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Namibia
Economic Development, Environment, and Health

• Africa Online: Namibia Business & Economy News (Windhoek)
  Current business news links for Namibia. See also, the general home page.
  
  
• African Development Bank Group on Namibia (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
  
  
• Agri Namibia (Windhoek)
  Information for Namibian farmers and agribusiness, including the Namibian Agricultural Union.
  
  
• Banks of Namibia Online (Windhoek)
  • Bank of Namibia -- Central Bank of Namibia
    • The site includes BON publications (Quarterly bulletin, Annual reports, research papers, etc.) and statistics.
    • Proceedings from the BON 4th Annual Symposium, August 7, 2002
  • Bank Windhoek
  • First National Bank of Namibia Home Page
  • Standard Bank--Namibia Home Page
  
  
• Development Gateway Country Overview on Namibia (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: Namibia (2006) (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?) PDF format.
  
  
• Epupa Hydro-Electric Dam Scheme, Kunene River, Namibia
  • Epupa Hydro-Electric Dam Scheme Debate, February 1998: as reported by The Namibian (Online).
  • International Rivers Network on the Epupa Dam, 1996-- (Berkeley, California)
    Campaigns and news reports.
  
  
• Erongo Region Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Programme (Windhoek)
  
  
• FAO Aquastat Programme -- Namibia, 2005 (Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome)
  A profile on water resources in Namibia. "The 'thirst' for water data is ever increasing and there is indeed considerable demand for data on rural water use from national governments and development agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiated an activity in 1993 to meet this demand with particular focus on irrigation. This resulted in the AQUASTAT Programme, the objective of which is to generate rural water use data at country level in a systematic manner."
  -- See also: Search "Namibia" in FAO Document Repository
  
  
• Geological Survey of Namibia (Windhoek, Namibia)
  Recent reports and related links on soils, coastline, and environment in southwestern Africa.
  
  
• Institute for Public Policy Research (Windhoek, Namibia)
  • This site offers information about various projects of the IPPR and downloadable publications (in PDF). "The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) was launched in April 2001 as a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to deliver independent, analytical, critical yet constructive research into social, political and economic issues that affect development in Namibia."
  • IPPR Publications
  
  
• The International Monetary Fund: Namibia Country Info (Washington, DC)
  Summaries, full length reports, and recent news. Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat.
  
  
• International Rivers Network: Okavango River Basin Campaign and Reports, 1999-- (Berkeley, California)
  
  
• Labour Resource and Research Institute (LaRRI) (Windhoek, Namibia)
  • The website includes contact information --- and online research reports, workshop papers, and other publications in HTML format. "The institute aims to assist the Namibian labour movement in building its capacity....[including]: a collecting, updating and releasing information in an accessible form ..."
  • Understanding the past and present -- mapping the future: the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) facing the 21st century. (September 1999) -- Windhoek, Namibia: LaRRI, 1999.
  • Building a regional labour movement: the Southern African Trade Union Co-ordinating Council, SATUCC. (May 2001) -- Windhoek, Namibia: LaRRI, 2001.
  
  
• MBendi AfroPaedia: Namibia (MBendi Information Services, South Africa)
  A basic economic & investment profile.
  
  
• Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU), Windhoek, Namibia
  • "To contribute as a centre of professional excellence to local capacity building through training, applied socio-economic research and dissemination of information, thereby enhancing informed policy decisions for national development."
  • NEPRU Home Page
  • NEPRU Viewpoints. (Online) -- Windhoek, Namibia: The Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, 1995--
    Formerly: NEPRU quarterly review: a quarterly "viewpoint" on the Namibian economy, with online or downloadable issues since August 1995.
  • Abstracts of: Namibia Economic Review and Prospects, 1998--
  • NEPRU Publications (General list)
  
  
• The Namibia Economist. (Online) -- Windhoek: The Namibia Economist; via IAFRICA.COM, 1998-
  The current electronic issue of the Namibian business news weekly, plus a small archive of back issues.
  
  
• Namibian Stock Exchange (Windhoek)
  
  
• Republic of Namibia (Windhoek)
  • Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Directorate of Environmental Affairs
  • Ministry of Mines and Energy
  • Ministry of Health and Social Services: Information from the Medicines Control Council.
  • Government of Namibia Home Page
  
  
• United Nations Development Programme -- Human Development Report Indicators for Namibia: 2003 | 2004 (New York)
  
  
• UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Namibia Country Profile (New York)
  
  
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization: Namibia Country Page: Statistics and Reports (UNIDO, Vienna, Austria; New York, USA; Geneva, Switzerland)
  
  
• United States Agency for International Development on Namibia -- Country Information (Washington, DC)
  
  
• United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics (Washington, DC)
  -- US-Namibia Trade Balance, 1992--
  -- US International Trade Statistics: Namibia, 1996-- (Search)
  
  
  
• United States. Commercial Service: Recent Documents on Namibia Economy International Trade Administration. (Washington, DC)
  
  
• The World Bank on Namibia (Washington, DC)
  • The World Bank on Namibia, 1999-
    A country brief and a profile of economic indicators; plus links.