Currencies and Transfer of Money
Oanda – currencies and historic info in most currencies.
http://www.oanda.com
http://www.oanda.com/currency/historical-rates
XE net – a currency converter
http://www.xe.net/currency
The Economist magazine
http://www.economist.com
uses a Big Mac Index as a comparison between the cost of a hamburger in the United States and purchasing power of various world currencies. To see the most recent version, use the Internet and search for “Big Mac index” or go to:
http://www.economist.com/content/big-mac-index
Information to transfer of money.
http://www.swift.com/
Directories:
Aid organisations. You can find some of them at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:International_development_agencies
World Federation of Trading House Associations (WFTA)
http://www.wfta.org
Risks and Export Insurance
http://external.worldbankimflib.org/external.htm (look at the JOLIS library catalog)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_risk
Export Development Corporation. EDC insures your export invoices, including political risks.
http://edc.ca
A similar organization exists in Sweden.
Exportkreditnämnden. Most countries have similar organizations. The insurance can be taken on continuous business as well as single orders. Look at country list.
EKN, http://www.ekn.se/en/
For organizations in other countries see:
http://www.oecd.org/trade/xcred/eca.htm
Trade treaties. http://www.intracen.org/itc/market-info-tools/trade-treaties-map/
