Research Guides: POLS 247: Political Economy of Developing Countries (HC) [Fall 2014]: Reports & Conference Papers

Finding Research Reports and Conference Papers

PolicyFile
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Provides access to articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers. Covers a wide range of topics from international trade to health care reform, from telecommunications regulation to terrorism. Most content is NOT peer-reviewed.

Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
This organization makes conference papers searchable and provides full text access to many of them. SSRN collects conference papers, journal article pre-prints and working papers in the social sciences. This is a good place to find very recent material.

Brookings Institution
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Center for Economic and Policy Research
While focusing on issues in the United States, this research group also provides reports and analysis about countries in Latin America.
Center for Global Development
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Development Group for Alternative Policies
International Crisis Group
International Monetary Fund
The IMF makes many of its reports and other documentation available on this website. You can search under the links for Countries, Research or Publications.
RAND Corporation
Top Think Tanks, 2013
James McGann at the University of Pennsylvania ranks public policy organizations each year. The report organizes ranking by the world and by region in addition to a ranking by area of research (see pages 63-64 for top international development think tanks worldwide).
World Bank
Many of the publications from the World Bank are available full text on this website. You can also find World Bank titles in Tripod.