International Political
Economy
Theories of IPE:
Becker on
the "Chicago Boys" in Latin America
Milton
Friedman is also recognized as one of the great 20th century
economic intellectuals
Game theory
Gosplan was responsible for state planning
John
Maynard Keynes is one of the most influential economists of the
20th century
Paul Krugman maintains a
very comprehensive site on international trade and monetary policy
Relative
versus absolute gains
Trade
statistics since the 1950s
More
trade statistics
International
Finance and Development:
The
Asia
Development
Bank provides loans to Asian countries
Bretton Woods
Currency boards
Dollarization in Ecuador
Estonia's
Currency Board
European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) helps finance
economic transitions
EU
Exchange Rate Regimes
Fixed currency in Hong Kong
Fixed currency in the GCC
Classical Gold
Standard
G8 debt
relief from the Cologne
Summit
Greenbook on foreign
assistance
Hard
currency conversation in Russia
Inter-American
Development Bank is a regional bank of the Americas
International
Monetary Fund (IMF) features general information and publications
Videos
chronicling the history
of the IMF
Stand by
agreement with Peru
Click here
for an example of the Naples
Treatment as applied to Chad
Paris Club of official
creditors
Population
growth in LDCs
Population
growth in urban
areas
Privatization issues
Ranking
of country GDP
Nouriel
Roubini maintains an excellent home page devoted to a range of
international political economy issues
Trade
statistics since the 1950s
More
trade statistics
Transparency International campaigns against corruption in international business transactions
World
Bank features general background and information by region and
country
Video on World
Bank efforts to reduce poverty
World Bank consultancy solicitation
World
Trade Organization (WTO) covers a variety of trade-related issues
The WTO
also has a video on solving
trade disputes
WTO has a
video about the changes
from the GATT
to WTO
Organizations opposed to WTO
practices
International
Trade and RTBs:
Anti-dumping
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is an important Asian RTB
Becker on
the "Chicago Boys" in Latin America
Comecon conducted communist trade
Common market of
the EU
Countervailing
duty
Customs
union of the EU
EFTA as a free trade area
EU
Delors
Report
Robert Schuman,
architect of the EU
Jean Monet, the
father of the EU
European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) helps finance
economic transitions
European Parliament offers
official documents and information in many languages
Discussion
of the SEA
Fairtrade is
an NGO that seeks to
provide a
fair wage to producers
G8 Information Centre houses
documents and publications about the annual G8 summit and participating
countries
Click here
for information on the GATT
GATT
trade rounds
Gosplan was responsible for state planning
Example of import
substitution
Mercosur is
another RTB
Definition
of MNCs
Click here
for the NAFTA Secretariat
NTBs
More NTBs
OPEC's
home page is available
Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) includes
statistics, reports and information on macroeconomic issues
Population
growth in LDCs
Population
growth in urban
areas
Privatization issues
RTB
diagram
Role of regional
trading blocs
Trade
preference association example (drawn from the US GSP)
Trade
statistics since the 1950s
More
trade statistics
United
Nations offers background, documents, news and more
United
States Department of State provides transcripts, press briefings,
human rights documents and more
United States Trade
Representative's Office negotiates trade agreements on behalf of
the president
VERs
Other Links of
Interest:
Jeffry Frieden's home page has numerous papers focusing on exchanges rates and monetary
systems
Institute for International
Economics has a wealth of information
Paul Krugman maintains a
very comprehensive site on international trade and monetary policy
Nouriel
Roubini maintains an excellent home page devoted to a range of
international political economy issues
