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Learning ResourcesRegent’s University London
Learning Resources – Information ResearchOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Cluster Bretton Woods Institutions
Segment 1: International Monetary FundSegment 2: World BankSegment 3: General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade (GATT)
World Trade Organization (WTO)Segment 4: Alternative / Critical Research on the Bretton
Woods InstitutionsSegment 5: OECD
Segment Five – OECDOnline Research Induction
• International Management• International Political Economy• International Business• International Relations
Segment Four – Alternative / Critical ResearchOnline Research Induction for Students of
OECD(www.oecd.org)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to promote policies that will improve the economic and social situation around
the world provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences
and seek solutions to common problems works with governments to establish what drives economic, social and
environmental change cooperation with a variety of civil society organisations. commitment to market economies backed by democratic institutions measure productivity and global flows of trade and investment
OECD(www.oecd.org)
OECD work flow
OECD(www.oecd.org)
Glossary of Statistical Terms (http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/)
Very helpful definitions of terms to be used in any Assignment or Essay
Type in the word/phrase and
press ‘Search’
Search alphabetically
Example: words/phrases
for letter ‘D’
- Foreign equivalent- Definition- In which context- Where was it used first
time- Statistical theme- First created when- Last update
OECD(www.oecd.org)
Publications from the OECD OECD Publishing (www.oecd.org/about/publishing/whatsnew.htm)
• one of the world’s largest publishers of books in the fields of economics and public affairs.
• publication of more than 250 new books, 40 updated stat. databases, and thousands of new stat. tables, working papers & journal articles each year
What's New @ OECD is OECD's monthly e-newsletter highlighting key new books, reports, and statistics from various OECD sources.
To sign up to receive the monthly e-newsletter each month, sign up at www.oecd.org/about/publishing/oecddirect.htm
OECD(www.oecd.org)
Publications from the OECD OECD iLibrary (http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/)
the full range of OECD books, papers, and statistics in PDF, WEB and XML formats to online users including find, use, and cite of OECD information
OECD Bookshop (www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/index.asp?lang=EN)
Look for - Books- Papers- Statistics- Factbook- Glossary Search for phrase or keyword
Browse by ‘Theme’
Browse by ‘Country’
Newly published material
Search by ‘Statistics’
Identified ‘Educational Database’
Exportable into Excel, readable as a .pdf sheet, new webpage or online
OECD(www.oecd.org)
Publications from the OECD Key Publications
• Factbook• At-a-Glance books• Insights• Outlooks• Economic Surveys• OECD Observer• Better Policies Series• OECD Insights Blog
OECD(www.oecd.org)
Publications from the OECD Finding Publications
• Sales Agents• OECD iLibrary Subscribing Institutions• Online Bookshop• OECD iLibrary• Conference Centre Bookshop• OECD Centres• Depositary Libraries• OECD Archives
OECD(www.oecd.org)
Publications from the OECD Services
• Rights and Permissions• Corrigenda• OECDdirect e-mail alerts• What's New• Librarians• Multilingual Summaries• OECD Archives
OECD(www.oecd.org)
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OECD(www.oecd.org)
OECD Statistics (http://www.oecd.org/statistics/)
List of statistics key tables on health include data on
Key Tables on Healthhealth expenditure suicidespractising physicians cancerhospital beds tobacco consumptionlife expectancy overweight or obesityinfant mortality
Information can be downloaded into an Excel document or used as a real-time
dataset
