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50 Years is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice
http://www.50years.org
The 50 Years is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice is a coalition of over 200 U.S. grassroots, women's, solidarity, faith-based, policy, social - and economic- justice, youth, labor and development organizations dedicated to the profound transformation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This site offers information about various campaigns and programs.

AboutGlobalization.com
http://www.aboutglobalization.com
An opinion site that allows Internet users to share their views concerning globalization.

AdBusters
http://adbusters.org/home
AdBusters is an organization that represents an anti-multinational corporation point of view. They coordinate a number of different campaigns that struggle against global corporate domination. This site offers some very interesting perspectives concerning issues related to globalization.

Americans on Globalization: A Study of U.S. Public Attitudes
http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Globalization/introduction.html
The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) conducted a public policy survey regarding U.S. attitudes toward globalization. PIPA published this online report in March 2000.

Global Exchange
http://www.globalexchange.org
Global Exchange is a human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political, and social justice around the world.

Global Policy Forum
http://www.globalpolicy.org
Founded in 1993, the Global Policy Forum strives to monitor global policy making a the United Nations. The GPF web site is a good source of information for issues related to global governance, UN reform, and international justice. This site features a special section dedicated to the issue of globalization.

Global Public Goods Network (gpgNet)
http://www.gpgNet.net
gpgNet intends to serve researchers, policymakers, business and civil society as a platform for information exchange and discussion on issues concerning the theory, policy design and practice of providing global public goods. On gpgNet you will find references to research and studies, information on forthcoming events as well as commentaries, policy statements and media reports concerning global public goods issues.

Globalization: What on Earth is it About? (BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1999/02/99/e-cyclopedia/newsid_711000/711906.stm
An excellent compilation of information regarding Globalization.

Globalization and Its Discontents (Salon.com)
http://www.salon.com/news/special/wto/index.html
This Salon.com site provides an interesting selection of articles and discussions related to globalization and the World Trade Organization.

Globalization After the Internet (Georgetown University)
http://cct.georgetown.edu/curriculum/505-99/globalization.html
In addition to covering important issues related to impact of the Internet on globalization, this site offers an interesting summary of several important publications dealing with globalization including Manuel Castells (The Rise of the Network Society), Saskia Sassen (Globalization and its Discontents), Samuel Huntington (The Clash of Civilizations), and Benjamin Barber (Jihad vs. McWorld).

Institute for Global Communications (IGC)
http://www.igc.org/igc/gateway/index.html
The Mission of Institute for Global Communications (IGC) is to advance the work of progressive organizations and individuals for peace, justice, economic opportunity, human rights, democracy and environmental sustainability through strategic use of online technologies. The IGC web site serves as a portal web site for progressive organizations and activists.

International Development Research Center
http://www.idrc.ca
The International Development Research Centre is a public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research.

International Forum on Globalization
http://www.ifg.org
The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is an alliance of sixty leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization.

International Right To Know Campaign
http://www.irtk.org
This site asks, "Do you know how U.S. corporations are treating the environment and people around the world?" The answer is..."You have the right to know!" The International Right To Know Campaign serves as a watchdog organization that keeps an eye on U.S. corporations abroad.

Kofi Annan's Astonishing Facts! (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/featured_articles/980928monday.html
Every year, the United Nations Human Development Report looks for a new way to measure the lives of people. Putting aside faceless statistics like per capita gross domestic product or export-import figures, the report burrows into the facts about what children eat, who goes to school, whether there is clean water to drink, how women share in the economy or who doesn't get vaccinations against diseases that go on killing even though they are preventable.

The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization
http://www.lexusandtheolivetree.com
According to the author, Thomas Friedman, "This book is an effort to explain how this new era of globalization became the dominant international system at the end of the twentieth century--replacing the Cold War system--and to examine how it now shapes virtually everyone's domestic politics and international relations."

Oneworld.net Globalization Guide
http://www.oneworld.org/guides/globalisation/index.html
Oneworld.net has developed a resource guide that looks critically at many aspects of globalization.

Public Citizen
http://www.citizen.org
Founded by Ralph Nader in 1971, Public Citizen claims to be the consumer's eyes and ears in Washington. As an organization, Public Citizen fights for safer drugs and medical devices, cleaner and safer energy sources, a cleaner environment, fair trade, and a more open and democratic government.

A Quick Guide to the World History of Globalization
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~dludden/global1.htm
Maintained by a member of the History Department at University of Pennsylvania.

Special Report: Globalization (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalisation
The Guardian has created this site that provides links to articles and resources related to Globalization.

Third World Network
http://www.twnside.org.sg
The Third World Network is an international network of individuals and organizations that are interested in international development issues.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
http://www.undp.org
The mission of the United Nations Development Program is to help countries in their efforts to achieve sustainable human development by assisting them to build their capacity to design and carry out development programmes in poverty eradication, employment creation and sustainable livelihoods, the empowerment of women and the protection and regeneration of the environment, giving first priority to poverty eradication.

UNDP News Front
http://www.undp.org/dpa/index.html
The UNDP News Front is maintained by the Division of Public Affairs to provide current news about development issues worldwide.

UNDP Poverty Home Page
http://www.undp.org/poverty
The UNDP Poverty Home Page offers excellent information and resources related to poverty and development.

United Nations Economic and Social Development Web Site
http://www.un.org/esa
The UN Economic and Social Development web site features links to issues related to international development including the environment, population, human rights, sustainable development, statistics, and women's issues among others.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
http://www.info.usaid.gov
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the independent government agency that provides economic development and humanitarian assistance to advance U.S. economic and political interests overseas. The USAID web site features information about development efforts worldwide, links to information about important issues in international development, and information about USAID-funded projects.

The World Bank Group: A World Free of Poverty
http://www.worldbank.org
This web site features a wealth of information about international development and the efforts of the World Bank to establish a world free of Poverty. Browse links to current news stories related to development as well as links to country and regional information and statistics.

World Policy Institute
http://worldpolicy.org
The World Policy Institute publishes an online journal that focuses on many issues related to globalization.

WorldWatch Institute
http://www.worldwatch.org/index.html
The Worldwatch Institute is a nonprofit public policy research organization dedicated to informing policymakers and the public about emerging global problems and trends and the complex links between the world economy and its environmental support systems.