Here
a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about
economy & business when you search their database on a word like
"finance" or the name of a country. You should try to
narrow your search, and preferably use narrow categories.
The Agricultural Economics Association of
South Africa offers information about their conferences, publications and
discussions.
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
(COMESA) is an organisation of free independent states cooperating. With its 21 member states and population of 385 million it forms a major integrated trading block.
Very informative and ample site about the regional economy. There also exist
country pages.
The Dead Economists Society presents
portraits and quotes in appreciation of "the extraordinary insights of classical liberal economics." Easy reading, with related links.
The East African Co-operation
(EAC) is an inter-governmental organization with the mandate to promote regional integration and development among the Republics of Kenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania.
The Economic Commission for Africa,
by United Nations, offers the last economic news about Africa, among their
publications, reports, forums and more.
ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States)
has a site with a presentation of the organisation and its member countries. ECOWAS
headquarters' are in Abuja, Nigeria. Its objectives are to promote cooperation and integration, leading to the establishment of an economic union in West Africa. Member states: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde,
Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
Also in French. Many empty
pages...
FAO,
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has a press releases
page with articles about agriculture in Africa.
The Financial Sector Forum of South
Africa offers dates and information about financial institutions, markets,
economic development, etc.
IFCTU
is the international federation of trade unions, which also organises most
African unions. Provides an elaborated site with breaking news. Golbal Focus,
but much information on African labour issues.
The Life in Africa Foundation is
mainly dealing with microfinance. "Microfinance" is about savings and loan services tailored to the needs of the poor.
Site informative on this issue and on economic life in Africa. Personal.
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is a global
organisation seeing to that "the good times keep on coming". They are
working for continued economic growth and make annual reports about the member
countries, tipping on possible improvements.
Southern African Development Community (SADC) is a regional,
transnational organisation. Member States are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Each member State has responsibility to coordinate a sector or sectors on behalf of the others.
SADC headquarters are in Gaborone, Botswana. The working languages of SADC are English, French and Portuguese.
Site mostly in English and informative. Country profiles.
USDA, the
United States Department of Agriculture, offers yearly reports on agriculture in
the
USA and some info about the situation in others countries.
WTO - The main entry to the World Trade Organization
in English (also French
and Spanish entries). Lots of
information about world trade, development, etc. Resources.
Africa Business Pages is a market place fro Africa, with useful business links, a business guide, classifieds, market reports, etc.
Africa 4 Biz is an African trade centre on the Internet. It
offers an online directory of African businesses.
The Africa Policy Information Center (U.S. based) provides information and analysis in order to promote international policies toward Africa that advance economic, political, social justice and
human rights. APIC also promotes citizen action to influence public policy. Much
useful data.
Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-World Bank statistics on external debt. This site provides the latest international data available, mainly from creditor sources, on the external debt of developing and transition countries and territories
COSATU
is the Congress of South African Unions - the leading trade union in South
Africa. It is the most informative website on African labour issues, also making
a big effort to collect and present all relevant news headlines from Africa and
the world. Most comprehensive list of links and e-mail addresses to African
unions. Offers free online mail for union members. A recommended
resource!
Mbendi
Consultants' country profile on all African
countries concentrates on economical
issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc.
The best on keeping updated on economic affairs in Africa and to
look for basic data and analyses. Recommended.
PrivatizationLink is a service of the World Bank Group to deliver information on privatization in developing countries and transition economies to privatization professionals worldwide.
Resources for Economists on the Internet
is a massive collection of categorized economics links, each with an extensive description. The author has included a handy shortcut section.
Virtual Library - Agriculture
is a complete directory to links across all aspects of agriculture and agricultural science.
Wall Street Research Net. Investors, professional and private, can benefit from the 140,000 links offered here on actively traded companies and mutual funds.
Economy & Business, general
Africa Business Pages is a market place fro Africa, with useful business links, a business guide, classifieds, market reports, etc.
Mbendi Consultants is one of
the most comprehensive business sites on Africa. It has country profile on all African
countries concentrating on economical issues, news, statistics on communications and information technology, etc.
An economic portal to Africa.
Understanding the Global Economy
is a book on the web by professor Howard Richards, freely accessible.
Subcategories
Agriculture
African
Food Security and Food Self Sufficiency is a web directory by the University
of Pennsylvania, containing lots of interesting information on the topic.
Afrol - Agriculture,
right here on afrol.com, has some news and background information on African
agriculture and agricultural products.
The Agricultural Economics
Association of South Africa offers information about their
conferences, publications and discussions.
CILSS, the Permanent Interstates
Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel, is based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Member states are Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Gambia, Guinea- Bissau, Mali, Mauritania,
Niger and Senegal. CILSS studies and monitors the Sahel and work with drought
preventing. Site mostly in French.
CGIAR, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research,
is to contribute to food security and poverty eradication in developing countries through research, partnership, capacity building, and policy support. The CGIAR promotes sustainable agricultural development.
Informative site.
FAO,
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has a press
releases page with articles about agriculture in Africa.
FAO also has some pretty good country pages with statistics, reports, satellite images and other
information. See:
Food
and Agriculture in Ethiopia
Food
and Agriculture in Rwanda
Food
and Agriculture in Zimbabwe
Land Reform Research is South Africa's Online Land Reform Resource. Provides information for everyone with an interest in land reform in South Africa, including on-going project information, published research, research archives, events and daily press material.
Lifewater International is a Christian organisation helping the rural poor to obtain safe water. Informative site which calls for action. Also has a page called "Get HELP for
your water problems".
Ministry of Agriculture, Food
Technology and Natural Resources of Mauritius: Incentives,
facilities, and services in the agricultural sector.
National Department of
Agriculture, South Africa: here you can meet the agriculture
minister, among to find some practical information.
NewAfrica - Agriculture
has lots of updated information about African agriculture, including weekly
news, statistics and some country reports.
Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) is an international NGO
based in Winnipeg, Canada. RAFI is dedicated to the conservation and sustainable improvement of agricultural biodiversity, and to the socially responsible development of technologies useful to rural societies.
Rural Water Systems is a Dutch organization that aims at realistic sustainable solutions in Rural Water supply in
Africa and specializes on handpump operation and maintenance. Informative
site.
USAID
in Senegal, Africa Online offers a report about the natural
resource management in Senegal.
Education & Science
Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE), South Africa, is a business-funded policy research and advocacy organisation that aims to develop policies on crucial national issuesand thereby to influence national policies.
EcEdWeb is The Economic Education Website,
which is a great resource for economics educators, K-12 through college. Lesson plans, a multitude of annotated links.
The Foundation for Economic Education
, founded in 1946," FEE here summarizes its books, seminars, and discussion clubs, and offers links and a free sample of its monthly magazine, "The Freeman."
Land Reform Research is South Africa's Online Land Reform Resource. Provides information for everyone with an interest in land reform in South Africa, including on-going project information, published research, research archives, events and daily press material.
National Institute for Economic Policy
(NIEP), South Africa, is an independent black-led economic research institute servicing the mass democratic movement and government with research, education and training in the area of economic policy for sustainable development.
PRODDER (Programme for Development Research) aims to provide an appropriate, comprehensive and dynamic information service on all Southern African development issues and role-players.
School of Marketing, Several
Griffith University: school of marketing publications online make this
a great resource: The Cyber-Journal of Sport Marketing.
Trade Union Research Project
(TURP), South Africa, undertakes research and education for trade unions and federations, and develops and publishes specific materials for union needs. TURP is situated at the Centre for Industrial, Organisational and Labour Studies at the University of Natal, Durban.
Employment
& Labour
COSATU
is the Congress of South African Unions - the leading trade union in South
Africa. It is the most informative website on African labour issues, also making
a big effort to collect and present all relevant news headlines from Africa and
the world. Most comprehensive list of links and e-mail addresses to African
unions. Offers free online mail for union members. A strongly
recommended resource!
Development Institute for Training, Support and Education for Labour (Ditsela) is a South African institution established by the major trade union federations in South Africa (COSATU and
FEDUSA). Ditsela's central achieve is to have set up programmes in education and training, support for union education and organisational development.
FEDUSA
is the federation og (trade) unions of South Africa. Web site interesting to
learn about the structure of syndicalism in South Africa - somewhat for
insiders.
IFCTU
is the international federation of trade unions, which also organises most
African unions. Provides an elaborated site with breaking news. Golbal Focus,
but much information on African labour issues.
The Job Creation Trust (South Africa) is an Initiative of COSATU, FEDUSA and NACTU. At the 1998 Presidential Jobs Summit, organised labour pledged to contribute one day's wages on 3 March 1999 into a national fund set up in order to fund a range of job creation projects.
Labourstart
is an elaborated South African resource on labour issues, which carries daily labour/business news headlines from Africa.
Recommended news resource.
National Economic Development and Labour Council
(NEDLAC), South Africa, established in 1995 as a representative and consensus-seeking body, where the social partners (Government, Business, Labour and Communities) seek to reach agreement on policies and proposed legislation in the social and economic spheres.
The Spanish site Saludos offers great information here on what to expect in the way of educational requirements, salary ranges, and working conditions of various jobs in finance.
English.
Swaziland
Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU) has a presentation site hosted by COSATU.
Presents well the ongoing courageous struggle to obtain basic labour rights in
this authocratic kingdom.
Trade Union Research Project
(TURP), South Africa, undertakes research and education for trade unions and federations, and develops and publishes specific materials for union needs. TURP is situated at the Centre for Industrial, Organisational and Labour Studies at the University of Natal, Durban.
Zimbabwe
Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has an informative site on labour struggle
and issues in Zimbabwe, also bringing you the latest news.
Finance & Investment
Business Cycle Indicators
presents 256 data series known as the U.S. Business Cycle Indicators. Economists use them to track and predict the business cycle in the U.S.
The Life in Africa Foundation is
mainly dealing with microfinance. "Microfinance" is about savings and loan services tailored to the needs of the poor.
Site informative on this issue and on economic life in Africa. Personal.
Marketplace Online offers
business and economic
news. Find the business news and information of the day, and check out the Bluffer's Guide to Investing.
Morgan Stanley: Global Economic Forum:
contains lots of articles, news, links, etc. about economy, among
forum. The company's website offers information too about his company,
investor relations and the state of the market.
Quote.com provides financial market data, including current quotes on stocks,
options, commodity futures, mutual funds, and bonds.
SADC Trade, Industry and Investment Review 2000
(part of SADC, Southern Africa Development Community). Based in South
Africa, this site offers sectoral reports, country profiles, business
contacts, etc. Informative.
South African Institutions:
The South African Institute of Financial Markets
, the SAIFM.
The Financial Planning Institute,
the FPI, from South Africa.
Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the
JSE , from South Africa.
The South African Futures Exchange,
SAFEX.
The Bond Exchange,
from South Africa.
Management
ARIA Web is the premier professional association of insurance and risk management scholars and professionals.
Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE), South Africa, is a business-funded policy research and advocacy organisation that aims to develop policies on crucial national issuesand thereby to influence national policies.
F.M.A.C, Freight
Management and allocation Company is a service freight consulting
company, with 30 years of experience. FMAC is able to provide the service, knowledge, and efficiency essential in today's hectic business environment.
Marketing
The Market Research Center includes a huge variety of information on many market research topics. A great source for business professionals and marketing students.
Publicity.com offers a lot of
great information on how to get publicity, along with case studies/success stories, and tips, news, and more.
School of Marketing,
Several Griffith University: school of marketing publications
online make this a great resource: The Cyber-Journal of Sport Marketing.
The Journal of Empirical Generalisations in Marketing Science
was the first online journal for marketing, consumer behavior, and strategy research. Articles are produced to be read in Adobe Acrobat.
Mining
DeBeers is the main multinational marketing diamonds, thus very
influential on African soil. It only presents itself on Internet
through its marketing deparmtent (CSO), which operates the site
"Forevermark" (or
Diamond Information Centre) promoting the sale of diamonds. DeBeers
Canada, though, has the "courage" of presenting
itself, also with some words on conflict diamonds. Read about
DeBeers on Corporate
Watch or Mbendi.
Chamber of Mines of South Africa is a comprehensive cyber resource of news, data and policy information on mining from the perspective of business.
Infomine is
a comprehensive daily news media reporting on the international
mining industry. Mostly corporate news, though. Very good place to
keep updated on what happens outside Africa.
Personal Economy
Merrill Lynch Today has put together some interesting information regarding investing, business planning, and personal finance. In the personal finance area there is information about saving for college.
Real Estate
Telecom
Electromarkets
Inc. assist companies in the telecommunication, data and security Devices Markets in developing countries. Wholesale distributor, supply and import/export of telecommunication equipment, radiocommunication, batteries, security and accessories.
Trade
SADC Trade, Industry and Investment Review 2000
(part of SADC, Southern Africa Development Community). Based in South
Africa, this site offers sectoral reports, country profiles, business
contacts, etc. Informative.
In the site of Stockmaster
you'll gGet the latest stock quotes and news on the day's trading and a 12-month trading pattern on any publicly traded company.
Wells Fargo offers weekly U.S. economic commentary, foreign exchange reports, investment and international trade
news.
WTO - The main entry to the World Trade Organization
in English (also French
and Spanish entries). Lots of
information about world trade, development, etc. Resources.
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