Social Sciences
Washington hosted the annual IMF/World Bank spring meetings April 24 to 25. This year's protest were quite subdued and less colorful than in past years. Following the meetings and international development issue have never been easier. There was a blog and a number of significant reports:
For the researcher, the most significant release of the meeting was the announcement that the World Bank Group will now offer free access to more than 2,000 financial, business, health, economic and human development statistics. An initial 330 indicators are available in French, Spanish and Arabic. The new website is http://data.worldbank.org.
Meeting Site: http://www.imf.org/external/spring/2010/index.htm
World Bank Meetings Blog: http://blogs.worldbank.org/meetings
Global Monitoring Report 2010: The MDGs after the Crisis, http://go.worldbank.org/8NMBGII280
World Economic Outlook, http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/01/index.htm
Global Financial Stability Report, http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/gfsr/2010/01/index.htm
East Asia & Pacific on the Rise Blog, http://blogs.worldbank.org/eastasiapacific
- Course On Water Footprint - Concept And Application.
World Bank Institute, in collaboration with Water Footprint Network, and University of Twente organises a facilitated e-learning course on Water Footprint - Concept and Application. The course registration is open now and ends on March 4, 2013. ...
- Facebook Online Discussion On Indian Economy @ World Bank On 10th And 11th October 2012
Join us for a LIVE chat with World Bank economic experts right here on our Facebook wall! What are the views of the World Bank on India's economy? What according to the World Bank are the growth prospects for the Indian economy moving forward?...
- Jobs @ World Bank, India
http://extjobs.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64778834&pagePK=64273550&piPK=64778828&theSitePK=1058433 ...
- Last Minute Friday
CHINESE CYBER-ATTACKS 4/15 -12:00 pm,2172 Rayburn House Office Building. House Foreign Affairs Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on "Communist Chinese Cyber-Attacks, Cyber-Espionage and Theft of American Technology."Witnesses:...
- Is The Post-crash World More Protectionist?
The Centre for Economic Policy Research in London thinks so and is trying to track the trends. To do this, the Centre set up Global Trade Alert, which is supported by the World Bank and other international organizations. GTA's mission is to "provide...
Social Sciences
World Bank & IMF Meetings
Washington hosted the annual IMF/World Bank spring meetings April 24 to 25. This year's protest were quite subdued and less colorful than in past years. Following the meetings and international development issue have never been easier. There was a blog and a number of significant reports:
For the researcher, the most significant release of the meeting was the announcement that the World Bank Group will now offer free access to more than 2,000 financial, business, health, economic and human development statistics. An initial 330 indicators are available in French, Spanish and Arabic. The new website is http://data.worldbank.org.
Meeting Site: http://www.imf.org/external/spring/2010/index.htm
World Bank Meetings Blog: http://blogs.worldbank.org/meetings
Global Monitoring Report 2010: The MDGs after the Crisis, http://go.worldbank.org/8NMBGII280
World Economic Outlook, http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/01/index.htm
Global Financial Stability Report, http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/gfsr/2010/01/index.htm
East Asia & Pacific on the Rise Blog, http://blogs.worldbank.org/eastasiapacific
Organizations relevant to the study of international finance and development in Washington,
Peterson Institute for International Economics, http://www.iie.com
Institute of International Finance, http://www.iif.com
Center for Global Development, http://www.cgdev.org
Society for International Development, http://www.sidint.org
Institute of International Finance, http://www.iif.com
Center for Global Development, http://www.cgdev.org
Society for International Development, http://www.sidint.org
Global Trade Watch, http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=1328
- Course On Water Footprint - Concept And Application.
World Bank Institute, in collaboration with Water Footprint Network, and University of Twente organises a facilitated e-learning course on Water Footprint - Concept and Application. The course registration is open now and ends on March 4, 2013. ...
- Facebook Online Discussion On Indian Economy @ World Bank On 10th And 11th October 2012
Join us for a LIVE chat with World Bank economic experts right here on our Facebook wall! What are the views of the World Bank on India's economy? What according to the World Bank are the growth prospects for the Indian economy moving forward?...
- Jobs @ World Bank, India
http://extjobs.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64778834&pagePK=64273550&piPK=64778828&theSitePK=1058433 ...
- Last Minute Friday
CHINESE CYBER-ATTACKS 4/15 -12:00 pm,2172 Rayburn House Office Building. House Foreign Affairs Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on "Communist Chinese Cyber-Attacks, Cyber-Espionage and Theft of American Technology."Witnesses:...
- Is The Post-crash World More Protectionist?
The Centre for Economic Policy Research in London thinks so and is trying to track the trends. To do this, the Centre set up Global Trade Alert, which is supported by the World Bank and other international organizations. GTA's mission is to "provide...