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Country Profile: Belgium

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Area:	28,748 km²	Population:	10,666,866
Capital City:	Brussels	Head of State:	Albert II (monarch)
Languages:	Dutch (Flemish), French	Major Religions:	Christianity
Monetary unit:	Euro	Main exports:	machinery, chemicals, foodstuffs
Life expectancy:	78.92	Country dialling code:	32

Country Profiles

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium

Britannica - http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/59268/Belgium

Encarta - http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567434/belgium.html

CIA - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/be.html

Private Sector/ Business Environment

Doing Business - http://www.doingbusiness.org/ExploreEconomies/?economyid=20

UNCTAD Country fact Sheet on Foreign Direct Investment -

http://www.unctad.org/sections/dite_dir/docs/wir06_fs_be_en.pdf

Economic Information

http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/belgium/

http://www.einnews.com/belgium/newsfeed-belgium-economy

Government Sites

http://www.belgium.be/en/

http://invest.belgium.be/

Major Funding Organisations

http://www.civilsoc.org/usnisorg/usnisfnd.htm

http://www.efc.be/webready/mott001min.html

http://www.terravivagrants.org/

http://www.dgcd.be/

Development Agency Country Pages and Useful Links

IMF Country Information - http://www.imf.org/external/country/BEL/index.htm

OECD-DAC chart - http://www.unevoc.de/donors/countries/bei_chart.htm

World Bank - http://go.worldbank.org/8KSLDLCJF0

UNDP Human Development Report - http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_BEL.html

Depolib - http://web.worldbank.org/

OECD-DAC page - http://www.oecd.org/country/0,3377,en_33873108_33873261_1_1_1_1_1,00.html