Development Economics

Governance Resource Centre (GRC) Exchange — GRC of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) hosts this site compiled by leading international experts. GRC Exchange provides a focal point for sharing ideas and experience in governance. Information services include: governance themes pages, publications, events and training information, and a monthly updating service highlighting the latest additions to the site.

World Bank Topics in Development — Catalog of World Bank web sites that pertain to a variety of specific development issues.

ID21 Development Research Reporting Service — Weekly on-line newsletter detailing latest research and developments in development economics.  Published by the Institute of Development Studies of the UK.

"Finance and Development" — A quarterly magazine for policymakers, academicians, business people, and others interested in the work of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and current issues in international economics and finance.  Special emphasis is placed on economic development. Published jointly by the IMF and the World Bank.

World Bank's Development Economics Home Page — Information on reports which can be ordered, web resources (many with direct links from this page), and information on economic development topics.

Manchester University (UK) — Numerous useful links related to development issues.

Economics Growth Research — Academic papers studying factors of economic growth.  Many papers are region-specific and include datasets available through the web.

OECD Development Assistance Committee — This web site contains a list of evaluation abstracts that various international development organizations have agreed to make available to the general public.

Development Indicators — Provided by the OECD, this international dataset allows for comparisons of economic summaries of and access to the best writing in governance. Provides access to the full text online or through the document delivery service # Training and Events well-being, education, gender equity, health, environment, and general indicators.   For easiest format, see the tables section of the site.

Development Information Online — Devline provides electronic information services and systems for development professionals and everyone else working on issues of economic, social and sustainable development.

Institute of Development Studies — Paper abstracts, research projects and links to newsletters about a variety of development economics issues.  Based in Britain.

Index of UN sites on social and economic development — Good site with links to most UN-organizations.

United Nations Development Programme — Includes papers, web pages on the focus areas of governance, poverty, environment, and gender, and links.

Harvard's CAER II Project. Consulting Assistance on Economic Reform — This site has information and research on public management, in particular in developing countries.

World Bank papers and web resources — Papers, working papers, and web resources listed by topic available through the world bank. Includes resources on development issues.

Taller Internacional sobre Participación y Empoderamiento para un Desarrollo Inclusivo/World Bank Workshop on Participation and Empowerment for Inclusive Development (in Spanish/en Espanol) —  Lessons learned at the workshop organized by the World Bank Latin America and Caribbean Region Civil Society team in collaboration with the United Kingdom Department for International Development (UK DFID), and the Dutch Government, July 2001.