Development Economics

Development Agencies and Organizations
     United Nations and Related Agencies
     World Bank
     Other Agencies and Organizations
Directories
Gateways and Portals
Indexes
Journals
Research Projects and Reports
Statistical Sources

Development Agencies and Organizations

United Nations and Related Agencies

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Excellent information and links to issues ranging from agriculture to economics.

FAO: SD Dimensions
FAO collection of numerous articles on sustainable development.

United Nations Development Programme
News, statistics, and current information on sustainable human development.

UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Offers news, publications online, and coverage of activities. Note that some publications are available only in Spanish.

UNESCO
Provides a wide range of information on educational, scientific, and cultural topics, including development.

UNICEF
Provides data on women and children worldwide, covering health issues, nutrition, and education.

World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization provides health related statistical information from around the globe.

World Bank

A Guide to the World Bank  (Reference HG 3881.5 .W57 G853 2003)
Covers the organization and operations of the World Bank as well as topics in development.

PovertyNet

Topics in Development
The World Bank home page for activities and resources concerning development economics.

World Bank Data & Research

Additional World Bank publications:

A Better World for All
Outlines progress towards the international development goals including poverty reduction, education, gender equality, infant and child mortality, and the environment.

Prospects for Development
Each edition of the annual publication focuses on a different theme.

Report on Engendering Development
Advocates gender equality in order to promote sustained economic growth and development.

World Development Reports
Examine the effects of globalization and localization on the world economy in the coming millennium.

Other Development Agencies and Organizations

The Asian Development Bank
A development finance institution promoting the economic and social progress of its member countries in the Asian and Pacific region.

Community Empowerment
Hosted by the Seattle Community Network, the site provides training materials and a discussion forum for community organizers working in low income neighborhoods.

Food First
International organization which aims to eradicate the sources of hunger around the world.

Global Development Network
Formed to support and link research and policy institutes involved in the field of development, the site offers news and links to resources and global development sites.

Institute of Development Studies
Located in England, the international Institute offers news and the full-text of research reports, including their Globalisation Team Research Pages.

The Interamerican Development Bank
Provides social, economic, financial statistics and publications related to the Latin American and Caribbean countries.

International Development Research Centre
Canadian agency working with researchers on topics and issues related to international development.

International Economic Development Council
US organization offering a variety of services to economic development practitioners.

International Monetary Fund
Provides information about the organization, international monetary cooperation, and member countries.

National Association of Development Organizations
NADO provides training, information and representation for regional development organizations in rural America.

OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Current articles, activities, and research of this large non-profit agency. Also visit SourceOECD for full text of selected books and periodicals and for statistical data - only available to Illinois State University faculty, staff, and students.

U. S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration
Site of the U.S. agency charged to generate jobs, help retain existing jobs, and stimulate industrial and commercial growth economically-distressed areas.

World Economic Forum
An independent international organization to improve the state of the world through partnerships among leaders.

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Directories

Development Economics and Economic Development
A directory of online resources created and maintained by Giorgio Secondi, an economics professor at Occidental College.

Economics
The Milner Library page providing links to a wide range of economics resources.

ELDIS: Environmental and Development Information System
Provides links to scholarly resources in a wide variety of development- related issues.

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Gateways and Portals

Development Economics
Part of the Social Science Information Gateway from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, provides links to a wide variety of resources.

Development Gateway

PRAXIS: Resources for Social and Economic Development
Designed for social work educators and students, provides access to an array of archival resources on international and comparative social and economic development.

RRojas Databank
Site created by Dr. Robinson Rojas provides links to many organizations and the full-text of many development publications.

The WWW Virtual Library on Microcredit
The Global Development Research Center provides links to information on alternative, non-conventional financial systems and microcredit.

WWW Virtual Library on Sustainable Development
Provides sustainable development resources on the internet, sorted by type.

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Journals

Use Find It where indicated to locate online full text for these journals.

African Business  Find It

Asian Development Review  Find It

CEPAL Review  (HC 121 .C46)

Community Development Journal  (HN 1 .C62) and Find It

DAC Journal (OECD)  Find It

Development  (HC 60 .I54602) and Find It

Development and Change (H 1 .D4) and Find It

Development Dialogue  (HD 82 .D389) and Find It

Economic Development and Cultural Change  (HC 10 .C453) and Find It

Economic Development Quarterly  (HD 72 .E26) and Find It

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade  Find It

Finance and Development  (HG 3881 .F85)
A quarterly publication of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO)
Provides sample articles from the bimonthly newsletter and links to related sites. The newsletter reports on worker cooperatives and community-based economies, and their development through local cooperative action.

Information Technology for Development Find It

Journal of Developing Areas  (HC 597 .J67) and Find It

Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies  (HC 59.69 .S2803)

Journal of Development Economics  (HC 10 .J5) and Find It

Journal of Development Studies  (HC 10 .J58) and Find It

Oxford Development Studies  Find It

Population and Development Review  (HB 848 .P62) and Find It

Third World Quarterly  (HC 59.7 .T458) and Find It

World Development  (HC 4 .W66) and Find It

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Research Projects and Reports

CIA World Factbook
Basic information regarding the economies, population demographics, geography, and political situations of every nation.

Consultive Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP)
Founded as a microfinance tool to help poor people, the site provides a full-text library of over 2,000 microfinance documents.

Environment and Trade: A Handbook
Jointly sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Economics and Trade Unit (ETU), and the International Institute for Sustainable Development, this report for experts in trade, development, or the environment, seeks to explain how trade affects the environment.

Financing for Development
Presents research, policy developments and regional consultations from the collaborative project of the United Nations, World Bank, IMF, and WTO to find innovative solutions to finance development.

Millennium Development Goals
Presents country specific data and targets for reduction of poverty, improvements in health and education, and protection of the environment adopted by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the UN, and other agencies.

The NBER Project on Exchange Rate Crises in Emerging Market Countries
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) presents a collection of working papers and other research.

Socioeconomic Data for Economic Development -- An Assessment
Report of a survey of users of regional socioeconomic data that assesses the usefulness of data available and makes recommendations for improvements in the overall federal system of data dissemination.

Trade, Income Disparity and Poverty
Link to this special report through the press release Free Trade Helps Reduce Poverty from the World Trade Organization, which concludes that the more open to trade a poor country is, the faster its living standard rises.

Virtual Developing Country - Biz/ed
A teaching resource introducing issues and theories of development economics by means of a virtual tour of Zambia.

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Statistical Sources

International Financial Statistics (HG 3881 .I626)
Issued monthly by the International Monetary Fund, it provides data on each country's financial health. A good source for time series data on individual nations. Data is compiled annually in the International Financial Statistics Yearbook. (HF3881 .I 627)

Joint External Debt Hub
Developed jointly by the BIS, IMF, OECD, and World Bank, and hosted by the World Bank, provides information and statistics on external debt in terms of both stock and flows. Data can be downloaded as a PDF file, an Excel workbook or, for 25 countries, in html format.

SourceOECD Statistics Database: International Development
Provides statistics on external debt and geographical distribution of financial flows to aid recipients. Restricted to Illinois State University students, faculty and staff. If connecting from an off-campus location, connect through SourceOECD, select Statistics, and then select the category International Development.

Statistical Sources for Business
Links to additional sources of statisitcial data.

The United Nations Index to Economic and Social Development
Provides links to statistical sources from the UN and related agencies (FAO, ILO, UNIDO, WHO, etc.) that deal with the economic and social development aspects of countries in the United Nations.

United Nations Development Programme - Human Development Reports
Provides current and past annual statistical reports about industrial and developing countries worldwide.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Provides a wide range of international educational statistics, with some time-series data.

UNICEF Statistical Data
Provides data on women and children worldwide, covering health issues, nutrition, and education.

WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
The World Health Organization provides health related statistical information from around the globe.

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