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Country Profile: France

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Area:	674,843 km²	Population:	65,073,482
Capital City:	Paris	Head of State:	Nicolas Sarkozy (president)
Languages:	French	Major Religions:	Christianity
Monetary unit:	Euro	Main exports:	machinery, transportation, aircraft
Life expectancy:	80.87	Country dialling code:	33

Country Profiles

Encarta - http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761568934/france.html

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

Britannica - http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/215768/France

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

Private Sector/ Business Environment

Doing Business - http://www.doingbusiness.org/ExploreEconomies/Default.aspx?economyid=70

UNCTAD Country Fact Sheets on Foreign Direct Investment - http://www.unctad.org/sections/dite_dir/docs/wir06_fs_fr_en.pdf

Economic Information

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

http://www.economist.com/countries/France/

Government Sites

http://www.service-public.fr/etranger/english.html

Major Funding Organisations

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

Development Agency Country Pages and Useful Links

World Bank - http://go.worldbank.org/ZXNQKESCW0

UNDP Human Development Reports - http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_FRA.html

OECD-DAC page - http://www.oecd.org/country/0,3377,en_33873108_33873376_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

IMF - http://www.imf.org/external/country/FRA/index.htm

Depolib - link