alternative research on the bretton woods institutions
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1Learning ResourcesRegent’s University London
Learning Resources – Information ResearchAlternative research on the Bretton Woods Institutions
Cluster Bretton Woods Institutions
Segment 1: International Monetary FundSegment 2: World BankSegment 3: General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade (GATT)
World Trade Organization (WTO)Segment 4: Alternative / Critical Research on the Bretton
Woods InstitutionsSegment 5: OECD
Online Research Induction Segment Four – Alternative / Critical
Research
• International Management• International Political Economy• International Business• International Relations
Segment Four – Alternative / Critical Research
Online Research Induction for Students of
Bretton Woods Project (http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/)
critical analyses the work of the IMF and World Bankdivided into
Topics Institutions Countries Publications
incorporates social aspects as well as environmental aspects of IMF/World Bank decisions
Online Research InductionCritical Reflections
available in different
languages
Searchable by four
categories
Information material subdivided into 15 segments
Subscription
available
World Social Forum (http://www.wsfindia.org/)
deals with the social aspect of globalisationnot very informative, but has a long list of organisations which have registered at the next World Social Forum (http://www.fsm2013.org/en/annuaire_organisations)
Online Research InductionCritical Reflections
Useful information, as it gives
links to and material
about NGOs
More useful information
Political Economy Research Institute (http://www.peri.umass.edu/)
increasingly focus the public economics debate on human and ecological welfare
long list of publications
Online Research InductionCritical Reflections
Political Economy Research Institute (cont.)
variety of working papers to give a very good selection on argumentative diversity
finance, jobs and macroeconomics labour markets, wages and poverty environmental and energy economics state and local economics economics for the developing world African development policy Political Economy health policy
Online Research InductionCritical Reflections
Research areas –
these will link to
research papers
This will link to a
publications search
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