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Related Links
International
Economics & Globalization
- Mark
Bernkopf's Central Banking Resource Center: Links
to the Central Banks of the world, as well as business, economics
and finance resources.[http://adams.patriot.net/~bernkopf/r&t-nf.html]
- The
International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook: Trade and Finance, September 2002
[http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2002/02/index.htm]
- The
World Bank: Development data, including national
statistics for countries and regions.
[http://www.worldbank.org/data/]
- The
Economist Country Briefings: News, country profiles,
forecasts, and statistics for 60 countries.
[http://www.economist.com/countries/]
Transparency International: Results to the 2001 Transparency International
Corruption Perceptions Index for 91 countries of the world.
[http://www.transparency.org/cpi/2001/cpi]
- Organisation
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Country Surveys
[http://www.oecd.org/EN/documents/0,,EN-documents-652-8-no-3-no-652,00.html]
- The
Organisation for Economics Cooperation and Development (OECD) Home Page for Sustainable Development: Global cooperation is needed
to work towards meeting the needs of today without diminishing
the capacity of future generations to meet their needs.
[http://www.oecd.org/EN/home/0,,EN-home-21-nodirectorate-no-no-no-21,00.html]
Globalization
- The
New Paul Krugman Web Site http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/
- The
Worldwatch Institute: Worldwatch is a non profit
public policy research organization dedicated to informing policymakers
and the public about emerging global problems and trends and the
complex links between the world economy and its environmental
support systems. http://www.worldwatch.org/
- Geoffrey
Garrett, Vice Provost and Professor of Political Science, UCLA: Unpublished and forthcoming research papers on globalization. http://www.international.ucla.edu/profile/ggarrett/papers/
- Economic
Globalization and Culture: A Discussion with Dr.
Francis Fukuyama. Dr. Fukuyama, the Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Professor
of Public Policy at the Institute of Public Policy at George Mason
University, challenges the notion that globalization is leading
to cultural homogeneity. http://www.ml.com/woml/forum/global.htm
- “Globalization
involves profound transformations that affect major global concerns,
including economics, politics, defense and the environment. The
age of globalization brings a major shift away from power relations
and towards greater cooperation, both in terms of international
relations and domestic politics. …[The Brookings Institution
is] committed to analyzing and piecing together the intricate
details that form the global picture.” http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/globalization/
- Economic
Policy Institute’s Trade and Globalization web site: Lists the institute’s most recent research articles on trade
and jobs. http://www.epinet.org/index.html
- World
Bank Research on Globalization http://econ.worldbank.org/topic.php?topic=2231
- The
Inter-American Development Bank is the oldest
and largest regional multilateral development institution, established
in December of 1959 to help accelerate economic and social development
in Latin America and the Caribbean. http://www.iadb.org/exr/english/ABOUTIDB/about_idb.htm
- The
International Monetary Fund, Globalization: Threat or Opportunity? http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2000/041200.htm
- The
World Bank, Globalization http://www.worldbank.org/data/databytopic/globalization.html
- The
Institute for International Economics http://www.iie.com/
