The Economic Growth Project of the World Bank's Research Group makes their national policy and economic growth findings available at this location. The abstracts and data sets of recent and forthcoming articles published in journals such as American Economic Review and Journal of Monetary Economics are listed by date, author, or title. Abstracts, data sets, and several full-text World Bank Policy...

Jonathan Temple, Research Fellow at the Institute of Economics and Statistics, Oxford University, has put together a collection of economic growth resources at this site. The resources available are divided into data sets, journals, literature surveys and working papers. Through the data links, researchers can obtain various economic growth data sets such as Barro-Lee, Summers-Heston and the Penn...

Developed at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, Eldis receives funding from a wide range of sources, including the World Bank and the Global Development Network. The core function of Eldis is to act as an Internet-based information service, maintaining a library of online documents and resource guides to such relevant development topics as climate change, health...

ENTERWeb, provided by Jean-Claude Lorin of the Canadian International Development Agency, is an annotated and rated metasite concerning small and medium sized enterprise development in both developed and developing countries. Sites are listed in 24 topical categories including entrepreneurship, incubators, and microcredit. They are available geographically or via an alphabetical index. Though...

The National Commission on Entrepreneurship (NCOE) was created in order to study and support entrepreneurship. NCOE's main mission is to "educate policymakers about the key barriers constraining entrepreneurs and recommend new public policies to protect and stimulate the creation and growth of an entrepreneurial economy and culture." The front page of this well designed site includes three...

Created and maintained by Dr. Robinson Rojas, this content-rich site on economic development and growth is also part of the Biz/Ed Internet Resources Catalogue (discussed in the September 20, 1996 Scout Report). In the Statistics for Developing Countries section, users will find data for various economic indicators compiled from various official data providers. In addition, the site offers...

The World Bank group consists of IBRD (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development); IDA (International Development Agency); IFC (International Finance Corporation); MIGA (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency); and ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes). Visitors to the site will find information on the goals and activities of these agencies. Press...