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Bangladesh

      Titles Descriptions
  1. Bangladesh Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
  2. Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
  3. Bangladesh Online
  4. CIA World Factbook: Bangladesh
  5. Ethnologue Language Database: Bangladesh
  6. Global Trade Expansion and Liberalisation: Gender Issues and Impacts
  7. Library of Congress Country Studies: Bangladesh
  8. Maps of Asia
  9. Official Home Page of the Government of Bangladesh
  10. Political Resources on the Net: Bangladesh
  11. State of Food and Agriculture 2001
  12. World Travel Guide: Bangladesh

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Bangladesh Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Bangladesh. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
     Author: US Department of State
     Subjects: bangladesh
     DeweyClass: 323.5492
     Resource type: document
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Conducts research on developmental issues, mainly focusing on Bangladesh. Offers information on the divisions, staff, and research themes within the institute, provides details of recent publications, and outlines support services provided to researchers.
     Author: Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
     Subjects: bangladesh, development studies
     DeweyClass: 338.9
     Resource type: documents
Bangladesh Online
Concerned with the dissemination of information regarding Bangladesh. Offers access to daily weather information, the currency rate, stock markets, and Bangladeshi newspapers, and addresses subjects such as disadvantaged children, the liberation war, trade, and legal issues.
     Author: Proshika Computer Systems
     Subjects: bangladesh
     DeweyClass: 915.492
     Resource type: index
CIA World Factbook: Bangladesh
Basic reference information about Bangladesh, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co-ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
     Author: CIA
     Subjects: bangladesh
     DeweyClass: 915.492
     Resource type: document
Ethnologue Language Database: Bangladesh
A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Bangladesh, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
     Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
     Subjects: bangladesh
     DeweyClass: 409.5492
     Resource type: document
Global Trade Expansion and Liberalisation: Gender Issues and Impacts
Report of a study assessing the state of knowledge about gender inequality and trade, informing the development of policy in this area, and identifying areas for future policy relevant research. Reviews existing research on gender and trade, and provides case studies for Ghana, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Jamaica. PDF.
     Author: Sussex University Institute of Development Studies
     Subjects: bangladesh, gender studies, ghana, international trade, jamaica, pakistan, sri lanka, uganda
     DeweyClass: 382
     Resource type: article
Library of Congress Country Studies: Bangladesh
Detailed handbook describing the history of Bangladesh and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention is given to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues on which they are divided, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order.
     Author: Library of Congress
     Subjects: bangladesh
     DeweyClass: 954.92
     Resource type: documents
Maps of Asia
Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering all the countries in Asia.
     Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
     Subjects: afghanistan, bangladesh, bhutan, brunei, burma, cambodia, india, indonesia, japan, laos, malaysia, maps of asia, mongolia, myanmar, nepal, north korea, pakistan, philippines, singapore, south korea, taiwan, thailand, vietnam
     DeweyClass: 912.5
     Resource type: map collection
Official Home Page of the Government of Bangladesh
Official information from the government of Bangladesh, which includes the likes of poverty alleviation, economy, local government, education and the vision for the future.
     Author: Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
     Subjects: bangladesh
     DeweyClass: 351.5492
     Resource type: government
Political Resources on the Net: Bangladesh
Listing of political resources relevant to Bangladesh, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
     Author: Torre Argentina Societa di Servizi - Agora telematica Division
     Subjects: bangladesh
     DeweyClass: 320.95492
     Resource type: documents, index
State of Food and Agriculture 2001
Regular FAO report, which asserts that many poor countries have seen their prospects for food security further improve because of their success in creating a policy environment conducive to sustained economic and agricultural growth. Although economic and food security problems remain serious in Africa, there are improvements in many areas, while a number of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have seen a good performance of the agricultural sector. The report includes regional overviews, detailed reviews of certain countries, and a special chapter on the agroprocessing industry. Online reports available for 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1998.
     Author: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
     Subjects: angola, bangladesh, caribbean, egypt, food production, mozambique, peru, russia
     DeweyClass: 338.19
     Resource type: document
World Travel Guide: Bangladesh
Basic reference information about Bangladesh, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
     Author: Columbus Press
     Subjects: bangladesh
     DeweyClass: 915.492
     Resource type: documents