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Country Profile: Portugal

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Area:	92,345 sq km	Population:	10,676,910
Capital City:	Lisbon	Head of State:	Anibal Cavaco Silva (President)
Languages:	Portuguese	Major Religions:	Christianity
Monetary unit:	Euro	Main exports:	Textiles and clothing, wood products, electrical equipment
Life expectancy:	75	Country dialling code:	+351

Country Profiles

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

Britannica - http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/471439/Portugal

Encarta - http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761558260/Portugal.html

Private Sector/ Business Environment

UNCTAD country fact sheets on foreign direct investments -

http://unctad.org/sections/dite_dir/docs/wir06_fs_pt_en.pdf

Doing Business -

http://www.doingbusiness.org/ExploreEconomies/Default.aspx?economyid=155

Economic Information

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

http://www.einnews.com/portugal/

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

Government Sites

Official government site - http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/GC17/Pages/Inicio.aspx

Major Funding Organisations

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

Development Agency Country Pages and Useful Links

IMF country information - http://imf.org/external/country/PRT/index.htm

World Bank - link

UNDP Human development report -

http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/2008/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_PRT.html

Deolib - link

OEDC page - http://www.oecd.org/statisticsdata/0,3381,en_33873108_33873764_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

Library of congress country study - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/pttoc.html