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The Economist
Web page of The Economist. Offers links to limited selection of articles from the current issue, The Economist Review, which is a good monthly books and multimedia review supplement to The Economist, and several full-text and hyperlinked surveys. Access to the surveys online is particularly useful. Offers information on how to get summaries by e-mail of politics and business for the week. A well-organized site that is a good resource base in and of itself.
The Development Assistance Committee of the OECD
This official site has publications links to many online documents, and to others that can be purchased, on topics related to development assistance and debt worldwide. Good general information on the DAC's activities, links to participating members' Web pages around the world, and a pretty good glossary of IPE and finance-related terms. Fairly decent set of links to other related sites, organizations, government sites, general links, lists of donor and recipient countries, some good statistics on the flow of development assistance broken down by a variety of categories online. Overall, a fairly good resource for information on a very specific topic.
International Monetary Fund
Official Web page of the IMF. Offers good background information on the IMF that might be useful for both research and teaching purposes (if taken with the appropriate analytical distance). Contains many online pamphlets and reports, chronologies, and organizational charts, all of which are detailed. Contains information on current lending practices, press releases going back to 1994, speeches, memoranda, and a list of publications, including all of the working papers and selected full-text articles. Useful official site.
International Business Resources on the Web
Maintained at Michigan State University. Extremely valuable jumping-off point for virtually anything to do with IPE. Links are extensive and well annotated, and the organization is clear. Links to news and periodicals (both U.S. and international), journals, research papers and articles, regional or country-specific information (divided alphabetically among around 200 sites), international trade information, international trade leads, mailing lists, statistic data and information resources (27 links), government resources, and others. First rate jumping-off point for general IPE-related information.
U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration
Good links to regional and country trading activities, industry sector information, and trade statistics on U.S. trading activities with various regions of the world. Middle Eastern section, for example, was particularly extensive. The "Press Room" is a good source of official and up-to-date U.S. trade news.
Trade Resources
Fairly comprehensive set of links under the general categories of data, industry, region or country, legal, trade assistance, and economic development. Each link is good jumping-off point for its respective topic. Downloadable bibliography of trade-related law journal articles at
International Trade Web Resource Pages
Alphabetical set of eclectic links on international trade. (Where else could one find a link to the Baltic Sea Chambers of Commerce Association?) Some links have minor annotations, which are helpful. Not comprehensive, but a good bookmark for some hard-to-find sites.
NAFTANET
Information on NAFTA, including links to databases and online statistics. Trade law links, news sources related to NAFTA issues, and a lengthy list of links related to international trade issues and sites, many of which are annotated. Good list of listserv discussion groups centered on international trade, NAFTA, and other IPE-related topics. Although I found the frames organization clunky, it does offer both English and Spanish access points.
Resources for Economists on the Net
Maintained by Bill Goffe, at the Department of Economics and International Business at University of Southern Mississippi. Excellent gateway for general economics resources. Links are comprehensive and have superb annotations. First-rate jumping-off point for world and U.S. economic data, economics working papers, finances and financial markets, academic research institutions, and class resources.
The Trade Zone
Site proclaims to be the most comprehensive Internet site for resources having to do with international trade. Links to banks, business aides, business opportunities, conventions and meetings, chambers of commerce, government, embassies and consulates, U.S. export information and links, listservs, references, trade law, trade directories, trade resources, and trade statistics. Although site appears to be geared more for the actual entrepreneur than the academic, there might be some useful research links to organizations and information that would be difficult to find elsewhere, such as trade directories or chambers of commerce.
WebEc--International Economics
Excellent jumping-off point with links to various broad aspects of international economics. Categories include international trade collections, data, news, journals and working papers, mailing lists, international factor movements, international finance, foreign exchange, international organizations, collections, and international treaties. Some links are annotated. Some good online collections of working papers on international trade and finance. The WebEc main site, at http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/WebEc.html#scm has links that range from general social science resources, to communication, information systems, economics and networks, economic systems, economic history, micro and macroeconomics, as well as international economics resources outlined above. Annotated links. Good jumping-off point for IPE/economics focus.
World Trade Organization
Official WTO page offers French, Spanish, and English entry. Background information on the WTO, multilateral trading in general, and the GATT. Contains the official newsletter from the WTO in portable document format (PDF), recent ministerial declarations and policies, summaries of decisions and agreements, and online reports. Site currently has some background information on the Singapore Conference, plus documents, speeches, and other official materials. Abstracts of WTO working papers are available from the Economics and Policy Analysis Division. Modest collection of unannotated trade links.
Research Resources in Finance
From the Department of Finance at Ohio State University. Provides primary links to categories such as finance research centers, research journals, research papers, data, software, books in financial economics, locating financial researchers, and upcoming conferences and events. Within each category are extensive annotated links. Financial data links are particularly strong, though with a somewhat heavier emphasis on U.S. domestic finance than international. Good resource base and jumping-off point.
Business Monitor Online
Information on worldwide legislation, regulations, corporate finance, offshore finance, market analysis, economic analysis, risk management, and worldwide business news. Geared more to the professional entrepreneur, but some useful links and information for researchers.
The Information Economy
Primarily focused on the Òinformation economy,Ó but it does have links to international political economy issues. Links to Internet economics are well developed with good annotations. International category is a particularly good resource for information economy links around the world.
Business Researchers' Interest
Comprehensive site with massive set of diverse links related to economics, but for international relations researchers, the international section would be of most interest. Here, links are to regional and world business and technology information, banks, currencies and markets, world affairs, and other related resources. Regional business and technology links are particularly strong. Good jumping-off point.

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Hoogvelt, Ankie (1997): Globalisation, Exclusion and the Politics of Resistance.

Worlding Women

Pettman, Jindy Jan (1995): Worlding Women.

Developing some familiarity with major journals in the field is also highly recommended. Students are also expected to keep up during term with the Financial Times, The Economist and with important websites such as:

The Europa (http://europa.eu.int/index-en.htm

The OECD website (http: www.oecd.org )

The WTO website (http: www.wto.org )


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Relevant AntePodium Articles

Globalisation, Exclusion and the Politics of Resistance

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