The Census Bureau Home Page is a primary source for
official social, economic, and demographic statistics of the U.S. population
indexed by subject. It is as well a source of Census Bureau data maps and is
linked to other population websites. Some lengthy reports need Adobe Acrobat
Reader.
World
population information is found at a number of sites:
United Nations Population
Information Network (POPIN) repots world, regional, and country-level
demographic trends. A good source for historical world population growth,
urbanization, child morality estimates, AIDS impact, etc. The site is linked to many other population
home pages and includes a worldwide directory of population organizations and
institutions.
The United Nations
Population Fund assists developing countries in their reproductive health and family
planning services. Its website provides on-line access to its current “State of
the World Population” annual report, to various technical reports and general
interest publications, and links to related UN and nongovernmental organization
home pages.
Valuable
text and statistical supplements to the population appendix in this book are to
be found by linking to “Global Trends” and “InfoNation” pages connected to the
United Nations’ CyberSchoolBus site.
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/index.htm
The
Population Reference Bureau, a
principal source of demographic data used in this book and in many newspaper
and journal reports, gives current-year demographic statistics for more than
190 countries in its World Population
Data Sheet available on its website.
PopNet, also maintained by he
Population Reference Bureau, is dedicated to providing comprehensive data on
global issues. PopNet can be reached through the PRB website or directly at
Demographic and Health
Surveys is
a primary information source on matters of fertility, maternal and child
health, and household living conditions in developing countries
The
World Health Organization’s WHOSIS
website describes and provides access to statistical data and information
available from the WHO and elsewhere in electronic and other forms.
The
International Programs Center (IPC) of
the U.S. Bureau of the Census provides a wealth of comparative statistics for
all world countries. Included are population, life tables, migration,
ethnicity, language, religion, vital statistics, labor force and economic data,
and more. Summary tables and maps are
available, as are software and applications of interest to demographers.
ZPG is the home page of Zero
Population Growth, Inc., and organization concerned with the impact of rapid
population growth. The site offers
population statistics and databases, summaries of legislative policies, and
reviews of contemporary issues.
Internet Resources for
Demographers
is a collection of demographic Internet sites categorized under “North American
Demography,” “International Demography,” “General Demography,” etc.
http://members.tripod.com/~tgryn/demog.html
The
Office of Population Research of
Princeton University maintains Population
Index on the Web, presenting online the most important bibliographic record
to the world’s population literature taken from the journal Population Index. The database from 1986 onward is searchable by author,
subject matter, geographical region, and date.
http://popindex.princeton.edu/
The
Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations through its homepage (http://www.fao.org)
provides connections to its subsidiary programs as well as to its own research
and conference papers. The FAO Agricultre
Department site separately provides entry to such topics and programs as
Agricultural Support, Animal Production, Land and Water Development, etc., as
well as an index to key subjects and databases.
http://www.fao.org/waicent/index_en.asp
The
United States Department of Agriculture page
primarily contains information about USDA programs, news releases, and
agricultural legislation. http://www.usda.gov/
Their
Foreign Agricultural Service web page has international information. http://www.fas.usda.gov/
Its
Canadian counterpart, Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada, is found at http://www.agr.ca/
Two
sources with extensive links to agriculture-related sites are Iowa State University’s Agriculture WWW
Sites http://www.ag.isstate.edu/other.html
And
the agriculture listing and headings on the Yahoo
Science: Agriculture page at
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Agricultire
Resources for the Future “homelinks” provides
connections to a host of economic and resources websites maintained by
governmental agencies, universities, and nongovernmental organizations. http://www.rff.org/
World
Resources Institute has an “Earthtrends” web page:
http://www.earthtrends.wri.org/
which includes agriculture
The
World Trade Organization, established
in 1995, is the principal agency of the world’s multilateral trading system.
Its homepage includes access to documents discussing international conferences
and agreements, reviewing its own publications, and summarizing the current
state of world trade.
The World Bank is a leading source for
country studies, research, and statistics covering all aspects of economic
development and world trade. Its website provides access to the contents of its
publications and links to its “partners and related websites.”
In
the United States, the Department of
Commerce is charged with promoting U.S. trade.
Easy
connection to a wide variety of Trading
Resources is part of the World-Wide Web Virtual Library IANWeb Resources at http://www.etown.edu/vl/