Local Chicago Information

The Chicago Council On Foreign Relations - Nonprofit research group attempts to offer unbiased views of issues facing American policy abroad.

News

Emerging Markets News on FT.com
WorldNews.com - WorldNews.com provides just what it advertises: quick access to the latest news from around the world. One-click access to headlines from any region of interest. A click on Africa yields an Africa Daily page, with articles on a power plant recently opened in Egypt. Want South American news? A click brings you to the latest about the Colombian peace process. A pull-down menu offers a seemingly inexhaustible set of location choices, which can be difficult to look at. Despite this design difficulty, WorldNews.com is a great way to find local information on specifics areas, usually with a set of links to other regional sources.

GSB links

Political

World Politics - Quarterly political science journal affiliated with Princeton University. Contributions from scholars are invited.

Business & Investing

Forbes - Emerging Markets - Has a nice summary of indexes and exchanges
Financial Times: Business in Africa & the Middle East
Financial Times: Business in Asia-Pacific
Financial Times: Business in the Americas
J.P. Morgan's ADR.com - For investors looking for exposure to emerging markets, without actually venturing abroad, ADRs (American Depository Receipts--U.S.-traded certificates that represent the stock of foreign companies) are a wonderful vehicle. J.P. Morgan's site devoted to ADRs provides everything that an interested investor could want (Forbes.com).
Emerging Markets Partnership - Emerging Markets Partnership ("EMP"), formed in 1992, is an international private equity firm with headquarters in Washington D.C.

Development

The World Bank
United Nations System - Web locator service includes an alphabetical list of organizations and a guide to frequently requested information.
Doctors Without Borders - Nobel Peace Prize-winning medical-relief agency assists victims of armed conflict, and natural and man-made disasters. Make a secure donation.
International Monetary Fund - IMF supports international monetary cooperation and the expansion and balanced growth of world trade.
Id21 - This is the id21 Development Research reporting service, bringing you a selection of the latest and best UK-based development research.

Career-related

Development jobs:

InterAction - Based in DC. A heavy hitter within the DC/New York NGO/policy community. A good source for learning who's who in development. They publish a bi-weekly newsletter with current job listings.
Coop America - Through its Green Pages, lists hundreds of US businesses, financial institutions (like South Shore Bank) and investment firms active in local/int'l community development, poverty reduction, etc.
The Microcredit Summit - Based in Washington, is also a good starting point to find institutions engaged in development-microfinance, including international agencies and businesses that fund or have otherwise signed on to the Summit's anti-poverty goal.
Devdir.org - A directory of development organizations, by region.
DevNetJobs - Gateway to International Development and Environment Jobs. The site lists job opportunities in the International Environment and Development sector and is run by a group of development professionals.

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Jobs in Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States:

Jobs in Africa:

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