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Democratic Republic of Congo
Economic Development, Environment, and The Internet

• African Development Bank Group on the Democratic Republic of Congo (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
  
  
• ANAPI--Agence Nationale pour la Promotion des Investissements en République Démocratique du Congo (Kinshasa ; Gombe)
  Le site --en français ou en anglais-- offre les actualités sur un éventail des projets de développement au pays et les documents à propos des opportunités d'investissement.
  
  
• Anvil Mining Ltd (West Perth, Australia ; Toronto, Canada)
  Warning: this is commercial site. "...in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Company has one copper and silver operation in production, a copper-cobalt project due to go ahead late in 2005 and another copper-cobalt mine under evaluation."
  
  
• Autorité Météorologique Nationale de la République Démocratique du Congo: Les Prévisions Météo et les Projets (Kinshasa)
  
  
• CARPE--Central African Regional Program for the Environment (University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; in association with the United States Agency for International Development--USAID, Washington, DC)
  -- CARPE Documents
  -- CARPE Data/Maps
  
  
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): D.R. Congo Home Page (Lusaka, Zambia)
  Basic country information, banking infrastructure, investment guidelines, and other major economic indicators.
  
  
• Development Gateway Country Overview on Democratic Republic of Congo (Washington, DC)
  A clearinghouse of links to a wide variety of organizational websites with economic data. Orginally founded by The World Bank, the DG has been an "independent", donor-funded organization since 2001.
  
  
• Directory of Development Organizations: Democratic Republic of Congo (2007) (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?) PDF format.
  
  
• FAO Aquastat Programme -- Rechercher: République démocratique du Congo (Zaire), 2005 (Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome)
  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."
  
  
• First Quantum Minerals (Toronto, Canada; London, UK)
  • Warning: this is a commercial site. Formerly Adastra Minerals and American Minerals Field.
    This is the public information site for a mining company with interests in Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mauritania; see especially the section on "Investors" for news releases and financial reports.
  • See also: Eco-Minex International on American Minerals Fields (London, UK; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
  
  
• The International Monetary Fund: Democratic Republic of Congo Country Info (Washington, DC)
  Summaries, full length reports, and recent news. Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat.
  
  
• MBendi AfroPaedia: Democratic Republic of Congo (MBendi Information Services, Ltd., South Africa)
  A basic economic profile.
  
  
• National Information and Communications Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, 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."
  • Diamonds and Human Security
  
  
• United Nations Agencies on the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • United Nations Development Programme -- Human Development Report Indicators for Democratic Republic of Congo: 2003 | 2004 (New York)
    
    
  • UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Democratic Republic of Congo Country Profile (New York)
    
    
  • Report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (April 12, 2001) via UN News Service.
  
  
• United States Agencies on the Democratic Republic of Congo (Washington, DC)
  • US Agency for International Development on Dem. Rep. of Congo -- Country Information
    
    
  • United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
    -- US-"Congo (Kinshasa)" Trade Balance, 1992--
    -- US International Trade Statistics: "Congo (Kinshasa)", 1996-- (Search)
    
    
  • United States. Department of State: Democratic Republic of Congo Country Commercial Guide, 2001 (PDF file)
    
  • United States. Commercial Service: Recent documents on DRC economy (International Trade Administration)
  
  
• The World Bank on the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1999- (Washington, DC)
  • A country brief and data (PDF file); plus a searchable database (D.R.C. or Zaire) on project information.
  • Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, 2002-
    
  
  
• World Resources Institute: An analysis of access to Central Africa's rainforests. By Susan Minnemeyer, with contributions from Tyson Walker ...[et al.] -- Washington, DC: WRI, 2002. PDF format. [Data and analysis from the Congo Basin and Cameroon.]