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GEOG 230: Global Inequality - Autumn 2022: Government & NGO Resources

International article and data sources for research on global inequality

United States & International Government Publications and Organizations

International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) & Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

Social Science Research Network
Use the search feature to identify a variety of working papers and articles (many published by NGO's!) . Those that are not available through this website MAY be available through other channels so be sure to ask!!
Research Papers in Economics
Many of these papers are not published elsewhere.
The Center for Global, International and Regional Studies (CGIRS)
See especially the Working Papers series under Publications.
World Bank
Search sections for Countries, Data & Research, and Publications. Additional statistical data is available from WDI Online
International Monetary Fund
See especially sections on Country Info and Publications.
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Country Locator search box will quickly pull together US government information about a specific country. Lots more here on US AID policy.
UN Development Program
"...an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. We are on the ground in 166 countries, working with them on their own solutions to global and national development challenges."
Third World Network
"... an independent non-profit international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North- South issues."
Debt Justice (Formerly: Jubilee Debt Campaign)
Be sure to look at the section Resources for book title suggestions and text of reports.
The Development Group for Alternative Policies (GAP)
"... established on the principle of the right to self-determination and on the belief that local knowledge is indispensable to the shaping of sound development policies, programs and projects relevant to local needs and conditions."
The Health Global Access Project (GAP)
"...dedicated to eliminating barriers to global access to affordable life-sustaining medicines for people living with HIV/AIDS as key to a comprehensive strategy to confront and ultimately stop the AIDS pandemic. We believe that the human right to life and to health must prevail over the pharmaceutical industry's excessive profits and expanding patent rights."
Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights
"(A) human rights organization dedicated to the promotion and defense of internationally recognized worker rights in the global economy." 
United for a Fair Economy
"UFE raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. We support and help build social movements for greater equality."
Global Exchange
"...Global Exchange envisions an alternative economics of quality centered upon protecting international human rights to ensure that the cost of globalization does not come at the expense of us all."

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