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Guinea Bissau
Economic Development, Politics, & Human Rights

• African Development Bank Group on Guinea Bissau (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
  
  
• AFRISTAT:  Guinée Bissau -- Données statistiques (Observatoire économique et statistique d'Afrique Subsaharienne, Bamako, Mali)
  • Sur ce site, on peut trouver les données statistiques sur le pays: démographie, education, activités économiques, échanges extérieurs, prix, transports, tourisme et environnement, etc. 'AFRISTAT est une organisation internationale créée par un traité signé le 21 septembre 1993 à Abidjan par les pays de la Zone Franc.'
  • See also: Instituto Nacional de Estatística below
  • AFRISTAT -- Page d'accueil
  
  
• Amnesty International on Guinea-Bissau--Brief Profile (Washington, DC and New York)
  
  
• Assembleia Nacional Popular (See below: República da Guiné-Bissau)
  
  
• Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (1984, amended 1996) Unofficial text in WORD format.
  (via International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland)
  
  
• Development Gateway Country Overview on Guinea Bissau (Washington, DC)
  A clearinghouse of links to a wide variety of organizational websites with economic data. Originally founded by The World Bank, the DG has been an "independent", donor-funded organization since 2001.
  
  
• Directory of Development Organizations: Guinea-Bissau (2008) (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?) PDF format.
  
  
• ElectionGuide on Guinea Bissau, 2009 (See IFES below)
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization on Guinea-Bissau (Rome, Italy)
  • FAO Aquastat Programme: Guinée-Bissau, 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 en 1993 ce programme."
    
    
  • FAO Document Repository on "Guinea-Bissau"
  
  
• Instituto Nacional de Estatística da Républica da Guiné-Bissau: Publicações e Dados (2002-2006) Ministério da Economia. (Bissau)
  
  
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre: Internally displaced persons in Guinea Bissau (2002-2006) Norwegian Refugee Council (Geneva, Switzerland)
  For Guinea-Bissau, the IDMC offers a profile or overview of the humanitarian situation in 2002 and 2006...especially in the northern part of the country bordering Senegal.
  
  
• International Crisis Group on Guinea Bissau (Washington, DC, USA; Brussels, Belgium; Dakar, Senegal)
  --See also: News reports on Guinea Bissau, 2003-
  
  
• IFES--International Foundation for Electoral Systems: ElectionGuide on Guinea Bissau (2009) (Washington, DC)
  
  
• The International Monetary Fund: Guinea Bissau Country Info (Washington, DC)
  Summaries, full length reports, and recent news. Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring  Adobe Acrobat.
  
  
• Investir en Zone Franc: Guinée Bissau (IZF.Net, France)
  Un guide pratique des affaires, y compris les principaux indicateurs économiques, plusieurs liens aux institutions divers, et les  cartes du pays et de Bissau.
  
  
• Liga Guineense dos Direitos Humanos (2007-2008) (Bissau)
  "Foi fundada em Bissau a 12 de Agosto de 1991, onde tem a sua sede."
  
  
• MBendi AfroPaedia: Guinea-Bissau (MBendi Information Services, South Africa)
  A very basic economic profile.
  
  
• PAIGC--Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (2003) Fundado em 1956 (Bissau)
  Em 2009, ô candidato do partido às presidenciais é Malam Bacai Sanha.
  
  
• PRS--Partido da Renovação Social (Bissau)
  Em 2009, ô candidato do partido às presidenciais é Koumba Yalá.
  
  
• Partido dos Trabalhadores da Guiné-Bissau (Bissau)
  
  
• República da Guiné-Bissau: Assembleia Nacional Popular (Bissau)
  
  
• United Nations Development Programme on Guinea Bissau (New York)
  • PNUD en Guinée Bissau Page d'accueil en français
  • Political Reform for MDGs--National Human Development Report for Guinea-Bissau 2006 in English --or-- French PDF format
  
  
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Guinea Bissau (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Refworld on Guinea-Bissau
  • Research/Evaluation...Country and Legal Information Search
  
  
• United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
  • Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa (IRIN)
    Daily and regional news bulletins; plus links to individual country news reports.
    - Latest news on Guinea-Bissau
  • ReliefWeb on Guinea Bissau
    Breaking and recent news reports on conditions in Guinea-Bissau, from IRIN-WA and other news services.
  
  
• UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Search for Guinea-Bissau Country Indicators, Policy Developments, and Overview (New York)
  
  
• United States Agencies on Guinea-Bissau (Washington, DC)
  • United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
    --  US-Guinea Bissau Trade Balance, 1992--
    -- US International Trade Statistics: Guinea Bissau, 1996-- (Search)
    
    
  • United States. Department of State: Guinea-Bissau Country Report on Human Rights Practices:  1997 |  1998 |  1999 |  2000 |  2001 |  2002 |  2003 |  2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
    
    
  • United States. Commercial Service: Recent documents on Guinea-Bissau economy (International Trade Administration)
    
    
  • United States Institute of Peace Library: Peace Agreement, Abuja, Nigeria, November 1998 (USIP Library, Peace Agreements Digital Collections)
  
  
• The World Bank on Guinea Bissau (Washington, DC)
  • The World Bank in Guinea Bissau, 1999--
    A country brief, reports, and a profile of economic indicators; plus a searchable database.
    
    
  • Conflict, livelihoods, and poverty in Guinea-Bissau. (2007) Edited by Boubacar-Sid Barry...[et al.]
    -- Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2007. (88 p.) via Google Books
    "...a collection of papers based on the nationally representative 2002 household survey and a small scale survey with both quantitative and qualitative components implemented in 2004."