directory of
nearly 3,000 links to "information and analysis in a wide range of international
affairs, international studies, and international relations
topics." Topics include business and economics, human rights, international
development, and public health. Also features links to maps, media sources, and
organizations. A Virtual Library site.
URL: http://www2.etown.edu/vl/
Internal
Revenue Service: Economic Stimulus Payments Information Center
Official Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) information about the 2008 "economic
stimulus" payments that will be sent to U.S. taxpayers starting in May.
"Eligible taxpayers will receive between $300 to $600 if single or $600 to
$1,200 if married filing jointly." Provides payment scenarios, a FAQ,
material for Social Security and veterans' benefits recipients, an alert about
rebate scams, and other details about the payment program. From the IRS.
URL: http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=177937,00.html
International Air Transport Association (IATA): Industry Economics & Facts
Fact sheets, statistics,
and other material about the international air travel industry. Provides
data on airlines (such as number of passengers and miles flown), a monthly newsletter
on industry trends, list of acronyms, and fact sheets on topics such as fuel
prices, emissions, avian flu, and safety. From the International Air
Transport Association (IATA).
URL: http://www.iata.org/pressroom/industry_facts/
VIBES: Virtual International Business & Economic
Sources
Provides global, regional,
and national listings of nearly 3,000 links covering international
business and economic information available in English. Includes
full-text articles and research reports, statistical tables and graphs, and
financial portals.
URL: http://library.uncc.edu/display/?dept=reference&format=open&page=68
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