National Economic Association

National Economic Association
Promoting Economic Growth

Carnegie Moscow Center of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Established in 1993 by the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The Center accommodates foreign and Russian researchers collaborating with Washington staff on a variety of topical areas and policy-relevant projects covering a broad range of contemporary policy issues - military, political, and economic.
The Center of International Studies (CIS): A major research arm of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, its primary purpose is the support of scholarship relating to issues of international security and world order, modernization and development, and international political economy.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) was established in 1991. It exists to foster the transition towards open market-oriented economies and to promote private and entrepreneurial initiative in the countries of central and eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) committed to and applying the principles of multiparty democracy, pluralism and market economics.

EBRD Procurement Opportunities

Listing of all Bank-financed public sector projects, including their status and associated procurement notices, and technical cooperation projects. Provides an up-to-date record of EBRD project activities and a means of monitoring contract awards. Available full-text in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
EmbassyWeb.com: Resource for diplomatic news, international and consular affairs, trade contacts, travel information, jobs and more.
Freedom House NGONet NGONet has been created to provide information to, for and about non-governmental organizations (NGOs) active in Central and Eastern Europe. The site is constantly revised and expanded to reflect up-to-date practical information for the region's NGO community, including NGO databases, funding guidelines, new program information, and direct links to hundreds of pertinent Internet sites.
Inter-American Development Bank: Includes information on IADB projects and publications.

NGO Resources
International Monetary Fund: Includes publications catalog, summary of current issue of World Economic Outlook, and listing of IMF staff papers.

IMF Publications

Full text of many IMF publications including World Economic Outlook, International Capital Markets, Finance & Development, IMF Staff Country Reports, and International Monetary Fund Working papers.

World Economic Outlook : A Survey by the Staff of the International Monetary Fund

Current and previous editions full text in PDF format.
The National Bureau of Asian Research: The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution that conducts advanced research utilizing the world’s premier specialists on Asia and Russia. It also serves as an international clearinghouse on expertise and important policy issues concerning the region.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Organisation for Economic and Community Development (OECD) Statistics at the OECD OECD Washington Center Home Page
Overseas Development Institute (ODI): The Overseas Development Institute was founded in 1960 as an independent centre for development research and a forum for discussion of the problems facing development countries. The Institute is engaged in a wide range of policy-related research based around the following groups: Natural Resources, International Economic Development, and Human Security and Development.
The Union of International Associations: The Union of International Associations (UIA), a nonprofit clearing house for information on over 20,000 international organizations and constituencies.

International Organization Web Sites

A metasite of pointers to over 5,000 International organizations in the form of Inter-governmental organizations (IGO's) and International non-governmental organizations (INGO's). Within these larger categories are a series of fifteen alphabetically coded organization types. Each listing (organized alphabetically, topically, or regionally) is accompanied by the type and category of organization.
United Nations UNICEF U.N. Economic Commission for Europe UNESCO U.N. General Assembly General information on the U.N. General Assembly, including current Agenda and Programme of Work, press releases, links to documents, and information on committees, elections, and appointments. U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) The State of World Population 1999 : 6 Billion : a Time for Choices The State of World Population 1998: The New Generations The State of World Population 1997: The Right to Choose: Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health U.N. Publications
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the independent government agency that provides economic development and humanitarian assistance to advance U.S. economic and political interests overseas.

Automated Directives System (ADS)

The ADS is a two-tier standardized system that separates policy from essential procedures. This system also includes a supplementary reference section, consisting of "how to" guides, forms, and other publications from other agencies that affect the Agency.

Development Experience System (DEXS)

The Development Experience System (DEXS) is a family of bibliographic databases that contains records for about 100,000 Agency technical and program documents from 1942 to the present.
U.S. Department of State Background notes Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and international organizations and are updated periodically. New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union U.S. Dept. of State foreign per diem rates
U.S. Information Agency (USIA): The United States Information Agency is an independent foreign affairs agency within the executive branch of the U.S. government. USIA explains and supports American foreign policy and promotes U.S. national interests through a wide range of overseas information programs.
U.S. International Trade Administration
World Bank
World Development Report: Current and previous reports available full-text.

International Development Economics Associates

Bretton Woods Project

New Economics Foundation

African Economics Research Consortium

Human Development/Capabilities Association

Society for International Development

Brookings Institution Policy Briefs: Full text version of Policy Briefs, short papers that focus on various aspects of U.S. and international politics, economics and foreign policy.
Economic Reform Today: Published by the Center for International Private Enterprise -- full-text.
Euromoney: Contains full text of Euromoney and World Link Magazines, with searchable and browsable archives back to late 1995, and a section of financial news provided by sponsors such as Bank of America, DG Bank (Germany) and TD Securities (Canada). Access is free, one time registration required.
European Dialogue: The European Commission bimonthly magazine for Central Europe and the Baltic States.
Foreign Affairs: Summaries of articles in current issue and full text of lead article. Contents searchable by author, subject, and issue since 1988 but full text not provided.
Foreign Policy: Published by the nonprofit, Washington, D.C.–based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
IDB American Online: A magazine about economic and social trends in Latin America and the Caribbean. Produced by the Inter-American Development Bank.
The International Herald Tribune
OECD Observer: Six times a year, The OECD Observer gives concise, up-to-date and authoritative information on world economic and social issues. The OECD Observer presents articles on issues high on the political agenda all over the world.
OECD Policy Briefs
Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée (English translation): The Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée is the first international journal published in French that deals with comparative politics. It provides an international forum for all researchers and experts in comparative political studies.
Russia Today : Daily News Home Page: Weekday coverage includes business, politics and other news articles about Russia, the Baltics, and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
World Politics : a Quarterly Journal of International Relations: A quarterly journal of political science published by Johns Hopkins University Press and produced under the editorial sponsorship of the Center of International Studies at Princeton University. Open to contributions by all scholars, the journal publishes analytical/theoretical articles, review articles, and research notes in international relations, comparative politics, political theory, foreign policy, and modernization.

BISNIS On-Line : Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce: BISNIS is the Department of Commerce's primary resource center for U.S. companies exploring business opportunities in Russia and other Newly Independent States. BISNIS provides U.S. companies with the latest market reports and tips on developments, export and investment opportunities, and strategies for doing business in the NIS.
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS): Acting as part of the European Commission's INNOVATION Programme, CORDIS provides information on European Union research, development, and innovation activities to help strengthen the competitiveness of European organizations, particularly Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
Country Studies/Area Handbooks: From The Library of Congress Federal Research Division, this site contains information on the culture, society, and belief systems of more than 70 countries.
ECLAS : The European Commission Library Catalogue: ECLAS provides bibliographical references for over 172,000 records from the European Commission Library. The catalog is freely available after required registration.
The Foreign Affairs Guide to International Affairs on the Internet: Links to a variety of sites broken down by category: World News; Commentary; International and Multinational Organizations; Learning Institutions; Think Tanks, Advocacy Groups, and NGOs; and Resources by Region
Foreign Per Diem Rates -- U.S. Dept. of State
International Agencies and Information on the Web
International Development Co-operation: WWW Virtual Library: A meta-index to resources of international organizations concerned with the development of underprivileged regions/peoples/counties/continents in the world. Interest areas may be related to aid, trade, economy, humanity, research, international relations, health, women's development, nutrition, education, ecology, demography, human rights, development policy, etc.
The Online Intelligence Project: Online Intelligence Project links to other sites organized either by broad international affairs categories (Resources, News, Commerce, Security, References) or by region. In addition, current topics are hot linked from the home page.
REESWeb : Russian and East European Studies: WWW Virtual Library: REESWeb is a comprehensive index of electronic resources on the Balkans, the Baltic states, the Caucusus, Central Asia, Central Europe, the CIS, Eastern Europe, the NIS, the Russian Federation, and the former Soviet Union.
United Nations Scholars' Workstation: A collection of texts, finding aids, data sets, maps, and pointers to print and electronic information. Subject coverage includes economic and social development, environment, human rights, international relations, international trade, and population and demography.
A Web of Online Dictionaries: This website indexes on-line dictionaries, thesauri, and such like containing words and phrases. Linked to more than 800 dictionaries in 150 different languages.
A Web of Online Grammars: Links to online grammar resources for more than 20 languages. Contains link to an additional page of morphology links that connect to sites that will conjugate verbs and assist in declensions.



American Bar Association's Section of International Law and Practice: This is a general site containing American Bar Association publications, special projects and links to other useful international law and policy sites.
Foreign and International Law Sources on the Internet : Annotated (Cornell Law Library): This metasite is a selective guide to web sites providing links to texts of laws and court decisions, international documents, directories, trade information, and/or statistics.
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law: The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) is an international organization whose mission is to facilitate and support the development of civil society on a global basis by assisting the creation and improvement of laws and regulatory systems that permit, encourage, and regulate the not-for-profit sector in countries around the world.
International Law Dictionary and Directory: Includes definitions of words and phrases used in private and public international law with linked cross-references to related words and phrases, descriptions of international organizations with hyperlinks, and links to international legal materials.
International Law Page U.N. Crime and Justice Information Network (UNCJIN)

EUROSTAT"Facts through Figures" downloadable in PDF format.
Handbook of International Economic Statistics - 1997 from the Central Intelligence Agency: The Handbook provides basic worldwide statistics for comparing the economic performance of major countries and regions. In general, the data in the Handbook are for 1970, 1980, and individual years in the period 1990-96.
IMF Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board --International Monetary Fund: Key information about economic and financial data dissemination by member countries.
InfoNation -- The United Nations; Database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member Stattes of the United Nations.
International Statistical Agencies: Alphabetical listing by country; 54 countries listed
Penn World Tables Mark 5.6 at The University of Toronto: The Penn World Tables currently comprise data for 152 countries and 29 subjects. Updated, for most countries to 1991 or 1992.
Statistics at the OECD
Statistics Division, Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis -- The United Nations Secretariat: Social indicators covering a wide range of subject-matter fields compiled from many natioonal and international sources in the global statistical system.
Statistics and Quantitative Analysis Unit -- Inter-American Development Bank
The World Factbook -- The Central Intelligence Agency
World Tables (World Bank and CIESIN): World Tables provides the most detailed collection of economic data and socioeconomic indicators published by the World Bank. Data are presented as annual times series covering individual countries over multiple years (161 countries, 1972-1992, 1994).

International Data and Information Sources

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