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Selected Reference Materials

Europa World Year Book. London, England: Europa Publications Limited, 2006.
Ready Reference 341.1 E89
Note: Older editions (1966- ) in Main Collection at same call number.

International Monetary Fund. International financial statistics yearbook. Washington, D.C., International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Business Reference 332 I61f
Note: Older editions (1996- ) in Business Reference at same call number.

International Monetary Fund. International financial statistics: Country notes. Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Business Reference 332 I61fc
Note: Older editions (2003- ) in Business Reference at same call number.

UNESCO. Statistical yearbook = Annuaire statistique = Anuario estadistico. Paris, France, 1996-1999.
Statistics Reference 310 U56s
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (online): http://www.uis.unesco.org

United Nations. Statistical yearbook for Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok, Thailand: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2004.
Statistics Reference 315 S797y
Note: Older editions (2001- ) in Statistics Reference at same call number.

World development indicators. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2007.
Statistics Reference 330.91 W927d
Note: Earlier five editions in Reference at same call number.

Finding Articles: Indexes and Databases

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
Scholarly source for theory and research in international affairs since 1991. Includes working papers, conference proceedings, books, journals, policy briefs, maps and country data.

*** Economic Literature (Econ Lit)
Index to select articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, statistical directories, 1972 to present. Especially useful for research on the environment, demographics, international relations, public administration.

*** PAIS
Journals, books, and working papers on political science, international relations, development topics, and economics. Provides citations for dissertations and articles in more than 620 collective volumes per year.

Sociological Abstracts (SocAbs)
Premiere sociology database. Subjects Covered: community development, culture and social structure, demography and human biology, environmental interactions, family and social welfare, and women's studies.

*** = Recommended Resources

Main Collection: NGOs and Bangladesh

EIU, the Economist Intelligence Unit. Country report. Bangladesh. London: The Unit, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007.
Reference 330.95492 C855r (MOST RECENT EDITION ON RESERVE)

Global corruption report. Berlin : Transparency International, 2001-.
http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/5476 for 2001-current
Main Collection 324.66 G562c 2004, 2005

Holloway, Richard. Supporting citizens' initiatives: Bangladesh's NGOs and society. London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1998.
Main Collection 306.095492 H745s (ON RESERVE)

Stiles, Kendall W. Civil society by design: donors, NGOs, and the intermestic development circle in Bangladesh. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002.
Main Collection 306.095492 S856c (ON RESERVE)

Bangladesh / prepared by American Embassy, Dhaka. U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,
Government Documents L 29.16:B 22/2003 (ON RESERVE)

The women's bank of Bangladesh [Videotape] / MovieTron in association with Wildshot Pictures ; composition, direction and production by Mark Aardenburg. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1997.
AV Alcove 332.10954 W872b (ON RESERVE)

Selected Websites

Think Tanks, Institutes and Pressure Groups

Association for Economic and Development Studies on Bangladesh: http://www.aedsb.org/HomePage.htm
Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies: http://www.bcas.net/
Bangladesh Human Rights Network: http://www.banglarights.net/
Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies: http://www.bids-bd.org/
Odhikar (Bangladeshi Human Rights Group): http://www.odhikar.org/
Transparency International: Bangladesh: http://www.ti-bangladesh.org/

United Nations

United Nations: Permanent Mission of Bangladesh: http://www.un.int/bangladesh/
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF): http://www.unicef.org/

UNICEF: Bangladesh: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bangladesh.html

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): http://www.undp.org/
- UNDP: Bangladesh: http://www.undp.org.bd/
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP): http://www.unescap.org/
- See the report: "Regional Expert Group Meeting on Government-NGO Collaboration in Rural Poverty Alleviation :Bangladesh" http://www.unescap.org/rural/doc/gov_ngo_1998/Bangladesh.PDF
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): http://www.fao.org/
- FAO: Bangladesh Projects: http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index.asp?iso3=BGD&x=5&y=4
World Food Programme (WFP): http://www.wfp.org
- WFP: Bangladesh: http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/indexcountry.asp?country=050
World Health Organization (WHO): http://www.who.int/
- WHO: Bangladesh: http://www.who.int/country/bgd/en/

IMF / World Bank / ADB

International Monetary Fund (IMF): Bangladesh: http://www.imf.org/external/country/BGD/index.htm
World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org/
- World Bank: Bangladesh: http://www.worldbank.org/bd
Bangladesh Development Forum 2004 (8-10 May 2003): http://www.lcgbangladesh.org/bdf/index.php
- See the publication: "Poverty in Bangladesh: Building on Progress, April 2003" http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/lo%20web%20sites/bangladesh%20Web.nsf/0/ec20094bd5045c0c852569c100659aa8?OpenDocument
Asian Development Bank: Bangladesh: http://www.adb.org/Bangladesh/default.asp

Donor Countries

Australian Aid (AusAID): http://www.ausaid.gov.au/
- AusAID, Bangladesh: http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryId=10
British Development Agency (DIFD): http://www.dfid.gov.uk
- Check out their: "Bangladesh: Country Strategy Review" 31 August 2002
  -"A review of DFID's country strategy for Bangladesh, 1998-2002."
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA): http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/
- CIDA: Bangladesh: http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/bangladesh-e
European Union, Bangladesh Mission: http://www.eudelbangladesh.org/en/index.htm
German Development Agency (GTZ): http://www.gtz.de/en/
- GTZ: Bangladesh: http://www.gtz.de/en/weltweit/asien-pazifik/604.htm
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA): http://www.jica.go.jp/english/
- JICA: Bangladesh: http://www.jica.go.jp/bangladesh/index.html
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD): http://www.norad.no/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=1139&V_LANG_ID=0
- NORAD: Bangladesh: http://www.norad.no/default.asp?MARK_SEARCH=YES&SEARCH_ID=s1&V_ITEM_ID=2625
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA): http://www.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=121&language=en_US
- SIDA: Bangladesh: http://www.sida.se/sida/jsp/sida.jsp?d=269&language=en_US

United States

USAID: Mission to Bangladesh: http://www.usaid.gov/bd/
US Country Commercial Guide: Bangladesh: http://0-www.stat-usa.gov.library.muhlenberg.edu/mrd.nsf/vwCCG_Country?OpenView&Start=1&Count=1000&Expand=12#12
US Embassy in Bangladesh: http://dhaka.usembassy.gov/
US State Department: Background Note: Bangladesh (8/04): http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3452.htm

Bangladesh Government

Bangladesh Government: Official Page: http://www.bangladesh.gov.bd/
Parliament of Bangladesh: http://www.parliamentofbangladesh.org/
Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Statistics: http://www.banbeis.gov.bd/
Bangladesh Bank (Central Bank): http://www.bangladesh-bank.org/
Board of Investment, Bangladesh: http://www.boibd.org/
Ministry of Finance: http://www.mof.gov.bd/
- Economic Relations Division: http://www.erd.gov.bd/
  - Annual Development Programme: http://www.erd.gov.bd/countryknowledge/annualdev.jsp
National Board of Revenue, Bangladesh: http://www.nbr-bd.org/

NGOs

Southern NGOs

ASA Bangladesh: http://www.asabd.org/
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee: http://www.brac.net/
Grameen Bank: http://www.grameen-info.org/
Proshika: http://www.proshika.org/
- About Proshika: http://www.bangladeshonline.com/profab/pro_fab.htm
The Sustainable Development Networking Program (SDNP): http://www.sdnbd.org/
- The SDNP has an excellent page breaking down the government's annual budget: http://www.sdnbd.org/sdi/issues/budget/links.htm

Northern NGOs

Oxfam: http://www.oxfam.org/
- Oxfam: Bangladesh: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/where_we_work/bangladesh/
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): http://www.icrc.org/
Save the Children: http://www.savethechildren.org/
- Save the Children, Bangladesh: http://www.savethechildren.org/countries/asia/bangladesh.asp
Transparency International: Bangladesh: http://www.ti-bangladesh.org/

Citing Your Sources

For help using Chicago style, consult the following resources:

The Chicago manual of style, 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003
Reference Desk Reserve 808.027 C632m (at Reference Desk)

Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Ref. 808 T929m 1996 (kept at Reference Desk)

Trexler Library handout on using Chicago style: http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/chicago_example.pdf
This and other style guide handouts available from the library website. Library Homepage -- Research Help -- Citation Guides.

Writer's Handbook (Writing Center, University of Wisconsin--Madison)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html