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Economic Development, Education, Environment, and the Internet

• African Development Bank Group on Angola (Abidjan, Côte d':Ivoire)
  • Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
  
  
• Banco Nacional de Angola Home Page (Luanda)
  
  
• CODESRIA: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa: "'Lusophonie' in Africa: History, Democracy and Integration" International Colloquium, 28-30 April 2005, Luanda, Angola: Call for Papers. (Dakar, Senegal) PDF format
  • The deadline for abstracts/proposals is January 30, 2005.
  
  
• Development Gateway Country Overview on Angola (Washington, DC)
  A clearinghouse of links to a wide variety of organizational websites with economic data. Originally founded by The World Bank, DG has been an "independent", donor-funded foundation since 2001.
  
  
• Direcção Nacional do Comércio Interno (Luanda, Angola)
  • Legislação comercial (PDF)
  • Revista ABC Commercial (PDF)
  
  
• Directory of Development Organizations: Angola (2008) (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?) PDF format.
  
  
• ELDIS Country Profiles (Electronic Development and Environment Information System, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
  • Search for Angola: This service compiles and indexes links to online full texts (requiring Adobe Acrobat PDF), related web sites, and print publications in the IDS library on a variety of subjects pertaining to Angola, especially in the fields of agricultural economics, trade, health, governance, and education.
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization on Angola (Rome, Italy)
  • FAO Global Information and Early Warning System: FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission Special Report, August 2004
    • See also: July 2003 | July 2002 | June 2001 | May 2000 | June 1999 | May 1998 | May 1997 | May 1996
      
      
    
    
  • Search "Angola" in the FAO Document Repository
    
    
  • FAO Aquastat Programme: Angola, 2005
    • Un rapport bref. "AQUASTAT est un systéme d'information sur l'eau et le développement agricole et rural. Il contient des analyses régionales ainsi que des monographies sur les ressources en eau et leur utilisation, plus particulièrement l'irrigation et le drainage. L'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture a entamé ce programme en 1993."
  
  
• France. Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie -- Marchés extérieurs: Angola (Ambassade de France, Mission économique; Paris)
  
  
• Global Witness on Angola (London, UK)
  • Global Witness focuses on areas where profits from environmental exploitation fund human rights abuses. Reports and press releases -- special interest on Angola (and Cambodia) ; sources include inter-governmental organizations, NGOs and the major western news services. -- In English or Portuguese
  • GW Home Page
  • All the Presidents' Men (2002)
  • A Crude Awakening (1999)
  
  
• Human Rights Watch: Some Transparency, No Accountability: The Use of Oil Revenue in Angola and its Impact on Human Rights. (January 2004) PDF format. (New York and Washington, DC)
  • See also: Republic of Angola 2002 report and responses to HRW below.
  
  
• International Bureau of Education = Bureau de l'Education International: Angola (UNESCO, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Relatório nacional, 2001 | Annexes, 1 -and- 2 (Angola. Ministério da Educação e Cultura. 46th Session of the International Conference on Education, Geneva, 5-8 September, 2001)
  • Documents & resources on Angola (Reports and statistics)
  
  
• The International Monetary Fund: Angola Country Info (Washington, DC)
  • Summaries, full length reports, and recent news. Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat.
  
  
• MBendi AfroPaedia: Angola (MBendi Information Services Ltd., South Africa)
  • A basic guide for business interests, including the Angolan oil industry.
  
  

• National Information and Communications Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Africa: Angola, 1999 (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  • General background, Internet connectivity data, and project information.
  
  
• Partnership Africa Canada: Hard currency: the criminalized diamond economy of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbours. (June 2002) By Christian Dietrich. Occasional paper; no. 4. -- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: PAC, 2002. (PDF format)
  • "This report links the wars in Angola and the Congo, along with other conflicts in Central Africa, to the massive illicit trade in conflict diamonds. Concludes with recommendations for countries in Central Africa, the United Nations, the Kimberley Process and donor agencies."
  • See also: Diamonds and Human Security
  
  
• Republic of Angola, Ministério das Finanças: (Luanda)
  See also: Direcção Nacional do Comércio Interno above.
  -- Instituições do Estado e Organismos internacionais
  
  
• United Nations Development Programme -- Human Development Report Indicators for Angola: 2003 | 2004 Factsheet (New York)
  
  
• UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Angola Country Profile (New York)
  
  
• United States Agencies on the Angola Economy (Washington, DC)
  • US Agency for International Development on Angola -- Country Information
    
    
  • United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
    • US-Angola Trade Balance, 1992--
      
    • US International Trade Statistics: Angola, 1996-- (Search)
    
    
  • United States. Commercial Service: Recent documents on Angola economy (International Trade Administration)
    
    
  • United States. Department of State: Angola Economy
    • Country Commercial Guide for Angola, 1999
      -- Recent Angola country information (General)
      
    • United States. Energy Information Administration: Angola Profile
  
  
  
• The World Bank on Angola (Washington, DC)
  A country brief and data (PDF file); plus a searchable database on project information.