 Asian
Governments on the WWW |
Links to government institutions, embassies & consulates, & general & political
information for individual countries, compiled by Gunnar Anzinger |
| Asian
Political Resources |
"links to Parties, Organizations, Governments,
Media & more," grouped by country |
| ASIANOW
- Asiaweek: The People Power Century |
Profiles of Asian leaders "Combining idealism & pragmatic
political instincts [&] repudiating politics-as-usual "(11/5/99) |
| Chiefs
of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments |
CIA's online directory, updated weekly |
| Corruption:
A Selected & Annotated Bibliography |
Commissioned by the Norwegian Agency for Development
Cooperation (NORAD): general corruption-related literature; literature
on specific countries & regions; list of Internet sites of anti-corruption
organisations |
| Corruption:
Challenges to Economic Growth & Governance |
One of the Asian Perspectives series (Oct.
1998) |
| Corruption
Perceptions Index 2002 |
Corruption rankings of countries by "Transparency
International, the only international non-governmental organisation
devoted to combating corruption" |
| Comparative & Foreign
Governments on the Internet: Asia |
University of British Columbia Library's listing
of links to the governments & politics of Asian countries |
| E-government
in Asia and the Pacific |
Documents, surveys & reports compiled by
United Nations Online Network in Public Administration and Finance
(UNPAN) |
| eGovernment
Leadership: High Performance, Maximum Value |
Accenture's 5th e-government study (May 2004) |
| Elections
around the World |
Electionworld.org's guide to election results,
political parties, parliaments, electoral institutes, & election
calendar around the globe |
| Foreign
Governments/Asia and the Pacific |
The University of Michigan Library's comprehensive
list |
| Global
Corruption Report |
Transparency International's downloadable annual
reports covering worldwide corruption |
| Global
e-Government 2003 |
3rd annual update on "the delivery of public
sector information & online services through the Internet" (Darrell
M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University; Sept. 2003)
[PDF] |
| Global
e-Government 2002 |
Comparative study of governments of the world
in "the delivery of public sector information and online services
through the Internet," conducted by Darrell M. West, Brown University
(PDF; press
release) |
| Governments
on the WWW |
Links to governments, multinational organizations,
heads of state, parliaments, representations in foreign countries,
law courts, & institutions in various areas |
| Lijphart Election Archive |
"a research collection of district level
election results for approximately 350 national legislative elections
in 26 countries," "& links other sources of online
election data & information" |
| The
Nationalism Project |
"an extensive collection of materials
related to the study of nationalism including: essays, articles,
dissertations, book abstracts and reviews, subject bibliographies,
a bibliography of over 2,000 journal articles, and links to nationalism-related
resources." |
| The
New Anticorruption Home Page |
World Bank's "anticorruption programs and
governance initiatives developed by its member countries": topics;
tools & data; regional & country approaches; calendar; publications |
| OpenNet
Initiative: Documenting Internet Content Filtering Worldwide |
Collaborative partnership of Univ. of Toronto's
Citizen Lab, Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, & University
of Cambridge's Advanced Network Research Group, with "mission
... to investigate and challenge state filtration and surveillance
practices" |
| Political
Resources on the Net |
"Listings of political sites
available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties,
Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world," with
clickable map |
| Transparency
International Bribe Payers Index 2002 |
"based on surveys conducted in 15 emerging
market countries by Gallup International Association" (May 2002) |
| Transparency
International: Global Corruption Report 2004 |
Including assessments of the state of corruption
in 34 countries & reports on the regulation of political finance
worldwide, the disclosure of money flows in politics, the enforcement
of political finance laws, the practice of vote buying, the role
of the private sector, & efforts to repatriate wealth looted by politicians
(PDF format) |
| Transparency
International's Global Corruption Report 2003: East Asia |
Regional report for China, Japan, Mongolia,
North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan: Xiaobo Lu, "East Asia;" Liam
McMillan, "Floodgates of corruption: China's Three Gorges dam;" Andrew
Jennings, "Goodbye Mr Clean" |
| Transparency
International's Global
Corruption Report 2003: Southeast Asia |
Regional report for Brunei, Cambodia, East
Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, Vietnam: Emil Bolongaita, "Southeast Asia;" Stefanie
Teggemann, The poor speak up: corruption stories from Indonesia;" The
Center for Social Development, "Teaching integrity in Cambodia's
schools" |
| UN-HABITAT:
The Global Campaign on Urban Governance |
UN initiative "to support the implementation
of the Habitat Agenda goal of "sustainable human settlements
development in an urbanizing world" ... to contribute to the
eradication of poverty through improved urban governance" |
| The
Web Won't Topple Tyranny: Dictatorship.com |
Joshua Kurlantzick on the Internet's flaws as
a political medium & its control & subversion by authoritarian
regimes (The New Republic Online, April 10, 2004) |
| World
Political Leaders 1945-2003 |
Capsule biographies & links for leaders
of countries & international organizations since 1945 |
| World
Rulers: Heads of State & Prime Ministers |
A chronological listing |
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