INFORMATION ON POVERTY, DEVELOPMENT, and ECONOMICS

UPDATED: 9 MARCH, 2003

WORLD BANK Research Publications and research papers/books from the World Bank

WORLD BANK Business Indicators Analysis: How easy is it to do business in a given country

NICOLAS STERN, Chief Economist, WORLD BANK His speeches collected in the book "A Strategy for Development" are very thought provoking

Joseph Stiglitz, Chief Economist, WORLD BANK 1997-2000An archive of his speeches and articles

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

News and Country Data under "country Information"

United Nations Development Programme

Excellent reports and publications online

Country Profiles from FAO

Latest articles and excellent maps

POVERTY MAPPING

Excellent maps of Human Development Indicators from FAO, UNEP, and the CIGAR"

Indian Economic Review

Articles on the Web from Indian Economic Review

Geography IQ

Country Data in easily readable tables under "rankings"

al-bab.com and European Institute for Research on Mediterranean and Euro-Arab Cooperation

Information on the Arab world