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Resources
Fundamental resources to search on the web for research
organizations, economic, social and political institutions,
associations and other useful information for social sciences
research
• Research Organizations and Institutes
Resources to find research institutes and organizations all
over the worls. Go to Social
Sciences Departments page to search for academic institutions
• Economic and Political Institutions
• Rating Agencies
• Other resources for social sciences
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Research
Institutes and Organizations
• Economics Departments,
Institutes
and Research Centers in the World (EDIRC)
The most comprehensive database of economics departments,
institutes and research centers in the world, collected by
Christian Zimmerman of the University of Connectict. The index
is organized by countries and fields and includes about 8.000
items
• Economics
Organizations and Associations
This collection of economics organizations and associations
is part of Resources for Economists (RFE), the web guide for
economists edited by Bill Goffee and sponsored by the American
Economic Association
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Societies and Associations
RFE's section on societies and associations, edited by Bill
Goffee and sponsored by the American Economic Association
•
USA National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
The National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit,
nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a
greater understanding of how the economy works. The NBER is
committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic
research among public policymakers, business professionals,
and the academic community
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Economic
and Political Institutions
• Central
Banks and Monetary Authorities
A section of EDIRC (Economics Departments, Institutes and
Research Centers in the World) listing Central Banks and Monetary
Authorities all over the world, edited by Christian Zimmerman
at the University of Connecticut.
•
Central Banks Websites
Another list of Central Banks Websites, edited by The Bank
for International Settlements.
•
General International Resources
This page - hosted by UC Berkeley libraries - is intended
as a pointer to some of the the more comprehensive International
Government Organization (IGO) web directories and research
guides
•
Governments on the web
Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the
web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies,
city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks,
multi-governmental institutions etc. Includes also political
parties. Contains more than 17000 entries from more than 220
countries and territories as of June 2002. The website is
edited by Gunnar Anzinger
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National Statistical Offices
A list of National Statistical Offices' web sites,
edited by The World Trade Organization
•
National Statistical Offices
Another list of National Statistical Offices' web sites. This
site is part of EDIRC (Economics Departments, Institutes and
Research Centers in the World), and is edited by Christian
Zimmerman at the University of Connecticut.
•
Political parties
Database of political parties on the web. This guide is part
of Governments
on the web, edited by Gunnar Anzinger
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Rating
Agencies
• World Economic Forum
The Forum is an independent international organization incorporated
as a Swiss not-for-profit foundation and has NGO consultative
status with the Economic and Social Council of the United
Nations. Every year the Forum publishes the Global
Competitiveness Report, a valuable tool for shaping economic
policy and guiding investment decisions. It is one of the
leading monitors of the competitive condition of economies
worldwide.
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Other
resources for social sciences
•
Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD)
BREAD is a non-profit organization, founded in 2002 dedicated
to encourage research and scholarship in development economics.
The website contains a section on data
from developing countries partitioned into the following
categories: household surveys, firm-level data, and macro
data sources.
• Economists
with web pages (Argmax)
Argmax contains economics news, data, and analysis, as well
as various other economics related services, like one of the
most comprehensive databases of economists' personal web pages.
The website is edited by John Irons, Economic Research and
Policy Analyst and Staff Economist at OMB Watch, a Washington
DC nonprofit organization.
• Nobel Prize
Winners in Economics
Economics Nobel Prizes with links to their RePEc/IDEAS profiles.
Most of these profiles are maintained by the RePEc author
registrationteam.
•
Famous Sociologists
A listing of famous sociologists webpages, edited by Sociosite,
a project hosted by the University of Amsterdam.
•
Statistical Data Locators
This site, part of the library at Nanyang Technological University
in Singapore, offers a very extensive list of international
data sites on the Internet.
•
The World Factbook
The World Factbook provides informations on the geographic,
demographic, political, economic and social conditions of
every country all over the world. The website is edited by
the CIA and is updated once a year.
• Top 800
Economists
This ranking is based on the work of Tom Coupé, using
1990-2000 publications. Authors who registered with RePEc
have a link to their profiles
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