This document provides information on alternative and critical research on the Bretton Woods institutions. It summarizes two websites - the Bretton Woods Project and World Social Forum - that offer critical analyses of the IMF and World Bank. It also describes the Political Economy Research Institute, which focuses the public economics debate on human and ecological welfare and has a variety of working papers across many research areas like finance, labour, environment and development.

1. Learning Resources – Information Research
1
OECD
Learning Resources
Regent’s University London

2. Online Research Induction
Segment Four – Alternative / Critical Research
Cluster
Bretton Woods Institutions
Segment 1: International Monetary Fund
Segment 2: World Bank
Segment 3: General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade (GATT)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Segment 4: Alternative / Critical Research on the Bretton
Woods Institutions
Segment 5: OECD

3. Segment Four – Alternative / Critical Research
Online Research Induction for Students of
• International Management
• International Political Economy
• International Business
• International Relations

4. Online Research Induction
Critical Reflections
Bretton Woods Project (http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/)
critical analyses the work of the IMF and World Bank
divided into
 Topics
 Institutions
 Countries
 Publications
incorporates social aspects as well as environmental aspects
of IMF/World Bank decisions

5. available in
different
languages
Searchable by
four categories

6. Information
material
subdivided
into 15
segments
Subscription
available

7. Online Research Induction
Critical Reflections
World Social Forum (http://www.wsfindia.org/)
deals with the social aspect of globalisation
not very informative, but has a long list of organisations which
have registered at the next World Social Forum
(http://www.fsm2013.org/en/annuaire_organisations)

8. Useful
information, as it
gives links to and
material about
NGOs
More useful
information

9. Online Research Induction
Critical Reflections
Political Economy Research Institute (http://www.peri.umass.edu/)
increasingly focus the public economics debate on human and
ecological welfare
long list of publications

10. Online Research Induction
Critical Reflections
Political Economy Research Institute (cont.)
variety of working papers to give a very good selection on
argumentative diversity
 finance, jobs and macroeconomics
 labour markets, wages and poverty
 environmental and energy economics
 state and local economics
 economics for the developing world
 African development policy
 Political Economy
 health policy

11. Research
areas – these
will link to
research
papers
This will link
to a
publications
search area

12. For further information
Please contact in the Library
Sven Griesenbeck
higgens@regents.ac.uk