Economics 461 - Development Economics



Poverty, Income, and Measurement Issues

The World Health Report

USAID Data Base 1996 Latin America and The Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data

Gini Index

The HDI measures a country's achievements in terms of life expectancy, educational attainment and adjusted real income.

SOCIAL Indicators of Development - A database inquiry.

World Tables - a detailed collection of economic data and socioeconomic indicators published by the World Bank.

UNDP - United Nations Development Programme Sustainable Human Development


Population

The Population Reference Bureau

United Nations Population Fund

Listing of Population and Related Non-governmental Organization Sites

Centre for Population, Poverty and Public Policy Studies


Agriculture and Economic Lives in Rural Areas

Third World Network Featured Stories

FAO - The Food and Agriculture Association

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - Identifing national and international strategies and policies for sustainably meeting the food needs of the developing world.

The World Food Program of the United Nations

Corporate Agriculture in India

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy - Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Resources


Policies to Improve the Status of Women

Special Report on Women's Rights.

The South Asian Womens Network

Women Watch -The UN Working For Women

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) - Strengthening Women's Economic Capacity

The effects of the WTO on women's rights

The International Center for Research on Women

Economic Empowerment of Women

Women in Development Network

Women of Africa Network


International Migration

Refugees International

The following are links to some organizations' materials which are relevant to refugee issues:

Migration News

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

International Organiztion for Migration

Center for Research on International Migration

Migration Issues in the Asian Pacific


Trade

Interamerican Trade Monitor

International Trade Administration

Trade Library

Trade Strategies

GATT and Third World Pharmaceuticals

Intellectual Property Rights Info Sheets

Developing Countries in the WTO

Third World Network - Trade and the World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization

Mulitnational Monitor Resources

Trade in Action - The Organization of American States

Treaties related to Greater Freedom of Trade and or Economic Unification

National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade


NAFTA and other globalization issues

Nafta Net

Nafta Trade Index

Nafta Table of Contents

Nafta Resources Directory

OAS Overview of the North American Free Trade Agreement

Anti-Sweatwhop Campaign

Support Committee for Maquiladora Workers


Famine

World Food Shortages and the Threat to Sustainable Farming - The Paradox of Higher World Market Prices for Grains

Dinner at the Global Cafe: It's Tough to Swallow

Food Security Resource Guide

Hunger in a world of plenty

Ethiopia: A Future without Famine?

Hunger in Africa -- A Story Still Untold

Hunger Web

ReliefNet Online - Writing on Hunger and Development

Hunger and Public Action

Food for the Hungry

The World Food Program Statistics

WFP Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) Project

Food Aid Monitor


Debt and Stabilization

Global Aid Undermind By The 'TOOTHLESS TIGER'

New Sources of Finance for Development

Multinational Monitor

The World Bank - Developing Economics

Inter-American Development Bank

Inter-American Development Bank(includes an interactive map which gives socio-economic data)

IMF Survey - topical coverage of the IMF's activities, policies, and research in the context of global economic and financial developments. (published bi-weekly)

World Bank/IMF debt initiative


General Development Economic Resources

A shortcut to many economic resources

Development economics and economic development.

The Overseas Development Institute - development research and forum for discussion of the problems facing development countries.

USAID Development Links

UNDP - United Nations Development Programme Sustainable Human Development

USAID - US Agency for International Development

USAID - Economic Growth.

Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID)

The International Monetary Fund

Search the IMF Site

Finance and Development - a Publication of the IMF and World Bank

Group of 77 Developing Countries at the United Nations.

Praxis - Resources for Social and Economic Development (PRAXIS provides access to a vast array of archival resources on international and comparative social development.)

Resources for Economists on the Internet

This page is a good starting point for finding resources on international economic development and relief.

A regional economic database - information on economic development in particular regions.

World Economic and Business Development Resources

Talking About Development - Interviews on Economic Development

The Third World Network

Virtual Library on International Development

Institute for Global Communications Economic Resouces

Millennium Institute's THRESHOLD 21 National Sustainable Development Model

Trends in Developing Economies

OECD Development Assistance Committee

Sustainable Economic and Educational Development Society (SEEDS)

WebEc Economic Data Resources


Latin America

Latin American Economics Abstracts (LAEA) working paper abstracts dealing with all aspects of the economic environment of Latin America.

LADARK - data sets and other information for research on Latin American development.

Latin American Development Resources

The Inter-American Bank Social Programs and Sustainable Development

Center for Latin American Capital Markets

AmericasNet

Latin American Economic Resources

Labor Issues in Latin America


Africa

Africa News Online

Africa and the Global Economy


Asia

Economic information on China.

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


International

International News Resources


Economic Journals and Mailing Lists

WEBEC - Economics Journals on the Internet

Online Economic Journals

Mailing lists - Developmental Economics

Mailing lists - other economic topics


Diversions

Economics Jokes


photographs © Jonathan Lurie 1997