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Development Economics:

American Community Network

ACN is a searchable database of demographic and economic statistics for every county and metro area in America, along with links to economic development sites.

http://www.acn.net/

Graand

Free Classified Ads Portal

www.graand.com

Asian Productivity Organization

An inter-governmental regional organization established by Convention in 1961 to oversee productivity development in 18 countries throughout Asia and the Pacific.

http://www.apo-tokyo.org/

Bretton Woods Project

Works to monitor and reform the World Bank and IMF. Tracks key policy statements and reports, and provides critiques and early warnings used by non-governmental organisations across the world.

http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/

Briefings on Development and Gender (BRIDGE)

Provides tailor-made briefings on gender issues on request. BRIDGE briefings present state of the art research findings, review current policy debates, synthesise best practice and evaluate strategies for translating gender policies into practice.

http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/

Debt Relief International

UK-based non-profit organisation established in order to assist Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) to manage their own debt strategy and analysis, without having to rely on international technical assistance.

http://www.dri.org.uk/

The Development Group for Alternative Policies

Development GAP works to ensure that the knowledge, priorities and efforts of the women and men of the South inform decisions made in the North about their economies and the environments in which they live. Includes internship information, news and publications.

http://www.developmentgap.org/

The Economic Commission for Africa

Established in 1958, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is one of five regional commissions. Its member states are 53 African nations.

http://www.uneca.org/

Economic Development Directory

Directory of economic development agency web sites listed by geographical location.

http://www.ecodevdirectory.com/

Economic Development Network

Providing data on communities that want economic development to companies and entrepreneurs planning facilities location or site selection projects.

http://www.economicdevelopment.net/

Economic Development, Technological Change and Growth - WebEc

Provides list of links to collections, institutions, and publications.

http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/webeco.html

Economic Growth Research

Political, economic, and social data on the history of developing countries' and their prospects, from the World Bank Research Department. Includes research papers on economic growth and development, and "development novel of the month."

http://www.worldbank.org/research/growth

Economic Growth Resources

Helping economic growth and development researchers make the most of the internet. Maintained by Jonathan Temple and hosted by Nuffield College, Oxford.

http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Economics/Growth/

The Economic War Among the States

Analysis of development incentives from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Do they promote local job opportunities and enhance private sector competitiveness or do they divert government money from supporting traditional public goods like education?

http://minneapolisfed.org/research/studies/econwar/index.cfm

EDIRC, Economic Development

Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers presents an attempt by Christian Zimmermann of the Center for Research on Employment and Economic Fluctuations, University of Quebec to index all Economic Development web sites.

http://edirc.repec.org/ecdev.html

The Gateway to Development Information

Eldis is funded by Danida and hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. It has a large number of links on development topics and organizations

http://www.eldis.org/

Information for Development in the 21st Century

ID21 is a fast-track research reporting service aiming to make policymakers aware of the latest British development research findings.

http://www.id21.org/

Inter-American Development Bank

provides funds for economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

http://www.iadb.org/

International Development Exchange

Builds partnerships to overcome economic and social injustice and work toward people's greater control over their resources, political structures, and economic processes that affect their lives.

http://www.idex.org/

International Development Research Centre

A public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research.

http://www.idrc.ca/

OECD - Development

Presents OECD's publications and working papers about development like statistics, propectives studies or country surveys.

http://www.oecd.org/development/

Sustainable Development Department, IDB

Covering issues such as human resources and social development; environment and natural resources; and infrastructure, financial markets and private enterprise development.

http://www.iadb.org/sds/

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

International agency advancing agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries by promoting the transfer, exchange and utilisation of information. Features publications, news, and departments.

http://www.cta.int/

Trade and Industrial Policy Secretariat (TIPS)

The online resource for trade and industrial policy research in South Africa.

http://www.tips.org.za/

United Nations Development Fund for Women

Promotes women's empowerment and gender equality, working for participation of women in all levels of development planning and practice.

http://www.unifem.org/

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