Countries of the world

This page is for accumulating country information of specific usefullness for Consumerium Services. Also this page serves the purpose of forming a Country template for use in Content Wiki once we figure out what information can be reliably collected.

See w:List of countries for general information on countries of the world.

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Here be the current skeleton

• Workers' rights - The right to belong to labor unions de jure? (in law or in theory), de facto? (in practice, day-to-day custom)
• Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES/NO/Not determined
• Ecological integrity and damage, e.g. charcoal deforestation in Haiti, tantallum deforestation and ape extinction in Congo and Indonesia
• ...

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Asia

Workers' rights

Trade unions are forbidden by law in China according to the Finnish media.

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Pakistan

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

• http://www.pakboi.gov.pk/html/all_companies.html The Pakistan Board of Investment - Companies, searchable online by name, registered capital, CEO and other options

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Workers' rights

Apparently the workers' situation in South Korea is terrible. There are reports of trade union activists commiting suicide to attract attention to the workers' rights situation in South Korea. see Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) web site for more information

South Korea has propably the longest workweeks in all the developed world with 6-day weeks with 44 hours average working time. There have been rumors that South Korea will be switching to 5-day working week in 2005 but there is yet no confirmation on whether this is true.

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Europe

Finland (Suomi)

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

• http://www.prh.fi/en.html National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (Patentti ja rekisterihallitus) Handles registrations for companies, associations, foundations and patents. Limited online company, association and trademark searches available for free

Ireland (Eire)

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

• http://www.cro.ie/search/ - Companies Registration Office of Ireland - Limited online search of companies

Netherlands (Nederland)

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

• Dutch: www.kvk.nl, English: www.kvk.nl - Kamer van Koophandel

Sweden (Sverige)

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

• http://www.prv.se/eng/ Swedish Patent and Registration Office covers Companies, Trademarks, Patents and People. Limited online company and trademark searches available for free

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North and Central America

Canada

Registered companies searchable in Internet? Not determined

Haiti

Registered companies searchable in Internet? Not determined, highly unlikely

Ecological questions

• Deforestation problem from charcoal production

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Oceania

Australia

Registered companies searchable in Internet? YES

• http://www.search.asic.gov.au/gns001.html Australian Securities and Investments Commission Limited company search on-line.