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Resources Related to International Development Administration
General Information Resources
WMU Libraries
The Libraries'
home page contains links to the catalog, WestCat, as well as links to
online resources such as databases and journals. Use WestCat to find
a particular book (using the author/title/keyword search) or to find
books on a subject (using the guided keyword search).
Two "gateways" maintained by the Library should be particularly helpful: the overall Political Science
gateway and the Comparative
Politics gateway.
The librarians
at the reference desk are there to assist you with any questions you
may have regarding the use of the research tools, or to give you suggestions
if you feel you are groping in the dark.
Indexes
to Books and Journal Articles
- Econlit
Articles from major economic development journals are indexed on this
database, which is available on the FirstSearch collection of databases.
(Access through WMU Libraries’ subscription.)
- PAISIntl
This public administration and law database indexes books and periodicals
from many parts of the world. (Access through WMU Libraries’ subscription.)
- Social
Sciences Citation Index
This unique source is an index to all authors cited in a work in the
social sciences, and in reverse, to all works citing a particular author.
If you are interested in what one person has written, one of the uses
of this index is to find out who has cited that author, and how the
author's ideas have been used. (Access through WMU Libraries’ subscription.)
- WilsonSelect
This database is general, rather than specific to any subject area.
It is useful, however, as many of its articles are available online
in full text. (Access through WMU Libraries’ subscription.)
Guides
to Resources
- Foreign Government Resources
on the Web
This site, from the University of Michigan Documents Center, provides
links to web sites of governments and to data, directory and news sites
that deal with the rest of the world.
- Non-Governmental Organizations Research Guide
A database and guide from Duke University, focusing on large NGOs which focus on environmentally sustainable development, human rights, or women in development.
Facts and Figures on Developing Countries
- CIA
- The World Factbook
In addition to statistics on each country, this publication includes
color maps and flags.
- FactSearch
The FactSearch Database is a guide to statistical information on current
social, economic, political, environmental and health issues, derived
from newspapers, periodicals and other documents including sources such
as the Christian Science Monitor, Congressional Record, Congressional
Hearings etc. (Access through WMU Libraries’ subscription.)
- Human Development Report
Publication of the United Nations Development Program, available as a PDF file, and also in the Waldo Library at HD72 .H85x
Other reports of the UNDP are at the following web page: http://hdr.undp.org/reports.
- Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe
In this index to statistical sources, you may search the index using
subject keywords, and the database will provide details of publications
which carry statistics in those fields. (Access through WMU Libraries’ subscription.)
- Nations of the World
This guide from the Law Library of Congress, contains a lengthy list
of resources for each nation. Most of the items are links to statistical,
legal or legislative information on the country.
- OECD
This OECD website provides data graphically displayed on development
assistance from OECD countries, and on a number of indicators connected
with poverty and with economic growth, country by country.
- U.S. State Department Background Notes
A summary of facts about each country with particular emphasis on the
country's relationship with the U.S.
- World Development Indicators
The World Bank’s annual compilation of data about development.
- World
Resources Institute: Facts and Figures
Many tables accessible here are from the WRI publication, World Resources.
INcluded in this site is a set of country data profiles, available on
PDF format.
USAID
- The
Development Experience Clearinghouse
Here
you can search for project documents of USAID funded projects, and
order them online, or in the case of some more recent documents, download
them for free.
- USAID
Evaluation Publications
This
page provides access to documents from CDIE (USAID's Center for Development
Information and Evaluation) which may be downloaded or ordered for
a fee.
Development Organization Sites
Journals
The following
journals are available at WMU Libraries, either online or in hard copy.
News Sources
Miscellaneous Links
- DAC Evaluation Abstracts. Project evaluations indexed on this site represent a large number of
organizations.
- IDS. The Institute of Development
Studies, Sussex, is a leading British center for research and teaching
on international development.
- SAIS. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
- Developmentvalues.net. A site
devoted to topics in development ethics (also the home page for Dr.
Stephen Schwenke, an adjunct faculty member at the School for Advanced
International Studies).
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