Internet
Resources by Subject
- Acronyms
Used by Asian Studies Scholars : a Dictionary edited by T. Matthew
Ciolek
Acronyms, names and web addresses of over 600 leading associations,
institutes, networks, NGOs, organizations, periodicals, and research
projects of relevance to Asian Studies.
- Background
Notes : East Asia and the Pacific (U.S. State Dept.)
Background Notes provides information on geographic entities and
international organizations and are updated periodically.
- Countries
of the World
Profiles of countries including information on geography with maps,
flag, history, current ruler, area, population, capital, largest cities,
languages, ethnicity/race, religion, literacy rate, economy, and government
- CountryReports.org
Geographic, demographic, economic, social, political, and historical
profiles of countries of the world.
- Country
Studies (Federal Research Division, Library of Congress)
Written by specialists for the Library of Congress, the study for
each country contains a profile of the country as well as narrative
chapters on the country's history, society and environment, economy,
government and politics, and national security. Each study has an extensive
bibliography and statistical appendices.
- Flags
of the World
Descriptions, images, and historical background of current and former
flags of countries of the world.
- Islamic
Calendar Converter
Calendar converter from Hijri to Gregorian and Gregorian to Hijri
- Lonely
Planet Destinations - Asia
Online versions of popular Lonely Planet guides. Guide for each country
contains maps, brief history and culture guide, descriptions of places
of interest to travelers, and suggestions for further reading.
- MSN
Learning & Research - Asia
Encyclopedia article from Encarta. Describes the natural environment,
the peoples of Asia, patterns of economic development, and history.
Includes zoomable maps and links to more detailed sources of information
on particular topics.
- ThingsAsian
: Experience Asia through the Eyes of a Traveler
Not the typical academic site listed on these pages; therefore, tread
with caution. That said, the site contains a marvelous collection of
personal recollections of travelers to Asia, many of whom are amateur
writers and photographers. By registering, potential writers and photographers
can post their travel stories or photo essays on the site. Stories require
the approval of an editor before being posted. The stories and photo
essays cover a huge range of topics on every (even North Korea) country
of Asia. Many of them contain fascinating bits of information (for example,
the story about a North Korean restaurant in the Cambodian town of Siem
Reap where Angkor Wat is located). A rather sparsely populated travel
section lists recommended (or to be avoided) accomodations, restaurants,
shopping, and tourist spots. Also included is a gallery of art for sale
by Vietnamese artists.
- World
Fact Book
The World Fact Book, published by the CIA, contains a variety information
on the countries of the world, including: geography, people, government,
economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational
issues. Updated weekly.
- World
Sites Atlas
Contains a variety of basic information about the individual countries
of world: geography, people, government, economy, communications and
transportation, and foreign relations. Also has images of national flags
and political maps created by the site and links to other map sites.
- World
Statesmen - Asia
Information on countries of the world, including historical chronologies,
maps, flags, recordings of national anthems, and lists of rulers.
- Asian
Ethnicity (UH only)
Online journal. Frequency: 3 issues/year. Available online: 2000-
(12 month delay). Provides a cross-disciplinary, international venue
for the publication of well-researched articles about ethnic groups
and ethnic relations in Asia. Covers any time period, although the greatest
focus is on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In broad terms
the geographical region of concern for the journal is bounded by Lake
Baikal to the north, Japan to the east, Java to the south and the Caspian
Sea to the west. The most populous, and probably most significant, contemporary
political states to be included are China, India and Indonesia.
- Asian
Folklore Studies (Nanzan University Anthropological Institute,
Japan) (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: Full text: 2000-current ; Table
of contents 1993-current. Frequency: 2 issues/year. Contains research
and news items on the folklore of Asian cultures, including literary
and oral traditions, religion, art, customs, etc. Book reviews.
Nanzan
University Anthropological Institute
- Asian Perspectives
(UH only)
Online journal. Frequency: 2 issues/year. Available online: 2000-current.
Alternate
link. Asian Perspectives is devoted to the prehistory of Asia and
the Pacific region. In addition to archaeology, it features articles
and book reviews on ethnoarchaeology, palaeonanthropology, physical
anthropology, and ethnography of interest and use to the prehistorian.
International specialists contribute regional reports summarizing current
research and fieldwork, and present topical reports of significant sites. Book reviews.
- Journal of East Asian Archaeology
(UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 2000- (12 month delay). Frequency: 4 issues/year. Focus is mainly on China, Japan, and Korea with occasional articles on the other countries of Asia.
- South and Southeast Asian Art and
Archaeology Index
Searchable online database of academic publications on the arts
and archaeology of South Asia and Southeast Asia.
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- Arts of Asia
Online journal. Available online (table of contents only): 1971-current
. Frequency: 6 issues/year. Glossy magazine which covers painting, sculpture,
pottery, lacquerware, ceramics, textiles, museums, and biographies of
artists of all countries of Asia. Website provides images of covers,
table of contents, and full-text of introductory editorials from 1996-current.
A search feature allows keyword searching of words in article titles.
- AsianArt-Bank
A still relatively limited site featuring new Asian artists and their
works. Most artists are from Malaysia, with a smattering of others from
Singapore, China, India, and Indonesia.
- AsianArt.com
An on-line journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia.
Includes exhibitions, galleries, and articles on the arts in Asia. Free
subscription to have emailed updates.
- Asian
Art on the Internet
- AsiaCuisine.com
A portal to websites on Asian foods and beverages. Includes recipes,
food products, restaurant reviews.
- Asian Film Connections
Information about the film industries of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
Korea, and Japan. Includes lists and summaries of recent films from
each of the countries and acquisition information. Site in English,
Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
- Asian Historical
Architecture
Images of domestic, religious, and monumental architecture with text
description and bibliographical references.
- Asian Theatre Journal
(UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 1999-current. Frequency: 2 issues/year. Alternate
link: 2001-current (UH only)
Asian Theatre Journal is dedicated to the performing arts of Asia, focusing
upon both traditional and modern theatrical forms. It offers descriptive
and analytical articles, original plays and play translations, book
and audiovisual reviews, and reports of current theatrical activities
in Asia. Book, performance, and media reviews.
- Culture in Asia and
the Pacific (UNESCO)
UNESCO is the only UN agency specifically mandated with the responsibility
for promoting creativity and safeguarding the world's rich and diverse
cultural heritage. This website contains information on UNESCO's activities
in the Asia-Pacific region to defend cultural rights; safeguard, preserve,
and manage cultural properties; nurture cultural enterprises; and promote
cultural tourism.
- Puppetry
in Asia
A select bibliography based on the collections of the National Library
of Australia. Compiled in 1990 and apparently not updated since.
- South and Southeast Asian Art and
Archaeology Index
Searchable online database for academic publications on the arts
and archaeology of South Asia and Southeast Asia
- Special
Topics of the Timeline of Art History (Metopolitan Museum of Art)
Thematic essays on Asian art categorized by country, topic, and historical
period.
- Subject Index of the Timeline of
Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Catalog of works of art and thematic essays indexed by artist's
name, media, form, iconography, theme and geographic region.
Art Exhibits
- Circle
of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art
An exhibit of Himalayan Buddhist art held in 2003-2004 at the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art and Columbus Museum of Art.
Film Festivals
- Asia
Film Festival Aotearoa (AFFA) (New Zealand)
Program and synopses of films of festival held February 20-29, 2004,
in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Asia
& Pacific Review (World of Information) (UH only)
Online version of Asia & Pacific Review (Walden Publishing). Searchable
full-text articles and statistics on business and economic conditions
of countries of the Asia-Pacific region. Coverage: November 1995-current
- Asia
Inc.
Owned by Asians, and edited by Asians and Asia experts, the monthly’s
aim and mission is to provide a distinctive Asian perspective on the
people and developments shaping business, politics, social and cultural
life in the region.
- AsiaMoney
(UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 1992- (1 month delay). Frequency:
Monthly. Alternate
link: Full text: 1998- (one month delay) ; Table of contents: 1997-current.
Online version of the monthly print magazine Asiamoney, with some added
features. Contains news, comment, analysis and data on Asia's capital
and money markets.
- Asia
Pacific Biotech News (UH only)
Online news source. Available online: 2003- (one year delay). Frequency:
24 issues/year. News of health issues and biotech companies in the region.
- Asia
Pacific Business Review (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 2000- . Frequency: Quarterly.
Addresses the rising presence of multinationals in world markets and
the origins of national economic success. Draws together the lessons
of economics, history, politics & culture in order to explore business
in the Asia Pacific countries. Book reviews.
- Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Economic news about the member countries of APEC. Also information
about the organization, lists of its publications, and full text of
reports emanating from the organization. Includes Key
Economic Indicators and Economy
Reports for individual countries.
- Asia-Pacific
Economic Update 2002 (U.S. Pacific Command)
A review of the economies of the countries of the Asia Pacific region
from the perspective of the U.S. military and as they relate to the
strategic interests of the United States. 2000
Update
- Asia-Pacific
Financial Markets (Japanese Association of Financial Econometrics
and Engineering (JAFEE)) (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 1997-current. Frequency: Quarterly.
Formerly Financial Engineering and the Japanese Markets. Provides an
international forum for researchers and practitioners in academia, industry
and government who engage in empirical and/or theoretical research into
the Japanese and Asia-Pacific markets. Content heavily Japan and Korea
oriented with occasional articles on other countries of Asia. Topics
covered: financial time series, portfolio analysis, global asset allocation,
trading strategy for investment, optimization methods, macro monetary
economic analysis and pricing models for various financial assets including
derivatives. Includes empirical papers that use Asia-Pacific market
data and purely theoretical papers.
- Asia
Pacific Journal of Management (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 1997-current. Frequency: Quarterly.
Alternate
link: Full text: 1992- (one year delay); Table of contents: 1991-current.
Publishes articles related to general and strategic management in the
Asia Pacific region, defined as not only Pacific Rim countries, but
also much of mainland Asia. Rather than defining research by administrative
or functional boundaries, the APJM believes that the research it publishes
should be constrained only by its impact and relevance. The APJM publishes
both empirical and conceptual research.
- Asia
Pulse (UH only)
Online news service. Available online: 1997-current. Frequency:
Daily. Asia Pulse Pte Ltd is a joint venture company formed in 1996
by major news and information organizations to distribute business intelligence
on Asia.The joint venture draws on the resources of Yonhap News Agency
of Korea, the Press Trust of India Ltd, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc,
LKBN Antara of Indonesia, Malaysia's Bernama, Xinhua News Agency of
China, the Vietnam News Agency, Australia's AAP Information Services
Pty Ltd, the Oman News Agency, the Philippines News Agency and the Pakistan
Press International.
- Asia
Today (UH only)
Online news service. Available online: 1997-current. Frequency: bi-monthly.
Alternate
link (titled Asia Today International): 2000-current. (UH only).
Provides information about the region for the off-shore executive and
for senior staff on the ground throughout Asia. It provides readers
with the views and perspectives of Asia's most influential business
and government leaders. Most issues feature an in depth interview with
a prominent public figure. It also monitors change, assessing the social
and political impact on existing business and identifying areas of emerging
business opportunity. There is an editorial focus on reporting current
economic developments and policy trends. Once each year Asia Today publishes
a Yearbook which examines thebusiness outlook for each of the major
Asian markets.
- Asian
Analysis Newsletter (ASEAN Focus Group)
Describes itself as: "Asian Analysis produces a number of short commentaries
each month on different Asian countries that present opinions; not only
on economic issues in the ASEAN region and beyond, but also on some
of the deeper underlying social and political issues that shape the
economic development of the Asian region ... Short and tightly focused,
but authoritative commentaries – written by top country specialists
from the Australian National University and other institutions concerned
with Asian studies as well as by other independent specialists and experts."
- Asian
Banker Journal (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 1998-current. Frequency: 2 issues/month.
Provides information on strategic developments in the financial services
industry in Asia and the Pacific Rim. In contains analysis of key developments
in the financial services sector and covers strategy, operations, risk
management, payment systems, distribution, human resources and technology..
- Asian
Business (Proquest) (UH only)
Online database. Coverage: 1971-present. A database which indexes
over 100 Asia-related English language journals, primarily business
oriented but not exclusively. Full text is available for many of the
citations.
Journal list.
- Asian
Business & Management (UH only)
Available online: Full text: 2002- (one year delay); Table of contents:
2002-current. Frequency: Quarterly beginning 2004 (previously 3 issues/year).
Peer-reviewed research for academics, researchers, policy-makers and
those with an interest in the forces shaping business and management
in Asia.
- Asian Development
Bank
Established in 1966, ADB is a multilateral development finance institution
dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. Has 66 member
countries. Website contains news of the Bank's activities, information
on member countries and on current topics of interest, and a list of
its publications.Publications Catalog
- Asian
Development Outlook (Asian Development Bank)
Online journal. Available online: 1996-current . Frequency: Annual.
The Asian Development Outlook is a series of annual economic reports
on the developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank.
Provides a comprehensive analysis of macroeconomic and development issues
for the DMCs of ADB. Its annual contents include: an assessment of economic
trends and prospects for the world and for the developing economies
of Asia and the Pacific; economic profiles, economic management issues,
development policy concerns, and economic projections for the DMCs of
ADB ;and a theme chapter covering important issues confronting the region.
- Asian
Development Review (Asian Development Bank)
Online journal. Available online: 1997-current . Frequency: 2 issues/year.
Professional journal for disseminating the results of economic and development
research carried out by staff and resource persons of the Asian Development
Bank (ADB). The Review stresses policy and operational relevance of
development issues rather than the technical aspects of economics and
other social sciences. Articles are intended for readership among economists
and social scientists in government, private sector, academia, and international
organizations.
- Asian
Economic Journal (East Asian Economic Association, Japan) (UH
only)
Available online: 1997-current. Frequency: Quarterly. Alternate
link: 1998- (12 month delay). Detailed coverage of a wide range
of topics in economics relating to East and Southeast Asia, including
investigation of current research, international comparisons and country
studies. It is a forum for debate among theorists, practitioners and
researchers and publishes theoretical, empirical and policy orientated
contributions. East
Asian Economic Association
- Asian
Economic Papers (Asian Economic Panel) (UH only)
Available online: 2002-current. Frequency: 3 issues/year. Alternate
link: 2002- (12 month delay). Offers analyses of the economic issues
central to Asian countries and creative solutions to the region's current
problems by drawing on the work of economists worldwide. AEP comprises
selected articles and summaries of discussions from the meetings of
the Asian
Economic Panel. Papers
from the 2001 Meeting
- Asian
Historical Statistics Project (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi
University, Japan)
Compiliations of economic statistics on early modern Asia, defined
as the period just prior to the advent of industrialization (ca. 1850).
Geographic coverage includes East, South, and Southeast Asia; the Middle
East; North Africa; and the Russian Far East. Excludes Japan. Content
includes national income, prices, wages, population, labor, commodity
production and consumption, international trade. Institute
of Economic Research
- Asian-Pacific
Economic Literature (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 1997-current. Frequency: 2 issues/year.
Alternate link: Full text: 1998- (12 month delay); Table of contents:
1998-current (UH only). Issues typically contain one or two research
articles, literature surveys, book reviews, abstracts of articles from
300+ journals (which forms the largest part of each issue), lists of
papers from selected institutes, and indexes of authors and countries.
- Asian
Sources
"Your Asian manufacturer and supplier source." A directory of suppliers
and manufacturers of consumer products in Asia.
- Business
Asia
Online journal. Available online: Full text: 1996- (6-month delay);
Table of contents: 1996-current. Frequency: 22 issues/year. Alternate
Link: Full text: 2000- (one year delay); Table of contents: 1992-current
(UH only). Describes itself as providing up-to-date intelligence on
the commercial markets of Asia. Helps the reader identify commercial
opportunities and alerts to structural weaknesses that still exist.
Each issue contains about 12 pages of articles of 1-2 pages each. Targeted
to businessmen and investors.
- Central
Banks
A website listing the URLs of the central banks of the countries
of the world
- Economic
History of Eastern Asia (History Department, Leiden University,
the Netherlands)
Scores of links to websites dealing with the economies, past and
present, of the countries of East and Southeast Asia. Contains links
to numerous statistical sites.
- EconPapers
A website with a searchable database of an online collection of almost
300,000 economics working papers, documents, journal articles, books,
and book chapters. Over 50% of the citations in the database are available
in full-text.
- EIU
Online - Asia (Economist Intelligence Unit) (UH only)
Online database. Coverage: 1996-current. A database of EIU publications
analyzing and forecasting the economic, political and business environments
of almost 200 countries. Publications available online are: Country
Reports (quarterly), Country Profiles (annual), Country Commerce (business
& trade regulations), Country Finance (taxation & investment), Country
Monitor (international executive briefing), Business Asia, and Business
China. Access via report title, by country, and keyword searching.
- ERD
Publications on Poverty (Economics and Research Division, Asian
Development Bank)
The following periodicals and series are included on this site. Most
of the listed titles in each category are available online:
Papers of the First Asia and Pacific Forum on Poverty
Other Periodicals [individual papers from other ADB series]
- International
Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (Kitakyushu, Japan)
The Centre's interests encompass both East and Southeast Asia. Its
website contains organizational news, an extensive list of downloadable
articles and papers from its East Asia Economic Perspectives journal
and Working Papers series, and links to economics-related sites.
- Journal
of Asia-Pacific Business (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 1999-current. Frequency: 4 issues/year.
Covers the spectrum of functional areas in business such as marketing,
finance, accounting, information systems, management and production.
Articles are selected on the basis of their beneficial contributions
to enhancing knowledge about business practices in the Asia-Pacific
region.
- Journal
of Asian Economics (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: Full text: 1995-current ; Table
of contents (with selected abstracts): 1990-current. Frequency: 6 issues/year.
Alternate Link: Full text: 1996-2001 ; Table of contents: 1996-current
(UH only). Studies on various facets of the economies of the individual
countries of Asia and of the region as a whole.
- Journal
of the Asia Pacific Economy (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 2000-current. Frequency: 3 issues/year.
Alternate Link: Full text: 1998- (12 month delay) ; Table of contents:
1998-current (UH only). Aims to promote greater understanding of the
complex economic, historical, political, social, & cultural factors
which have influenced & continue to shape the transformation of the
diverse economies that make up the Asian Pacific region.
- Market:
Asia Pacific (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 2003-current. Frequency: Monthly.
Information on regional consumer market trends, covering macroeconomic,
demographic, & sociopolitical factors that will shape consumption in
Asia & Oceania over the next twelve months.
- Media
Asia (UH Only)
Online journal. Available online: 1998-current. Frequency: Bi-weekly.
"The Marketing and Communications Newspaper for Asia." Advertising
and marketing publication, covering news, analysis, features and industry
opinion from around the region.
- National Bureau
of Asian Research
The NBR website contains news of its programs on security concerns,
economic growth, governance questions, politics, international relations,
and U.S. interests in Northeast Asia, Eurasia, Southeast Asia, South
Asia, and the Asia Pacific regionally. The website also contains the
Strategic Asia database which contains military, political, and economic
data and Access Asia which consists of databases of information on contemporary
Asian affairs and policy-related issues and a directory of Asia specialists.
- Pacific Economic
Cooperation Council (PECC)
PECC is a tripartite partnership of senior individuals from business
and industry, government, academic and other intellectual circles with
an interest in the Asia-Pacific region. Website describes the goals
of PECC and contains the full text of its publications on trade, finance
and other economic topics.
- Telecom
Asia
Online journal. Available online: Selected articles: 2001 (Dec)-current.
Frequency: 11 issues/year. From the publishers's website: "Circulated
to telecommunications carriers (PTTs) and to the communications departments
of businesses, industry and others who use and operate commercial and
private networks. It is edited for planning, engineering and operational
managers responsible for the design, installation, marketing and maintenance
of public or private telecom systems and networks." Despite the publisher's
description, the magazine contains accessible (to the non-tekkie) articles
on the uses and effects of telecommunications technology in Asia and
industry news.
- United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
Website detailing UNESCAP's activities with the full text of many
of its publications on contemporary social and economic issues in Asia.
Contains substantial socio-economic and demographic statistical data
and its quarterly "Statistical Indicators for Asia and the Pacific."
- Wireless
Asia (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 2001-current. Frequency: 11 issues/year.
Publisher's
website : Selected articles: 2002-current. From the publishers's
website: "[C]irculated to mobile communications carriers and service
providers deploying wireless technologies and to the communications
departments of businesses, industry and others who use and operate commercial
and private networks. It is edited for planning, engineering and operational
managers responsible for the design, installation, marketing and maintenance
of public or private wireless systems and networks." Despite its
technical veneer, the magazine contains accessible (to the non-tekkie)
articles on the use and effects of wireless technology in Asia and industry
news.
- World
Bank - East Asia and the Pacific
Contains recent economic news, Bank reports, data and statistics
on the countries of the region, organizational news.
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- Administrative
Divisions of Countries (U.S. State Dept.)
Lists of the current and former administrative divisions of countries,
with selected demographic and economic data and links to maps.
- Asia-Pacific Centre
for Environmental Law
A project of the Law Faculty, National University of Singapore, the
site contains reports of activities of the Centre and the full text
of selected publications by its members.
- GeoNet
Names Server
Provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's
(NGA) and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names' (US BGN) database of foreign
geographic feature names. The database is the official repository of
foreign place-name decisions approved by the US BGN. Data available
for download in tab-delimited text format.
- Global Statistics
Website containing data on the population of regions, countries,
provinces and cities. Also statistics on economic factors like wealth
and infrastructure, geographic features, and more.
- IUCN
World Commission on Protected Areas
The World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) is a commission of
IUCN - The World Conservation Union. Its website contains environmental
news and information about its programs arranged by region (for Asia:
East, South and Southeast) as well as a publications
page similarly arranged by region. Many of the publications are
available online in pdf format.
- Population
and Area of Countries
Lists of countries and interactive maps displaying demographic and
administrative information
- World Gazetteer
Website contains the following information: current population figures
for cities, towns and administrative divisions of all countries, largest
cities of the world, images of national flags.
Maps
- AskAsia Map
& Timeline Library (Asia Society)
A K-12 site for teachers. Consists of a collection of simple but
useful and clear maps of the countries of Asia. Includes Political,
topograhical, and some thematic maps dating from the 1980s and 1990s.
- David Rumsey Map Collection
A pioneer in map digitization and presentation, Rumsey's site contains
over 10,000 historical maps online. While the focus is 17th and 18th
century North and South American maps, the site includes several hundred
Asia maps. The collection has 4 different viewers, some of which must
be downloaded to use. The more sophisticated viewing options require
a little effort to learn, but they are well worth it. Using the Insight
Java Client viewer takes longer to load but searching is more efficient,
and it also provides easy access to the Japanese Historical Maps Collection
of the East Asia Collection, University of California Berkeley Libarary.
- Images of Early
Maps on the Web - Asia
Links to several dozen Asia map image sites.
- Map
Collections: 1500-2004 (Library of Congress)
From its rich map collection, the Library of Congress has digitized
a small percentage of its maps, among which are a few dozen Asian maps.
Site is searchable by place, subject, creator, and map title.
- Odden's Bookmarks
Website with links to over 22,000 map-related sites, including individual
maps, collections of maps, library catalogs, map sellers, cartographic
societies, map literature, and map databases. Searchable by geographic
area, subject, and category.
- Perry Castaneda
Map Collection - Asia (University of Texas)
A selection of 5,700+ contemporary and historic geographic and thematic
maps scanned from the University of Texas Map Collection. Maps on the
website are for the most part non-copyrighted, most are produced by
the U.S. government. Also contains very useful links arranged by country
and category to numerous other map websites.
- World Sites Atlas
Contains a variety of basic information about the individual countries
of world: geography, people, government, economy, communications and
transportation, and foreign relations. Also has images of national flags
and political maps created by the site and links to other map sites.
- Administrative
Divsions of Countries
Lists of the current and former administrative divisions of countries,
with selected demographic and economic data and links to maps.
- Asia
Program Special Reports (Woodrow Wilson International Center)
Asia Program Special Reports include the full text of papers and
presentations by guest speakers at seminars and conferences sponsored
by the Asia program. Papers focus on current social, political, and
economic issues in the countries of the region.
- Asian
Affairs, an American Review (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 1989-current . Frequency: 4 issues/year.
Focuses on United States policy in Asia, as well as the domestic politics,
economic and international relations of the Asian countries; aimed at
readers wanting relevant information on Asia, teachers, political analysts,
and international businessmen.
- Asian
Analysis Newsletter (ASEAN Focus Group)
Describes itself as: "Asian Analysis produces a number of short commentaries
each month on different Asian countries that present opinions; not only
on economic issues in the ASEAN region and beyond, but also on some
of the deeper underlying social and political issues that shape the
economic development of the Asian region ... Short and tightly focused,
but authoritative commentaries – written by top country specialists
from the Australian National University and other institutions concerned
with Asian studies as well as by other independent specialists and experts."
- Asian Governments
on the World Wide Web
Portal to websites of government institutions, political parties,
human rights organizations, and general political information for countries
of Asia
- Asian
Journal of Political Science (Dept. of Political Science, National
University of Singapore)
Online journal. Available online: 1999- (one year delay). Frequency:
2 issues/year. International refereed journal publishes articles in
the four sub-fields of political science: Political Theory, Comparative
Politics, International Relations, and Public Administration. Most contributions
focus on Asia. Book reviews.
- Asian
Survey (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: Full text: 2000- (6 month delay);
Table of contents: 1992-current. Frequency: Bi-monthly. Emphasizes contemporary
Asian affairs, especially international relations, governmental
policies, socio-economic development, and financial institutions.
- Chiefs of
State and Cabinet Ministers of Foreign Governments
CIA website. Online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
of Foreign Governments. Updated weekly
- Constitution Finder
Provides links to online texts of constitutions, charters, amendments,
and other related documents of the nations of the world
- Directory of Development Organizations
Guide to 29,500 International Organizations, Governments, Private
Sector Institutions, Development Agencies, Universities, Research and
Training Institutes, NGOs/PDOs, Grantmakers, Banks, Microfinance Institutions
and Development Consulting Firms that offer financial support, market
access, information and advice to the enterprise and poverty-reducing
sectors throughout the world.
- Elections and Political
Information
Portal to information on: elections, election systems, election laws,
democracy and human rights, international development organizations,
media development, political systems, political parties, constitutions
and laws, governments.
- Elections around
the World
Electoral calendars and current political makeup of governments;
links to national election institutes, political parties, parliaments
- Foreign
Governments - Asia and the Pacific
A portal to a wide variety of government-related websites for the
countries of Asia. Country coverage for varies depending on the availability
of online information and extent to which government agencies provide
information online. Examples of types of information provided are economic
and demographic data, history, social conditions, media, legal information,
foreign relations.
- Geopium.org - The geopolitics
of illicit drugs in Asia
A French-language website by the French geographer Pierre-Arnaud
Chouvy. Consists of online articles, bibliographies, maps, and links
to related websites.
- International
Conflict Research (INCORE)
Established in 1993,INCORE is a joint project of the United Nations
University and the University of Ulster. Combining research, education
and comparative analysis, INCORE addresses the causes and consequences
of conflict internationally and promotes conflict resolution management
strategies. Website contains "country guides" which are links
to other useful websites on ethnic conflict in individual countries,
lists of publications, and a database of reviews of books on ethnic
conflict.
- International
Crisis Group - Asia
The International Crisis Group (ICG) is an independent, non-profit,
multinational organisation, with over 100 staff members on five continents,
working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent
and resolve deadly conflict. Website contains information on its various
regional programs, reports on the situation in individual countries,
texts of media releases, speeches, and articles.
- International
Foundation for Election Systems - Asia
Website contains reports and results of surveys of IFES pre-election
and election technical assessments, sociological surveys, civic and
voter education initiatives, civic education projects, governance strengthening,
and technology/equipment needs in ten Asian countries over the last
decade.
- National Parliaments
Lists websites of the national parliaments of the countries of the
world
- Rulers
This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government
(and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those
formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about
1700 in most cases.
- World Rulers:
Heads of State, Prime Ministers
Lists of rulers going back to the origins of each state. Photos of
some rulers and links to government websites included.
- World Statesmen
- Asia
World Statesmen is an online encyclopedia of nations, colonies, international
organizations and religious groups. Contains country facts, chronologies,
maps, anthems, flags, links, and multiple indexes including information
on international organizations and terrorist groups.
- Asian
Historical Statistics Project (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi
University, Japan)
Compiliations of economic statistics on early modern Asia, defined
as the period just prior to the advent of industrialization (ca. 1850).
Geographic coverage includes East, South, and Southeast Asia; the Middle
East; North Africa; and the Russian Far East. Excludes Japan. Content
includes national income, prices, wages, population, labor, commodity
production and consumption, international trade.
- AsiaWeek Archives
1995-2001
Searchable archives of the general news magazine AsiaWeek, which
ceased publication in December 2001.
- Economic History of Eastern Asia (History Department, Leiden University, the Netherlands)
Scores of links to websites dealing with the economies, past and present, of the countries of East and Southeast Asia. Contains links to numerous statistical sites.
- Guide and Index
to Lists of Rulers - Asia
This website lists historical rulers and contains background narrative
embedded with extensive links to other online resources on places, people,
and events mentioned in the narrative. The title at the top of the page
mentions only China, India, and Japan, but following the brief introduction
is an index (look under the heading "The Periphery of China")
which contains links to similar information on other countries of Asia.
- H-Asia
A member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine, H-Asia is
a discussion forum of scholars of Asia containing current information
on research and teaching interests; discussions of new articles, books,
papers, approaches, methods and tools of analysis; and share comments
and tips on teaching.
- Historical
Demographic Statistics
Contains historical and contemporary demographic statistics as well
as current geographic, social, and economic data
- Rulers
This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government
(and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those
formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about
1700 in most cases.
- The Silk Road
(Silk Road Foundation)
The Silkroad Foundation is a non-profit organization, established
in 1996, to promote the study and preservation of cultures and art on
Inner Asia and the Silk Road. Its website contains bibliographies, short
biographies of Silk Road travelers, maps, articles, histories of the
road and of various localities along it, and extensive information on
the Dunhuang caves and Buddhism.
- Silk
Road Seattle (Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of
Washington)
Website contains images of art and artifacts from the Silk Road,
descriptions and images of cities and their architecture along the Silk
Road, maps, historical texts, teaching and learning guides, bibliographies,
and short biographies of Silk Road travelers.
- This Day in Asian
History
Lists and briefly describes significant events in Asian history for
the current date. Numerous links to other Asia-related websites included.
An Asia Society website.
- World Rulers:
Heads of State, Prime Ministers
Lists of rulers going back to the origins of each state. Photos of
some rulers and links to government websites included.
- Amnesty International
Library
The Amnesty International library contains an archive of most reports,
news releases and urgent actions published from 1996 to date.
- Asia
Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: Full text: 2000- (12 month delay);
Table of contents: 2000-current. Frequency: 2 issues/year. Law journal
offering scholars a forum in which to present comparative, international
and national research dealing specifically with issues of law and human
rights in the Asia-Pacific region.
- AsiaRights
Online journal which began publication July 2004. It provides a space
for discussion on human rights implications of current national security
policies. Contains articles on human rights issues and trends in Asia.
- Asian Human Rights Commission
Contains current news releases, archived news items, publications,
reports, e-newsletters, book lists, and photo and video galleries on
human rights issues in Asia.
- Human Rights
Links - Asia
Lists of human rights-oriented websites related to Asia. Contains
pan-Asian lists of human rights directories, organizations, and legal
resources; reports and articles; and lists of similar resources for
each country.
- Human Rights Watch - Asia
Current news releases, lists of publications, photo galleries, and
specific information on each country of the region.
- International
Crisis Group - Asia
The International Crisis Group (ICG) is an independent, non-profit,
multinational organisation, with over 100 staff members on five continents,
working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent
and resolve deadly conflict. Website contains information on its various
regional programs, reports on the situation in individual countries,
texts of media releases, speeches, and articles.
- OneWorld.net
The latest news and views from over 1,600 organizations promoting
human rights awareness and fighting poverty worldwide
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- Asian
Folklore Studies (Nanzan University Anthropological Institute,
Japan) (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: Full text: 2000-current ; Table
of contents 1993-current. Frequency: 2 issues/year. Contains research
and news items on the folklore of Asian cultures, including literary
and oral traditions, religion, art, customs, etc. Nanzan
University Anthropological Institute
- B.C. Asian Review (Asian
Studies Dept., U. of British Columbia)
Online journal. Available online: Full text 1997-current ; Table
of contents only: 1988-current . Frequency: Irregular. Refereed journal
in the humanities produced by graduate students in the Department of
Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. This journal exists
as a forum for the presentation of original academic work by up-and-coming
and established scholars. The B.C. Asian Review features graduate research
on Asia-related topics, including textual studies and other forms of
critical analysis, as well as translations and reviews.
- Journal of East Asian Linguistics (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 1997-current. Frequency: Quarterly.
Articles chiefly on the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages.
- Languages
of Asia
Lists of languages with numbers and percent of population who speak
them for each country of Asia. Links to further information on each
of the languages with enumeration of the places spoken. Includes bibliographic
entries from the Summer Institute of Languages Bibliography for each
language.
- Language
Resources (Asia Source)
A list of Asian language resources which includes: general resouces;
lessons; pronunciation guides; online dictionaries; related software
and fonts. An Asia Society website.
- Online Dictionaries
A website providing access to language resources for almost 300 languages.
Among the resources are: online dictionaries (monolingual and multilingual),online
language courses, grammars, and links to radio stations and newspapers.
- Asia-Pacific Centre
for Environmental Law
Established by the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore,
the Centre's website contains institutional information as well as reports
by members of the Centre.
- Asia
Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: Full text: 2000- (12 month delay);
Table of contents: 2000-current. Frequency: 2 issues/year. Law journal
offering scholars a forum in which to present comparative, international
and national research dealing specifically with issues of law and human
rights in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Asia-Pacific Law & Policy
Journal (William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii)
Online journal. Available online: 2000-current . Frequency: 2 issues/year.
Alternate
link: 2000-current (UH only). Legal journal dedicated to issues
facing Asia and the Pacific Rim. The Journal strives to disseminate
legal research by law professors, legal practitioners, social scientists,
economists, and students; to increase awareness of legal issues impacting
the region; and to provide a forum to discuss legal topics that fall
within the Journal's geographic scope.
- Asian
Law Online
An online searchable bibliographic database created by the Asian
Law Centre, University of Melbourne. The database is a collection of
English language materials on Asian laws available throughout the world
and includes books, chapters in books, journal articles and theses.
It does not include newspapers, magazines, conference papers or unpublished
articles. Also includes selected materials dealing with the historical,
cultural, social and economic backgrounds of Asian states.
- Columbia Journal of Asian Law (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 2002-current. Frequency: 2 issues/year.
Alternate Link:
Tables of contents and abstracts only: 1987-2002. Legal articles on
a broad range of issues related to law and its practice in Asia.
- FindLaw
For each country provides links to a variety of legal resources and
documents and information on selected government agencies.
- Foreign
and International Law Web (Washburn School of Law)
Provides links to primary foreign and international legal resources,
research aids, and sites useful in conducting research in these areas
of the law.
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- Asian
Journal of Communication (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 1990- (12 month delay). Frequency:
2 issues/year. International publication of the Asian
Media Information and Communication Centre and the School of Communication
and Information, Nanyang Technological University. The Journal aims
to facilitate the understanding of the process of communication in the
Asia-Pacific region by publishing articles that develop communication
theory, report empirical research, and describe advances made in research
methodology. Articles are on subjects relevant to the Asia-Pacific region.
- Asian
Studies WWW Monitor
Online journal. Provides daily abstracts and reviews of new/updated
online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications
dealing with Asian Studies. Published by the Internet Publications Bureau,
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, National Institute for
Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University. Free updates by
email subscription available.
- How Many
Online?
Surveys of numbers of online users by region and by country as of
September 2002. Most recent statistics for countries of Asia are dated
July 2002 with figures for many countries earlier than that.
- Journal
of Asian Pacific Communication (UH Only)
Online journal. No longer published. Available online: 1990-1996.
Frequency: 2 issues/year. A forum for the multidisciplinary study of
language and communication issues and problems not only for the Asia
Pacific region, but also for Asian Pacific emigrés elsewhere in the
world.
- Media
Asia (UH Only)
Online journal. Available online: 1998-current. Frequency: Bi-weekly.
"The Marketing and Communications Newspaper for Asia." Advertising
and marketing publication, covering news, analysis, features and industry
opinion from around the region.
- Telecom Asia
Online journal. Available online: Selected articles: 2001 (Dec)-current.
Frequency: 11 issues/year. From the publishers's website: "Circulated
to telecommunications carriers (PTTs) and to the communications departments
of businesses, industry and others who use and operate commercial and
private networks. It is edited for planning, engineering and operational
managers responsible for the design, installation, marketing and maintenance
of public or private telecom systems and networks." Despite the publisher's
description, the magazine contains accessible (to the non-tekkie) articles
on the uses and effects of telecommunications technology in Asia and
industry news.
- Wireless Asia (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 2001-current. Frequency: 11 issues/year.
Publisher's
website : Selected articles: 2002-current. From the publishers's
website: "[C]irculated to mobile communications carriers and service
providers deploying wireless technologies and to the communications
departments of businesses, industry and others who use and operate commercial
and private networks. It is edited for planning, engineering and operational
managers responsible for the design, installation, marketing and maintenance
of public or private wireless systems and networks." Despite its
technical veneer, the magazine contains accessible (to the non-tekkie)
articles on the use and effects of wireless technology in Asia and industry
news.
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- Asia
Rights
Online journal which began publication July 2004. It provides a space
for discussion on human rights implications of current national security
policies. Contains articles on human rights issues and trends in Asia.
- Comparative
Connections : an e-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations (Pacific
Forum CSIS)
Online journal. Available online: 1999-current. Frequency: Quarterly.
Covers 12 "key" bilateral relationships that are critical
for the region, primarily those of the United States with China, Japan,
and Korea and those of the three Northeast Asian countries with one
another. Covered, but less fully, are relations between the U.S. and
ASEAN and China and ASEAN. Other bilateral relationships may be tracked
periodically (such as various bilateral relationships with North Korea
or Australia's significant relationships) as events dictate. The reports,
written by a variety of experts in Asian affairs, focus on political/security
developments, but economic issues are also addressed. Each essay is
accompanied by a chronology of significant events occurring between
the states in question during the quarter. Archived back issues are
arranged chronologically and by relationship.
- International
Conflict Research (INCORE)
Established in 1993,INCORE is a joint project of the United Nations
University and the University of Ulster. Combining research, education
and comparative analysis, INCORE addresses the causes and consequences
of conflict internationally and promotes conflict resolution management
strategies. Website contains "country guides" which are links
to other useful websites on ethnic conflict in individual countries,
lists of publications, and a database of reviews of books on ethnic
conflict.
- International
Relations and Security Network
A Website devoted to security issues. Contains reports, current news,
searchable databases, publication lists, and links to organizations.
- Issues
& Insights Series (Pacific Forum CSIS)
An irregularly published series of reports on various topics related
to security issues in the Asia Pacific region.
- National Bureau
of Asian Research
Reports, publications lists, searchable databases on security concerns,
economic growth, governance questions, politics, international relations,
and U.S. interests in Northeast Asia, Eurasia, Southeast Asia, South
Asia, and the Asia Pacific regionally.
- Pacific
Forum CSIS
A non-profit, private, foreign policy research institute that operates
as the Asia Pacific arm of the Center for Strategic and International
Studies of Washington, D.C. The thrust of the Forum's work is to stimulate
cooperative policies in the Asia Pacific region through debate and analyses
undertaken with the region's leaders in the academic, government, and
corporate arenas. Its programs encompass current and emerging political,
security, economic/business, and ocean policy issues. It collaborates
with an extensive network of research institutes around the Pacific
Rim. Its website contains numerous online publications, reports of its
activities and projects.
- PacNet
Newsletter (Pacific Forum CSIS)
Online newsletter. Available online: 1998-current. Frequency: Weekly.
A weekly publication generated from a network of policy research institutes
by Pacific Forum CSIS. The brief newsletter is designed to facilitate
communication on timely and fast breaking events in the region and to
serve as a vehicle for sharing research results and analyses.
- U.S.
Pacific Command
Official website of the U.S. Pacific Command. Contains current news
of the region; transcripts of speeches, media releases, and testimony
before congressional committees; texts of selected publications; and
organizational news.
- Weapons
Systems (American Federation of Scientists)
Land combat systems, military aircraft, missile systems, and naval
forces of the countries of the world. Summaries on the state of the
military, including total military manpower, GDP dedicated to defense
spending, etc. of major and intermediate world powers.
- Asia
Journal of Theology (Board of Theological Education, Senate of
Serampore College, India) (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 2001-current . Frequency: 2 issues/year.
Contains articles which encourage Asian Biblical scholarship & theological
thinking to relate the Gospel to cultural, historical & religious situation
in Asia. Book reviews.
- Asian Journal of Pentecostal
Studies (Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, Philippines)
Online journal. Available online: 1998-current . Frequency: 2 issues/year.
Contains articles on Christian pentecostal/charismatic traditions in
Asia. Alternate
link: 2000-current (UH only)
- Asian
Philosophy (UH only)
Available online: 1991- (6 month delay). Frequency: 3 issues/year.
Alternate
link: 2000-current. An international journal of Buddhist, Chinese,
Indian, Islamic, Japanese and Persian philosophical traditions. Articles
on metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and moral and
social philosophy.
- B.C. Asian Review (Asian
Studies Dept., U. of British Columbia)
Online journal. Available online: Full text 1997-current ; Table
of contents only: 1988-current . Frequency: Irregular. Refereed journal
in the humanities produced by graduate students in the Department of
Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. This journal exists
as a forum for the presentation of original academic work by up-and-coming
and established scholars. The B.C. Asian Review features graduate research
on Asia-related topics, including textual studies and other forms of
critical analysis, as well as translations and reviews.
- Circle
of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art
An exhibit of Himalayan Buddhist art held in 2003-2004 at the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art and Columbus Museum of Art.
- Eubios
Ethics Institute
The Eubios Ethics Institute is a nonprofit group that aims to stimulate
the international discussion of ethical issues, and how we may use technology
in ways consistent with "good life" (eu-bios). It aims at an integrated
and cross-cultural approach to bioethics, and at building up an international
network. Website contains information on the Institute's programs, links
to other organizations and the full-text of many of its publications,
conference proceedings, and declarations. Its activities have an Asia
orientation.
- Eubios
Journal of Asian and International Bioethics (EJAIB)
Online journal. Available online: 1995-current. Frequency: Bimonthly.
This journal presents research and news on issues related to bioethics.
The focus is Asia, but not exclusively.
- Islamic
Calendar Converter
Calendar converter from Hijri to Gregorian and Gregorian to Hijri
- Journal of Buddhist
Ethics
Online journal. Available online: 1995-current . Frequency: annual.
Journal whose aim is to promote the study of Buddhist ethics through
the publication of research, book reviews, and hosting occasional online
conferences. The principal topics covered are: Vinaya and jurisprudence,
medical ethics, philosophical ethics, human rights, ethics and psychology,
ecology and the environment, social and political philosophy, cross-cultural
ethics, ethics and anthropology, and interfaith dialogue on ethics.
Book reviews.
- LinksPitaka : Buddhist Resources
Directory of English and French online resources related to Buddhism. Links to academic resources, country profiles, and more.
- Philosophy East and West (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 2000-current . Frequency: Quarterly.
Focuses on Asian and comparative philosophy. Features specialized articles
and essays that illuminate the distinctive characteristics of philosophical
traditions in Asia and their relationship to Western thought. The journal
has an intercultural basis and integrates philosophy with the arts,
literature, science, and social practices of Asian civilizations. Analytical
reviews of significant books appear in each issue. Book reviews.
- Pure Land Buddhism WWW Virtual Library
Links to translations of scriptures, directories, and bibliographies on Pure Land Buddhism (Jingtu, Jodo, Shinshu) and brief descriptions, with links, of its practice in India, China, Japan, and Tibet.
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- Asia
Pacific Biotech News (UH only)
Online news source. Available online: 2003- (one year delay). Frequency:
24 issues/year. News of health issues and biotech companies in the region.
- Eubios
Ethics Institute
The Eubios Ethics Institute, located at the University of Tsukuba,
Japan, is a nonprofit group that aims to stimulate the international
discussion of ethical issues, and how we may use technology in ways
consistent with "good life" (eu-bios). It aims at an integrated and
cross-cultural approach to bioethics, and at building up an international
network. Website contains information on the Institute's programs, links
to other organizations and the full-text of many of its publications,
conference proceedings, and declarations. Its activities have an Asia
orientation.
- Eubios
Journal of Asian and International Bioethics (EJAIB)
Online journal. Available online: 1995-current. Frequency: Bimonthly.
This journal presents research and news on issues related to bioethics.
The focus is Asia, but not exclusively.
- Telecom Asia
Online journal. Available online: Selected articles: 2001 (Dec)-current.
Frequency: 11 issues/year. From the publishers's website: "Circulated
to telecommunications carriers (PTTs) and to the communications departments
of businesses, industry and others who use and operate commercial and
private networks. It is edited for planning, engineering and operational
managers responsible for the design, installation, marketing and maintenance
of public or private telecom systems and networks." Despite the publisher's
description, the magazine contains accessible (to the non-tekkie) articles
on the uses and effects of telecommunications technology in Asia and
industry news.
- Wireless
Asia (UH only)
Online journal. Available online: 2001-current. Frequency: 11 issues/year.
Publisher's
website : Selected articles: 2002-current. From the publishers's
website: "[C]irculated to mobile communications carriers and service
providers deploying wireless technologies and to the communications
departments of businesses, industry and others who use and operate commercial
and private networks. It is edited for planning, engineering and operational
managers responsible for the design, installation, marketing and maintenance
of public or private wireless systems and networks." Despite its
technical veneer, the magazine contains accessible (to the non-tekkie)
articles on the use and effects of wireless technology in Asia and industry
news.
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- Administrative
Divisions of Countries (U.S. State Dept.)
Lists of the current and former administrative divisions of countries,
with selected demographic and economic data and links to maps.
- Asian-Pacific
Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health)
Online journal. Available online: 1997-current. Frequency: 3 issues/year.
A newsletter devoted to worker health and safety issues in the Asia-Pacific
region. Each issue of the newsletter is devoted to a particular theme.
- Asia-Pacific
Population Journal (UNESCAP)
Online journal. Available online: 1986-current. Frequency: Quarterly.
This refereed professional journal contains articles, papers and notes
that cover a broad range of population issues of interest to readers
in the Asian and Pacific region. Each issue of the Journal contains
three full-length original articles plus a note, or other material such
as papers demonstrating the application of a useful methodological approach
to the analysis of population research, or news about important developments
in the field.
- Asia
Program Special Reports (Woodrow Wilson International Center)
Asia Program Special Reports include the full text of papers and
presentations by guest speakers at seminars and conferences sponsored
by the Asia program. Papers focus on current social, political, and
economic issues in the countries of the region.
- Asian
Analysis Newsletter (ASEAN Focus Group)
Describes itself as: "Asian Analysis produces a number of short commentaries
each month on different Asian countries that present opinions; not only
on economic issues in the ASEAN region and beyond, but also on some
of the deeper underlying social and political issues that shape the
economic development of the Asian region ... Short and tightly focused,
but authoritative commentaries – written by top country specialists
from the Australian National University and other institutions concerned
with Asian studies as well as by other independent specialists and experts."
- Asian Development Bank
Established in 1966, ADB is a multilateral development finance institution
dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific. Has 66 member
countries. Website contains news of the Bank's activities, information
on member countries and on current topics of interest, and a list of
its publications. Publications Catalog
- Asian
Development Outlook (Asian Development Bank)
Available online: 1996-current . Frequency: Annual. The Asian Development
Outlook is a series of annual economic reports on the developing member
countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank. Provides a comprehensive
analysis of macroeconomic and development issues for the DMCs of ADB.
Its annual contents include: an assessment of economic trends and prospects
for the world and for the developing economies of Asia and the Pacific;
economic profiles, economic management issues, development policy concerns,
and economic projections for the DMCs of ADB ;and a theme chapter covering
important issues confronting the region.
- Asian
Development Review (Asian Development Bank)
Online journal. Available online: 1997-current . Frequency: 2 issues/year.
Professional journal for disseminating the results of economic and development
research carried out by staff and resource persons of the Asian Development
Bank (ADB). The Review stresses policy and operational relevance of
development issues rather than the technical aspects of economics and
other social sciences. Articles are intended for readership among economists
and social scientists in government, private sector, academia, and international
organizations.
- Asian
Journal of Social Psychology (Asian Association of Social Psychology
and Japanese Group Dynamics Association) (UH only)
Available online: 1998-current. Frequency: 3 issues/year. Alternate
link: 1998- (12 month delay). Publishes theoretical and empirical
papers, as well as book reviews by Asian scholars and those interested
in Asian cultures and societies. Coverage includes all aspects of social
processes such as development, cognition, personality, health, counselling,
organisation and education. The Journal encourages interdisciplinary
integration with social sciences and humanities.
Asian Association of Social Psychology ||
Japanese Group Dynamics Association
- Development Experience Clearinghouse
This website contains 19,000 U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID) reports on development issues in countries where USAID has been
active. Searchable by country or by topic.
- Development
Gateway
The Development Gateway Foundation is an independent not-for-profit
organization initially developed in the World Bank. Operations began
in July 2001. Its website is a portal to information on local development
issues for selected countries. Also Includes basic profile information
and an online bookstore.
- Digital
Library of the Commons - East Asia (includes East Asia and Southeast
Asia) South
Asia
The Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) provides free access to
an archive of international literature on the commons, common-pool resources
and common property. Features include advanced searching; browsing by
region, sector, and author name; an author submission portal for uploading
a variety of document formats; and a service that uses email to alert
subscribers to new documents in their area of interest. Full-text and
abstracts provided for many documents.
- Global Statistics
Website containing data on the population of regions, countries,
provinces and cities. Also statistics on economic factors like wealth
and infrastructure, geographic features, and more.
- Historical
Demographic Statistics
Contains historical and contemporary demographic statistics as well
as current geographic, social, and economic data.
- Intersections:
Gender, History, & Culture in the Asian Context (Murdoch University,
Australia)
Online journal. Available online: 1998-current . Frequency: 2 issues/year.
Refereed electronic journal conceived as an interactive forum for new
research and teaching in the area of Gender Studies in the Asian region.
Emphasises the paramount importance of research into the region's multiple
historical and cultural gender patterns, where identities and social
relations are constantly being negotiated against the background of
dominant narratives. In this sense the journal crosses disciplinary,
cultural and gender boundaries. Book reviews.
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