alternative research on the bretton woods institutions

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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

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Sven Griesenbeckhiggens@regents.ac.uk

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