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Country Profile: Netherlands

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Area:	41,526 km²	Population:	16,500,156
Capital City:	Amsterdam	Head of State:	Queen Beatrix (monarch)
Languages:	Dutch	Major Religions:	Christianity
Monetary unit:	Euro	Main exports:	Metals, Agriculture, Engineering
Life expectancy:	79.11	Country dialling code:	31

Country Profiles

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

Britannica - http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/409956/The-Netherlands

Encarta - http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761572410/Netherlands.html

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

Private Sector/ Business Environment

UNCTAD country fact sheet on foreign direct investment - http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Search.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&frmSearchStr=netherlands&frmCategory=all&section=whole

Doing Business - http://www.doingbusiness.org/ExploreEconomies/?economyid=137

Economic Information

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

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

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

Government Sites

http://www.government.nl/

Major Funding Organisations

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

http://europa.eu/youth/active_citizenship/run_your_own_project/index_nl_en.html

http://www.minbuza.nl/en

Development Agency Country Pages and Useful Links

SNV (Netherland Development Organisation) - http://www.snvworld.org/en/Pages/default.aspx

World Bank - http://go.worldbank.org/DA3ESOCNF0

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

UNDP Human Development - http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/2008/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_NLD.html