Links to Internet Resources on Economics and International Development

	To Start With ...
1	世界がもし１００人の村だったら If the World were a Village of 100 People Well, where can we, economists, contirubute?
	Poverty-MDGs
2	World Bank: PovertyNet Explore the resouces on poverty alleviation. Links to MDGs-related sites are also available.
3	Humand Development Report ｢人間開発報告」 Check out the cocepts and measurements of human development. How dose economic development affect HDIs directly and/or indirectly? HDI Animations Do not miss the HDI-Income Growth animation! This site also has a nice animation for the MDG progress.
4	Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Progress Report Explore this UN window site for MDGs. Also check the progress report. Investing in Development: A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals The way foraward to achive the MDGs. (UN report, J.D. Sacks ed.) MDG Indicators 8 goals, 18 targets, and 48 indicators. UNDP MDG Site Explore this UNDP window site for MDGs. WB MDG Site Explore this WB window site for MDGs.
5	World Development Reports WDR 2000/2001: Attacking Poverty Overview -- Attacking Poverty: Opportunity, Empowerment, and Security Chapter 1 -- The Nature and Evolution of Poverty) Backgournd Paper 'The Evolution of Thinking about Poverty: Exploring the Interactions'
	Japan's ODA
6	Japan's ODA Homepage (Japanese) Japan's ODA Homepate (English) What are the recent developments and directions of Japan's ODA activities?
7	Japan's ODA Charter 2003 Revision (Japanese) Japan's ODA Charter 2003 Revision (English) Locate keywords in this draft.
	Governance-Institutions
8	World Bank Institute Thematic Site: Governance Check WB resources on the issue of governance.
9	The IMF and Good Governance Check IMF resources on the issue of governance.
10	UNDP on Democratic Governance Check UNDP resources on the issue of governance.
11	World Bank Thematic Site: Governance and Public Sector Reform Check WB resources on the issue of public sector management.
12	Debating the Washington Consensus (June 19, 2003) Suzan George + delegates from DAC, WB, etc.
13	Whither Reform? - Ten Years of the Transition -- "More Instruments and Broader Goals: Moving Toward the Post-Washington Consensus" by Joseph Stiglitz (1999) Critical review of the so-called Washington Consensus.
14	"The Rise and Fall of the Washington Consensus" by Charles Gore (2000) A critical review of the WC (WB/IMF) by an UNCTAD staff.
	Japan's and Asia's Development Experiences
15	Shigeru Otsubo and Akira Furukawa Post-war Development of the Japanese Economy---Development, Japanese/Asian Style--- A Power Point note for you to learn about Japan's post-war development experience.
16	IDE-JETRO Resources on Japanese Development Experience Digital Archives on "The Japanese Experience: Techonology Transfer, Transformation, and Development" A Digital Liblary created as a byproduct of their Japanese Experience Project.
	Globalization-Trade & Financial Integration
17	Assessing World Bank Support for Trade 1987-2004: An IEG Evaluation The World Bank was overly optimistic about the immediate and universal benefits of more open trade. This critical independent evaluation report confirms that liberalizaing trade alone is not enough to generate grwoth and fight poverty.
18	World Trade Organization Check recent developments in world trading system. New round of negotiations? China's membership? ..... Visit 'WTO News' and 'Trade Topics' corners.
19	The Doha Agenda for WTO Negotiations Check through the negotiation agenda of the 'Development' Round.
20	GATT & WTO Agreements See the structure of the GATT/WTO agreements.
21	World Bank Thematic Site: Globalization Check WB resources on the issue of globalization.
22	World Bank Thematic Site: Trade Check WB resources on the issue of trade.
23	Global Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Site by Prof. Nouriel Roubini, Stern School of Business, New York Univ.
	On-Line Tutor of Development Economics, and Virtural Case Studies
24	OnLine Tutor in Development Economics This fantastic site provides you an on-line tutorship for you to go though basic issues, conceps, and theories in Development Economics.
25	Economic Theories in a Virtual Development Country (Zambia) (currently not available) Virtural case studies of economic theories in the contect of a developing country.

1	World Bank Regions basic data on developing regions and countries
2	World Bank Thematic thematic catalog of WB development resources
3	World Bank: PovertyNet resouces on poverty alleviation
4	International Development Research Center (IDRC, Canada) gateway to worldwide development resources
5	Netaid.org using the power of the internet for poverty alleviation
6	CIA: The World Factbook maps, govn't structure, key personnel, the economy of countries
7	IMF Directory of Organizations directory of economic, commodity, and development organizations
8	Electronic Development and Environment Info. System (ELDIS) by Inst. of Development Studies & U. of Sussex
9	Oneworld.net intn'l network of cooperative centers for human rights and sustainable development
10	Global Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Site by Prof. Roubini, Stern School of Business, New York Univ.
11	GSID Library, Nagoya University E-Guide, GSID Library, Nagoya University GSID 105 Recommended Readings Do not forget our own geteway to development resources.

1	NetEc collection of networking projects for academic economics
2	WebEc worldwide resources in economics
3	RFE resources for economists on the internet
4	JokEc jokes about economists and economics
5	EconoWeb Saitama U. economic resource project (in Japanese)
6	Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences introductrion to Nobel laureates and their works
7	Economists with Web Pages visit economists with internet-mind
8	AEA American Economic Association
9	EconLit AEA's Bibliography of Economic Literature
10	Experimental Economics by Prof. Saijo (Osaka U.)
11	Prof. Paul Krugman you know what I mean .....
12	Global Macroeconomic and Financial Policy Site by Prof. Roubini (Stern School of Business, New York U.)

1	Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet
2	Cabinet Office of Japanese Government
3	Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office
4	Bank of Japan (BOJ)
5	Ministry of Economy, Trade. and Industry (METI)
6	Ministry of Finance
7	Japanese Government Publications Service (in Japanese)

1	Q&A on Japanese ODA (in Japanese)
2	Q&A on Japanese ODA (in English)

1	Has Globalization Gone Too Far? (Private Sites) still growing.....
2	Asian Economic Crisis (Private Sites) going, going, going ...
3	CEPR Globalization Center for Economic Research

1	Priority Africa The UNU Africa Network
2	Jean-Claude's Site on Africa Assistant Professor, Dept. of Econ., Khoto University A Graduate of Otsubo Seminar, GSID