Researching India Dolly Goulart Qualcomm Library & Information
8 Slides935.00 KB
Researching India Dolly Goulart Qualcomm Library & Information Services November 5, 2009
Benefits & Challenges Benefits – Largely English literate. Information from agencies is often provided in English as well as native language – Emerging market – increased coverage and data is becoming more accessible Challenges – Small portion of country is urbanized. Large rural population resulting in many people not being “covered” – In-country data sources are far more reliable than US-centric data sources – Recent emerging market – historical data is often difficult to find 01/08/23 2
Who’s looking at India? Everyone Pharmaceuticals Telecom Electronics Manufacturing Etc. 01/08/23 3
National Portal of India Everyone Pharmaceuticals Telecom Electronics Manufacturing Etc. http://india.gov.in/ 01/08/23 4
Census of India www.censusindia.gov.in 01/08/23 5
National Commission on Population http://populationcommission.nic.in 01/08/23 6
World Bank www.worldbank.org 01/08/23 7
CIA World Factbook www.cia.gov 01/08/23 8
