ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMICS: Structured Lists of Commonly-Used Websites

ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMICS: Structured Lists of Commonly-Used Websites Given Five-Star "Essential" Rating by Asian Studies WWW Monitor!

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MACRO ECONOMICS
Institute for International Economics International Labor Organization International Monetary Fund United Nations World Bank World Trade Organization Bilaterals.Org	ANU, Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library Asian Development Bank Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium [APCSC] Asia-Studies Full-text Online APEC Secretariat APEC Groups ASEAN SAARC Links Institute of Southeast Asian Studies IDSS-Nanyang (Singapore) National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) UNDP: Regional Bureau for Asia... UNESCAP US-ASEAN Business Council World Bank East Asia Program UNDP Asia and the Pacific US-ASEAN Business Council	'Asia Matters for America' DoC, Bureau of the Census U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) DoS, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs U.S. Embassies Overseas Foreign Embassies in U.S. U.S. CIA U.S. FEDSTATS U.S. Export-Import Bank DoS, Int'l Information Programs U.S. Int'l Trade Administration U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation
FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) International Finance Corporation	Executives' Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks	US Securities & Exchange Commission US Federal Reserve US Treasury UST, Financial Crimes Net
DEFENSE ECONOMICS
International Institute for Security Studies (London) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Jane's GlobalSecurity.Org Council on Foreign Relations MiniAtlas of Human Security	Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP)	U.S. Defense Department U.S. State Department USAID U.S. Defense Technical Information Center U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) USPACOM, Asia-Pacific Area Network (APAN) USPACOM, Virtual Information Center (VIC)
MISSILE DEFENSE	ARMS TRANSPARENCY FAS, Arms Transfers Human Rights Watch: Arms Amnesty Intl, Arms Trade Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers (NISAT)
SECURITY & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Selected Homepages/reports: APEC Steering Cmte on Economic Coop UN, Sustainable Development Theme Indicator Framework UNEP, Rio Declaration on Environment and Development APEC Groups APEC, Sustainable Development UK, Stern Review: Economics of Climate Change UNESCAP, Environment and Sustainable Development Division World Resources Institute (WRI) United Nations Environment Programme British Petroleum Global Environmental Management Initiative, Pubs International Institute for Sustainable Development Resources for the Future (RFF)	STABILIZATION / RECONSTRUCTION US State, Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization United States Institute of Peace US Army Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute UN, Peacekeeping International Peace Operations Association World Bank, Economics of Conflict	DISASTERS MARK'S LIST OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT WEBSITES Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), Hawaii Center of Excellence: DMHA UN, ReliefWeb Center for Disaster Mgmt and Humanitarian Assistance US Homeland Security, DisasterHelp.gov Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) Asian Disaster Reduction Center Disaster Relief Agencies and NGOs Hurricane Preparedness EM-DAT, Disasters Database
TERRORISM US, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) APEC Counter Terrorism Task Force INTERPOL Official Site Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre The Search For International Terrorist Entities (SITE) South Asia Terrorism Portal UN, Counter-Terrorism Strategy US, DoD/DASD, SpecOps & Combating Terrorism Website UST, Terrorism and Financial Intel US DOJ, INTERPOL	NUCLEAR Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia International Atomic Energy Agency World Nuclear Association Nuclear Energy Institute UIC - Uranium & Nuclear Power Information Centre	WMD US, Natl Strategy to Combat WMD DoD, Anthrax Website
MARITIME (SHIPPING, PIRACY, ETC.) IMB Piracy Reporting Centre UNCTAD, Oceans and Law of the Sea Lloyds List Lloyds Ports of the World* Int'l Association of Ports and Harbors World Ports	ENERGY British Petroleum Intl Energy Administration US Energy Information Administration US Geological Survey, World Energy USGS, World Assessment Team World Energy Council WTRG Economics	ENVIRONMENT (RESOURCES, CLIMATE) UNESCAP, Environment and Sustainable Development Division ISO 14001, Environmental Management Systems World Resources Institute (WRI) United Nations Environment Programme US Environmental Protection Agency Inter-Governmental Panel On Climate Change Pew Centre On Global Climate Change Resources for the Future International Rivers Network World News, Global Warm UK, Stern Review: Economics of Climate Change International Institute for Sustainable Development ADB, Water
FORECASTING THE FUTURE Barry Hughes, Intl Futures IFs Model UN Univ, The Millennium Project Millenium Institute OECD, Intl Futures Program List of Futures Journals World Future Society NIC, 2020 Project Int'l Inst for Applied Systems Analysis	INDICATORS & DATASETS Cato, Economic Freedom of the World Heritage, 2007 Index of Economic Freedom Carleton, Country Indicators for Foreign Policy EM-DAT, Disasters Database Freedom House, Freedom Rankings Fund for Peace, Failed States Index Happy Planet Index (HPI) O'Brien, Good-Bad-Ugly Penn, Correlates of War (CoW) Penn, Related Links Penn World Tables (PWT) Tenn, International Relations Datasets Universit�t Heidelberg, Konflikt Barometer 2005 UMD-GMU, Polity IV U Mich, Conflict & War Datasets UN-FAO, FAOSTAT Database US Census, International Data Base (IDB) VisionOfHumanity, Global Peace Index World Bank, Indicators of Governance World Bank, Inventory of Governance Datasets UNEP, Environmental Indicators	FOOD UN, World Food Program (WFP) International Food Policy Research Program UN, Food and Agriculture Association FAO Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture (GIEWS) USAID, Famine Early Warning System
INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS
CORRUPTION Transparency International UN, Office on Drugs and Crime TI/UK, Defence Against Corruption	GOVERNANCE National Endowment for Democracy Asian Center for Democratic Governance Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable The Partnership for Democratic Governance and Security OECD, Public Governance	STANDARDS International Standards Organization National Information Standards Organization International Accounting Standards Board Financial Accounting Standards Board ISO 9000/14000 ManagementSystems
INTL LAW World Court / ICJ UNCTAD, Oceans and Law of the Sea Intl Environmental Law	INTL ORGANIZATIONS	CAPACITY BUILDING LoS Capacity Bldg Links
TRADE AGREEMENTS Dept State, Trade Policy and Programs US_DoC, Market Access and Compliance (MAC) USTR Site WTO Site	AID Japan, Official Development Assistance UNDP, Aid Management Tools Development Gateway	RISK MANAGEMENT Intl. Inst. for Management Development (Competitiveness) Global Risk Assessments, Inc Risk management Association Political Risk Services Group Marsh Risk Specialists
LOCAL ECONOMICS
HAWAII Pacific Link Gov Hawaii, DBEDT Gov Hawaii, DBEDT Economic Data Honolulu Star Bulletin Distribution of Personnel by State Your Military in Hawaii PACOM, Hawaii Links BoH, Hawaii Economic Trends

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