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Geography 335: Links and Resources

Research/Writing Resources

• Geography 335 Library Resource Page Prepared by Ann Zald
• UW Libraries Research Guide: Finding Articles
• UW Geography and Anthropology Writing Center
• Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement (from Dartmouth University)
• Creating a "Works Cited" List (from Duke University)

Websites on Development and Related Topics

• The World Bank
• International Monetary Fund
• Inter-American Development Bank
• Asian Development Bank
• United Nations Development Programs (UNDP)
• USAID - United States Agency for International Development
• Interaction - A coalition of NGOs and other groups that work on mainstream development projects (and are usually funded by the WB or USAID), see also their member list
• 50 Years is Enough: US Network for Global Economic Justice
• Focus on the Global South
• Third World Network
• Global Exchange
• World Development Movement: Justice for the World's Poor
• WEDO - Women's Environment and Development Organization
• The Development Group for Alternative Policies
• Institute for Policy Studies
• International Forum on Globalization
• SAPRIN - Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network
• Jubilee Research
• Jubilee USA Network
• Trade Justice Movement
• Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy
• Public Citizen: Global Trade Watch
• FTAA - Free Trade Area of the Americas Official Website
• Alliance for Responsible Trade
• Campaign for Labor Rights
• CorpWatch
• Jobs with Justice
• Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy
• The Center for Defense Information
• Friends of the Earth (especially their resource page)

Alternative News Sources

• FAIR - Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting
• Independent Media Center

Links for Development Measurement Activity (Week Two)

GNP/GDP

• BBC Article: Understanding GNP/GDP
• Gross National Product, from "A Glossary of Political Economy Terms," Dr. Paul M. Johnson, Auburn University
• Gross Domestic Product, from Wikipedia
• 2003 GDP per capita (from UNDP)

Measures of Inequality: Gini Coefficient

• Wiki entry on the Gini Coefficient
• 2003 Gini Coefficients (from UNDP)

Human Development Index (HDI)

• UNDP: Human Development Reports homepage
• 2003 HDI
• 2003 HDI Interactive Map
• 2203 GDP per capita (PPP US$) rank minus HDI rank

Happiness

• Homepage for The New Economics Foundation
• BBC article on the Happy Planet Index
• Zee News article on the Happy Planet Index
• Homepage for the World Values Survey
• Time Asia article on measuring happiness
• More information on WVS's methods for measuring happiness

World Bank New Development Indicators

• WB Development Report 1999-2000 (We looked at measurements in the Overview section)

Other Articles of Interest

• IMF Article: Can Debt Relief Boost Growth in Poor Countries?