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| foresight.gov.uk/ Government programme launched in 1994 to improve the competitiveness of the UK economy and enhance the quality of life, the science base, by bringing together business and government to identify and respond to emerging opportunities in markets and techno | |
| homepages.gold.ac.uk/slater/ Guide to the impact of economic developments on a selection of emerging cultures, covering consumer culture, market societies, sociology of the Internet, and Trinidad and the Internet. Includes bibliographies of related material, course information from a | ||
| neweconomyindex.org/ Set of documents discussing structural changes to the US economy in relation to economic indicators. Topics covered include industrial and occupational change, globalisation, dynamism and competition, the information technology revolution, the impact of t | ||
| col.org/ COL has a mandate to create and widen opportunities for learning, through Commonwealth cooperation, with particular emphasis on utilising the potential of distance education and the application of communication technologies to education. The overall aim o | ||
| ebrd.com/ The EBRD was founded in 1991 to foster the transition towards market oriented economies and to promote private and entrepreneurial initiative in central and eastern European countries. Includes the full text of annual reports from 1995, recent press relea | ||
| worldbank.org/research/aid/africa/release/aid.htm Presents the results of ten case studies examining the impact of development aid on the economic policies of ten African countries - Ghana, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mali, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nigeria. Countries | ||
| gao.gov/new.items/ns00161.pdf Concludes that unless there is sustained economic development the project will not have a lasting effect on relieving debt from developing countries. Discussio Report to US Congressional Committees reviewing the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative. | ||
| wto.org/english/news_e/pres00_e/pr181_e.htm World Trade Organisation report finding that the liberalisation of trade helps poor countries to catch up with rich ones. Discusses trade, growth, and disparity among nations, the connection between trade and poverty, income, economic growth, taxes and sp | ||
| bized.ac.uk/virtual/dc/ Presents a series of virtual field trips through Zambia, to illustrate many of the issues that are currently of interest in the field of development economics. Offers background information on the past and present economy and geography of Zambia, and prov | ||
| oxfam.org.uk/educationnow/edreport/report.htm Report which documents the extent of the worldwide education crisis, identifies the causes, and proposes an agenda for reform. The report is divided into seven sections, each of which is downloadable as a PDF file, covering topics such as education and hu | ||
| enterweb.org/ An annotated list of resources on a range of enterprise development topics for enterprise development practitioners, policy makers, academics, students and small business owners. Sites are listed in over 20 topical categories including entrepreneurship, m | ||
| g8.market2000.ca/ Contains videos of meetings and speeches made by world leaders on economic issues. Focuses on the 2000 Okinawa Summit in Japan between Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, US, UK, and Russia. | ||
| traidcraft.co.uk/ UK fair trading organisation that seeks to narrow the gap between people in the 'third world' and people in the UK, mainly by proving the commercial viability of an alternative trading system. | ||
| oecd.org/subject/growth/new_eco.pdf OECD report considering the existence of a new economy based on technological developments. Addresses growth issues in the US, which is seen as demonstrating the clearest evidence of the new economy, and argues that while there are clear signs of a restru | ||
| undp.org/poverty/initiatives/wider/wiid.htm Collection of income inequality data measuring the relationship between poverty alleviation and economic growth in different countries between 1958 and 1998. Data can be downloaded in Microsoft Access format, and a user manual and source notes are provide | ||
| scottish-enterprise.com/ Offers a wide range of help and advice for those whose business's are based in Scotland and provides guidance and support for those interested in inward investment and trade. Scottish economic development agency working to create jobs and prosperity. | ||
| eth.mpg.de/pubs/WP_40_Pieke.pdf Written for the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Frank Pieke of Oxford University has written this working paper relating to the controversial issue of Chinese land use. Divided into two parts, the document analyses the policy development on | ||
| dfid.gov.uk/public/what/pdf/tsp_economic.pdf Report from the UK DfID which examines strategies to reduce the number of people in the world living in extreme poverty to 15 percent by 2015. Also considers issues of human and social development such as infant and maternal mortality rates, gender equali | ||
| lmu.ac.uk/lbs/pri/ Main areas of study include labour market and economic studies, local economic development, community development, needs assessment and evaluation, and public management. Independent research centre. | ||
| g77.org/ As the largest Third World coalition in the United Nations, the Group of 77 provides the means for the developing world to articulate and promote its collective economic interests and enhance its joint negotiating capacity on all major international econo | ||
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