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PRS Forecasts: Mid East & North Africa
PRS Forecasts: Sub Saharan Africa
Southern Africa Business Intelligence
The Information Bank on African Development Studies (IBADS) is a mailing service
provided by the Africa Technical Department at the World Bank. Its aim is to send out
information about development studies on Sub Saharan Africa. Investext brings regular
reports about activity in the African region.
For leads in South Africa, start with ExiNet. This South African trade information
resource has information on South African Exporters, South African Trade Fairs and
Exhibitions, Travel and Tourism, South African Publications, South African Property,
and South African Demographics: A Regional Summary. ExiNet boasts a database of
over 70,000 South African companies.
Other South African sources on the Web include The Africa Commercial home
page in Cape Town , and Compustat.
African Census data is at http://lexis.pop.upenn.edu/world/africa. See
http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/globalpop/africa/ for the African Population Database.
The SUDAN L mailing list is where you will find information and sources of
information about Sudan.
China
China Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC), a major
component of China's national economy. Has Essentials of China's Foreign Economic
Relations and Trade, China Trading Opportunities, and more. In English and Chinese.
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yearbook. The State Intellectual Property Office of P.R. China offers information of
the country's laws and regulations, as does the comprehensive Chinese National Law
and Regulations site (in Chinese).
Chinamarkets, another MOFTEC offering, covers information on thousands of
industrial products, from machinery and electronic products to textiles and foodstuffs, as
well as company information and a business news section.
China Dimensions offers China Administrative Regions GIS Data, GB Codes for
the Administrative Divisions of the People's Republic of China, Fundamental GIS:
Digital Chart of China with layers for roads, railroads, drainage system, contours,
populated places and urbanized areas, access to the China Census of Population, Data
on Population and Agriculture, Data on Provincial Economic Yearbooks, China Micro
Economic Database, Agricultural Statistics, Data on Hospitals and Epidemiology
Stations, and the Priority Program for China's Agenda 21. Many data sets are available
at the county level.
CDN Global provides news and information about China and Chinese that are of
general interests to readers all over the world. Published three times a week.
China Business News publishes updated economic news to those into doing
business with China. Chinese Business World SURYLGHV LQIRUPDWLRQ DERXW EXVLQHVV
travel, and culture.
Reports on World Bank Projects in China are at http://www.worldbank.org
/html/extdr/offrep/eap/cn2.htm.
A WWW service for the Chinese community exists at http://www.edu.tw/. Most of
the local texts support Chinese BIG5 only.
Kompass has information about companies in China.
India
There is a comprehensive Web site about India, it's economy and industry, called the
Indian Economy Overview. The site has complete coverage of the recent Indian
Financial Budget, including full text, live coverage, commentary, analysis and reactions.
The aim of the non profit National Centre for Trade Information (NCTI) is to
promote "trade, investment and technology flow among different countries". For
statistical information about economy, population, etc., see http://www.nic.in/gistnic/.
Check IndiaWorld. Their offerings include Indian news, business and
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