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Country Information

General Country Information

http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/default.cfm - Country specific fact sheets
www.fco.gov.uk - Great Britain Foreign and Commonwealth Office

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ - CIA World Factbook

http://www.theworldnews.com.au/Worldguide/ - SBS world guide

Bangladesh
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/1481
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryID=10&Region=SouthAsia

Cambodia
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/1483
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryID=34&Region=EastAsia

East Timor
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/2522
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryID=911&Region=EastAsia

Fiji
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/1485
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryID=15&Region=SouthPacific

Indonesia

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/1487
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryID=30&Region=EastAsia

http://www.kangguru.org/

Laos
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryID=35&Region=EastAsia
http://www.directoryofngos.org/

Papua New Guinea
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/papua.cfm
http://www.pngonline.gov.pg/

Philippines
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryID=31&Region=EastAsia
http://www.gov.ph/

Samoa
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/1521
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryID=18&Region=SouthPacific

Solomon Islands
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/1523
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryID=16&Region=SouthPacific

Thailand
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/1525
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryID=32&Region=EastAsia

Tonga
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/1527
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryID=19&Region=SouthPacific

Vanuatu
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/744
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryID=17&Region=SouthPacific

Vietnam
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
http://www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/1529
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryID=33&Region=EastAsia

General Research

Childwise
The VIDA Program practices Childwise principles. For more information click on the link below.

Australian Development Gateway: the leading online resource for Asia Pacific aid and development professionals.

An Australian Government, AusAID initiative, supports of the devgelopment community in their efforts to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region.

Murdoch University - Students Without Borders

Australian Government

http://www.dfat.gov.au/

http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/

http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/default.cfm - Country specific fact sheets

Travel Health / Insurance

www.tmvc.com.au - Travel Doctor site

www.tripprep.com/scripts/main/default.asp - Travel Health online

Development Information

www.developmentgateway.org - Development Gateway is the clearing house for all things in the development industry, including free tools and resources, links to papers and employment opportunities

www.developmentgateway.com.au - Australian country site for the Development Gateway

www.developmentgateway.com.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/171 - Australian Aid Resource and Training Guide (AARTG)

www.acfid.asn.au - Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)

www.dev-zone.org - Dev-Zone is a New Zealand site with many resources and links to information

www.eldis.org - Eldis provides development resources and training guides

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?openForm - UN site providing information on humanitarian emergencies and disasters

www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=library - US Peace Corps online library

Proposal Writing

www.npguides.org

www.proposalworks.com

grants.library.wisc.edu/organizations/proposalwebsites.html

www.learnerassociates.net/proposal

Travel

www.lonelyplanet.com

travel.roughguides.com

www.travelfish.org

www.pngbd.com