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This guide contains the following sections:

    A. Library Resources
         Databases  |  Journals  |  Reference Sources  | Selected Books  |
         Library Instruction & Tips


    B. Schools of Public Policy
         Asia  United States  | Selected Schools  |  Others

    C. Think Tanks and Policy Institutes
         Singapore  | Asia  | Europe  | United States

    D. International Organizations 
         Selected IOs  | Other Selected IOs  |  Comprehensive Lists


A. Library Resources

Databases

Databases are a good a place to begin research. They may contain articles in journals, papers in conference proceedings, newspapers, chapters in books, reports and reviews.

ABI/Inform Complete
Librarian's take: A comprehensive business database. Offers nearly 3,000 full-text titles covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies and management in both public and private sectors.

Asia-Studies Full-Text Online 2004-
Asia-Studies Full-text Online is a very useful database for the study of modern Asia-Pacific. It brings together thousands of full-text reports covering 53 countries on a multitude of business, government, economic, and social issues.
 

Business Source Premier
Librarian's take: A database covering several thousand business, management and economics journals. Contains many case studies, industry reports and country profiles and reports.


EconLit 1969-
Librarian's take: Major resource for Economics. A comprehensive index of journal articles, books, book reviews, collective, working papers and dissertations. While only some articles are available in full-text, this is perhaps one of the most comprehensive databases for searching for Economics articles.

Guides for searching EconLit available at: OvidSP Online Help.

Expanded Academic ASAP
Provides indexed and full-text articles from sources covering rather wide ranging sources in Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, Science and Technology.

Guide to Expanded Academic ASAP is available at: Guided Tour (The Publisher).

Factiva
Librarian's take: Full-text news articles from major world newspapers from around the world.

Guides for searching Factiva available at: How to search Factiva (LION)

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, 1951-
Librarian's take: From London School of Economics and Political Science, based on the core disciplines of anthropology, economics, political science and sociology, this database indexes the information contained in over 2,600 social sciences journals and 6,000 books each year.

Guides for searching International Bibliography of the Social Sciences available at OvidSP Online (The Publisher)

International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA) 1989-
Librarian's take:  Produced by the International Political Science Association, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts on political science from periodicals published throughout the world.

JSTOR
Librarian's take: This full-text database contains back issues of important scholarly journals in all subject areas. Back issues start from the first issue up to 3 to 5 years before the present. You can search the full-text of these articles by keyword.

LexisNexis Academic 1998-
Librarian's take: Other than news, this database covers law information such as legislation, administrative law, international law, media law and patent law.

NBER Working Papers
Guides for searching NBER Working Papers available at: NBER Help: Working Papers (The Publisher)

PERIND, 1980-
Librarian's take: Produced by NUS Libraries. Good source for citations of articles, book chapters, book reviews and conference papers (including unpublished papers) pertaining to Singapore, and Malaysia in particular and ASEAN as an entity.

Proquest Dissertations and Theses (Full-text, 1861-)
Librarian's take: A comprehensive database of dissertations and theses records especially from North America including Canadian and some European universities. Provides 24 page previews of selected dissertations and theses.

Guides to searching ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database available at: Proquest: Finding Documents (the Publisher).

Scopus
Librarian's take: Scopus is one of the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. Updated daily, Scopus covers 29 million abstracts of over 15,000 peer-reviewed titles for more than 4,000 publishers, 265 million references. In many ways similiar to Social Science Citation Index, use them for a broader interdisciplinary search.

Guides for searching Scopus available at: Scopus Help

Social Sciences Abstracts 1983-
A bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from a wide range of social sciences journals. Covers the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.

Guides for searching Social Sciences Abstracts available at: Wilson Web Tutorials
(The Publisher).

Social Sciences Citation Index (via Web of Science), 1988-
Librarian's take: Indexes thousands of academic journals in virtually every discipline in the social sciences, including public policy, public adminstration and public management. Its unique feature is the ability to trace related articles, using a citation as a starting point.

Guides for searching Social Sciences Citation Index are available at Web of Science Tutorial (The Publisher).

Social Science Research Network
Librarian's take: It includes both an abstract database containing abstracts on over 180,000 scholarly working papers and a full test database of about 140,000 journal articles.


Sociological Abstracts, 1963-
Librarians' take: Major resource for Sociology and related disciplines. Includes citations from journals, conference papers, books and dissertations. 

Google Scholar
Indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. It includes most peer-reviewed online journals of the world's largest scientific publishers

Intergovernmental Organization Search Engine (Google Custom Search)
The IGO Search uses google to search across hundreds of IGO websites, including the United Nations, World Bank, UN Development Program (UNDP), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), European Union, Organization of American States, the Asian Development Bank and many others. More help.

Non-governmental Organizations Search (Google Custom Search)
"The NGO search indexes local, regional and international NGOs from sources as diverse as AARP, Earth Watch Institute, International Crisis Group, OXFAM, the World Agricultural Forum. Sites were chosen based on their consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and also collated from University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, Duke University Libraries' NGO Research Guide, and the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO)." -- More help.

Sub-Saharan African Governments Search (Google Custom Search)
"This is a search engine of web sites from Sub-Saharan African governments. It is limited to government sites at the national level, and does not include sites from state governments, political parties, or non-governmental organizations."

Governments site Search (Google Custom Search)
Search across 30+ government (mostly Asian) sites using Google.

Selected Think Tanks, Policy Institutes and Intergovernmental site search Search (Google Custom Search)

Search across selected resources from Think tanks, policy institutes and intergovernmental sites through Google listed in this subject guide (selected with the assistance of Academic Staff from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Policy).

Research Dashboard
Convenient place with many research tools in one place. 

More databases available at: NUS Libraries> E-Resources> Databases

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Journals

  Public Policy Journals
  Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
  Asian Journal of Public Affairs
  Carnegie Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy
  Criminology & Public Policy
  Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy
  Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy
  Holy Cross Journal of Law and Public Policy
  Hume Papers on Public Policy
  Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
  Journal of Asian Public Policy
  Journal of European Public Policy
  Journal of Public Policy
  Journal of Public Policy & Marketing
  Journal of firearms and Public Policy
  Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy
  Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy
  Peace economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
  Policy and Society
  Psychology, Public Policy and Law
  Public Policy Research
  Science and Public Policy
  University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy

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  Journals for Public Policy School Specializations

 
Development Studies
  Journal of Development Studies
  Oxford Development Studies
  Progress in Development Studies
  Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies

  Economic Policy and Analysis
  Contemporary Economic Policy
  Economic Policy
  Economic Policy Review
  International Economics and Economic Policy
  Local Economy : LE : Journal of the London Economic Policy Unit
  MOCT-MOST : Economic Policy in Transitional Economies
  Oxford Review of Economic Policy
  The Economist

  International Relations and Security Studies
  British Journal of Politics and International Relations
  Business and Politics
  European Journal of International Relations
  Global Society : Journal of Interdisciplinary International Relations
  Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, The
  Intelligence & National Security
  International Relations of the Asia Pacific
  International Security
  Journal of International Relations and Development
  Journal of National Security Law & Policy
  Politics & Policy
  Social Politics : International Studies in Gender, State and Society
 
  Social and Environmental Policy
  Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
  Environmental Policy and law
  Global Environmental Politics
  Health Policy and Planning
  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning
  Journal of Health and Social Policy
  Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
  Journal of Public Health Policy
  Journal of Social Policy
  Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
  Social Policy and Administration
  Social Policy and Society
  Transport Policy
  Urban Studies
  Water, Maritime and Energy
  World Transport Policy and Practice
  Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law and Ethics
 
  Public Management and Governance
  Global Governance : a Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations
  International Public Management Journal
  Journal of Management and Governance
  Law and Policy
  Public Management
  Public Management : an International Journal of Research and Theory
  Public Management Review
 

More E-Journals available at: NUS Libraries> E-Resources> EJournals

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Reference Sources 

This is a select list of reference sources that give background information including broad overview, definitions, key issues, major dates or events, keywords and bibliographies.

  Bibliography
  Basic literature in policy studies : a comprehensive bibliography
  Program evaluation : an annotated bibliography
  Public administration desk book
  Public administration research guide

  Dictionaries
  Biographical dictionary of public administration
  Public administration dictionary
  The public policy dictionary

  Encyclopedias
  Encyclopedia of digital government
  Encyclopedia of e-commerce, e-government, and mobile commerce
  Encyclopedia of governance
  Encyclopedia of health care management
  Encyclopedia of public administration and public policy
  Encyclopedia of public choice
  International encyclopedia of public policy and administration

  Handbooks
  A practical guide for policy analysis
  Handbook of comparative and development public administration
  Handbook of development policy studies
  Handbook of practical program evaluation
  Handbook of public administration
  Handbook of public policy analysis : theory, politics and methods
  Handbook of public policy evaluation
  Oxford handbook of public health practice
  Oxford handbook of public policy
  Public expenditure handbook
  Public expenditure management handbook
  Public sector records management : a practical guide
  The eight-step path of policy analysis : a handbook for practice

  Research Methods & Trends
  Basic methods of policy analysis and planning
  Case study research : design and methods
  Current issues and trends in e-government research
  Handbook of research methods in public administration
  Methods for policy research
  Policy evaluation in the public sector : approaches and methods
  Policy research : concepts, methods, and applications
  Qualitative research in practice : stories from the field
  Quasi-experimentation : design and analysis issues for field settings
  Research methods for public administrators
  The craft of research
  The practice of social research
  Understanding research for social policy and practice : themes, methods and
    approaches

  Researching & Writing
  A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style
    for students and researchers
  Good essay writing : a social sciences guide
  Theses and dissertations : a guide to planning, research and writing
  Writing research papers in the social sciences

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  Statistics

  General Statistics

EIU Country Data
Librarian's take: EIU CountryData provides data for 317 series on 150 countries running from 1980 onwards through a powerful, yet intuitive interface. For the 82 most important markets, key variables are additionally projected to 2030 in order to facilitate business planning.

Eurostat
Librarian's take: Key resource to European statistics covering general and regional statistics, economy and finance, population and social conditions, industry, trade adn services, agriculture, transport, environment, science and technology and energy. Special themes - Euro indicators, structural indicators, Eurostat yearbook, sustainable development and government finance.

International Financial Statistics
Librarian's take: Produced by IMF. Good source for data on foreign direct investments, supply of money etc. Contains time series data and provides international statistics on international and domestic finance from as early as 1945 (for selective time series).

International Statistical Yearbook
Librarian's take: Official statistics and publications relating to market analysis, forecasts and economic research in European Union, OECD, United Nations, World Bank, World Trade Organization, Business Monitor International, DSI Data Service & Information, Enerdata, Experian, Statistics Canada, Stat-USA.

International Trade Statistics
Produced by World Trade Organisation, it provides detailed analysis and tables for leading traders, trade by sector and product, regional trade, LDCs, etc.

SourceOECD
Librarian's take: Good source for FDI. Online Library of Statistical Databases, Books and Periodicals. Good source for FDI.

World Development Indicators (WDI), 1960-
Librarian take: Good source FDI. Offers the World Bank's comprehensive database on development data, covering more than 600 indicators, 208 economies, and 18 regional and income groups. The extensive collection of development data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.

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  Singapore
  Census of population 2000. Demographic characteristics
  Census of population 2000. Economic characteristics
  Census of population 2000. Education, language and religion
  Census of population 2000. Geographic distribution and travel
  Census of population 2000. Households and housing
  Economic survey of Singapore
  Public housing in Singapore (E-Resource)
  Singapore ... statistical highlights
  Singapore yearbook of manpower Statistics (E-Resource)
  SingStat time series directory online (E-Resource)
  Statlink
  Yearbook of statistics, Singapore

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  IO (International Organization) Statistical Databases
  Estudio Economico de America Latina y el Caribe, 1996-1997  United Nations
    Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
  FAOSTAT Database  Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  Monthly Bulletin of Statistics United Nations
  OECD in Figures, 1997 OECD
  Social Indicators of Development (World Bank in cooperation with the Consortium
    for International Earth Science Information Network)
  The State of the World Population United Nations
  Trends in Developing Economies (World Bank in cooperation with the Consortium
   for International Earth Science Information Network)
  Trends in Europe and North America  United Nations Economic Commission for
    Europe
  UNESCO Statistical Yearbook 1996
  WHO Statistical Information Service  World Health Organization


Selected Books

  Public Policy Studies
  A Rapid situational analysis of health policy and systems research in the Western
    Pacific Region
  Advancing public management : new developments in theory, methods and
    practice
  Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
  American exceptionalism : a double-edged sword
  Analysis for public decisions
  Applied policy research : concepts and cases
  ASEAN and East Asian international relations : regional delusion
  Bad leadership : what it is, how it happens, why it matters
  Basic methods of policy analysis and planning
  Basic statistics for business & economics
  Beyond Machiavelli : policy analysis comes of age
  Beyond policy analysis : public issue management in turbulent times
  Capturing globalization
  Carrots, sticks, and sermons : policy instruments and their evaluation
  Cases in public policy analysis
  China in the twenty-first century : politics, economy, and society
  Citizens as partners
  Classic readings in organizational behavior
  Comparing policy networks
  Confronting values in policy analysis : the politics of criteria
  Cost-benefit analysis : concepts and practice
  Creating high-performance government organizations
  Designing government : from instruments to governance
  Divergent capitalisms : the social structuring and change of business systems
  Do institutions matter? : government capabilities in the United States and abroad
  Doing business in 2004 : understanding regulation
  Essence of decision : Explaining the Curban Missile crisis
  Evaluation : a systematic approach
  Expert advice for policy choice : analysis and discourse
  Geography, economic policy, and regional development in China
  Globalization and "the politics of the governed" : redefining governance in
    liberalized India
  Governing by network : the new shape of the public sector
  Handbook of industrial, work and organizational psychology
  Ideas and foreign policy : beliefs, institutions, and political change
  Implementing public policy : governance in theory and practice
  Introduction to benefit-cost analysis
  Introduction to econometrics
  Knowledge, power and participation in environmental policy analysis
  Leadership without easy answers
  Leading change
  Lee Kuan Yew : the man and his ideas
  Lesson-drawing in public policy : a guide to learning across time and space
  Macroeconomics for business and society : a developed/developing country
    perspective on the "new economy"
  Managerial economics
  Managing government expenditure
  Managing policy reform : concepts and tools for decision-makers in developing and
    transitioning countries
  Measuring sustainable production
  Microeconomics and behavior
  Organization theory : tension and change
  Organization theory and public organizations
  Organizational dynamics : diagnosis and intervention
  Pacific Asia : the politics of development
  Perspectives on behavior in organizations
  Philosophical dimensions of public policy
  Policy analysis : concepts and practice
  Policy change and learning : an advocacy coalition approach
  Policy paradox : the art of political decision making
  Policy paradox and political reason
  Principle-centered leadership
  Principles of economics
  Privatization and public-private partnerships
  Program evaluation : an introduction
  Public administration and public affairs
  Public finance and public policy
  Public finance and the price system
  Public finance in theory and practice
  Public management and administration : an introduction
  Public policy and political ideas
  Public policy evaluation
  Public policy in Asia : implications for business and government
  Public policy instruments : evaluating the tools of public administration
  Public policy making : process and principles
  Public sector decentralization : economic policy and sector investment programs
  Public sector economics
  Public subsidies and policy failures : how subsidies distort the natural environment,
    equity and trade and how to reform them
  Readings in public finance
  Reframing organizations : artistry, choice and leadership
  Reinventing government : how the entrepreneurial spirit is transforming the public
    sector
  Research methods for public administrators
  Shared responsibilities, unshared power
  Social policy in east and Southeast Asia : education, health, housing and income
    maintenance
  Speaking truth to power : the art and craft of policy analysis
  Structuring politics : historical institutionalism in comparative analysis
  Studying public policy : policy cycles and policy subsystems
  The challenges of tax reform in a global economy
  The East Asian miracle : economic growth and public policy
  The economics of public issues
  The modern VAT
  The New Economy and the challenges for macroeconomic policy
  The new public finance : responding to global challenges
  The new public management : improving research and policy dialogue
  The policy process : a reader
  The policy process in the modern capitalist state
  The politics of bureaucracy
  The Politics of program evaluation
  The reinventor's fieldbook : tools for transforming your government
  The rise and fall of state-owned enterprise in the western world
  The tools of government
  The tools of government : a guide to the new governance
  Theories of the policy process
  Think tank traditions : policy research and the politics of ideas
  Water policy : allocation and management in practice
  Who will pay?
 
  Public Management
  Asian media studies : politics of subjectivities
  Corporate finance
  Creating high-performance government organizations
  Economic development
  Economics of the public sector
  Ethics and accountability in a context of governance and new public management
  Executive economics : ten essential tools for managers
  Global transformations : politics, economics and culture
  Global turbulence : social activists' and state responses to globalization
  Globalisation and social policy
  Globalization and human welfare
  Good government in the tropics
  Governance, corruption, and public financial management
  Government and not-for-profit accounting
  Introduction to benefit-cost analysis
  Managing FDI in a globalizing economy : Asian experiences
  Managing government expenditure
  Microeconomics
  Microeconomics and behavior
  Principles of macroeconomics
  States in the global economy : bringing domestic institutions back in
  The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid
  The horizontal organization
  The market system
  The microeconomics of public policy analysis
  The reinventor's fieldbook
  The tools of government
  To serve and to preserve : improving public administration in a competitive world
  White paper on corporate governance in Asia

  Public Administration
  Administrative theories and politics
  Curbing corruption in Asia
  Economics of the public sector
  Financial management in the public sector
  Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything
  Managing public services-implementing changes
  Microeconomics : an Asian perspective
  Policy analysis : concepts and practice
  Policy paradox : the art of political decision making
  Prime minister, cabinet, and core executive
  Psychological dimensions of organizational behavior
  The internationalization of public management : reinventing the Third World state
  The undercover economist
  Using econometrics : a practical guide

For other background sources, search the Library catalogue, LINC at http://linc.nus.edu.sg/.

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Library Instruction & Tips

  This is a list of customized "How to search" Library sessions teaching users how to
  search specific databases, Library catalogue, etc.. It may include notes on how to
  use specific resources.

  EndNote Web: a step-by step guide by NUS Libraries
  EndNote Web Workshop for Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences on 24 Mar 2008
    (webcast)
  EndNoteX2: a step-by-step guide by NUS Libraries
  Importing references into EndNote Web

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B. Schools of Public Policy

  Public Policy Schools in Asia:

    Singapore
    National University of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

    Japan
    Osaka University, Osaka School of International Public Policy
    University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Public Policy

    Korea
    Korea Development Institute, School of Public Policy and Management

    India
    Dubai School of Government, UAE

    Philippines
    Ateneo de Manila University, Ateneo School of Government
    University of the Philippines, (Diliman), National College of Public Administration
    and Governance

    China, P.R.
    Tsinghua University, School of Public Policy and Management
    Peking University, School of Government

    Hong Kong, China, P.R.
    The University of Hong Kong, Department of Politics and Public Administration
    City University of Hong Kong, Department of Public and Social Administration

    Russia
    Moscow State Institute of International Relations University

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  Public Policy Schools in the United States

    Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management
    Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
    Duke University, Sanford Institute of Public Policy
    Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
    Indiana University Bloomington, School of Public and Environmental Affairs
    Maxwell School of Syracuse University
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), Department of Urban Studies and
      Planning 
    New York University, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
    Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
    University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy
    University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Affairs
    University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy Studies
    University of Georgia, School of Public and International Affairs
    University of Kansas, Department of Public Administration
    University of Michigan, Ford School of Public Policy
    University of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning, and Development

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  Other Schools in the Selected Countries

    Australia
    Australian National University, Crawford School of Economics and Government
    University of Sydney, Department of Government and International Relations

    Brazil
    University of São Paulo, Public Policy Management

    Canada
    Carleton University, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs

    France
    Master of Public Affairs, Sciences Po Paris

    Germany
    Erfurt School of Public Policy
    Hertie School of Governance

    Hungary
    Central European University, Department of Public Policy

    Israel
    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Public Policy

    Italy
    Master of Public Policy Analysis, COREP
    Institute for Public Administration and Health Care Management

    Netherlands
    Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
    Institute for Social Studies

    Switzerland
    University of St. Gallen
    Graduate Institute of International Studies

    United Kingdom
    University College London, School of Public Policy
    London School of Economics, Master of Public Administration

 

  Comprehensive List
 
For directory of Asian planning schools, please visit the Asian Planning School
   Association

  For comprehensive lists of public policy schools, please visit the following websites.
    GradSchools.com: for Public Administration and Policy Graduate School Programs
    Wikipedia Category of Public Policy Schools

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  Official Government Sites

    Singapore Government
    Singapore Government Website
    List of Singapore Government Ministries

  Comprehensive List
    For a comprehensive list of official government sites, please visit the following
    websites.
    Governments on the WWW
    Wikipedia Categories of Government (by Country)
    Yahoo Index of National Governments (by Country)

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C. Think Tanks and Policy Institutes

    Singapore
    Institute of Policy Studies
    East Asian Institute
    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
    Asia Competitiveness Institute
    Centre on Asia and Globalisation
    Institute of Water Policy

    Asia
    Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh
    Shanghai Institute for International Studies, China
    Hong Kong Policy Research Institute,Hong Kong, China
    Centre for Policy Research, India
    Japan Institute of International Affairs, Japan
    National Institute for Research Advancement, Japan
    Korea Development Institute, Korea
    Resources, Environment and Economics Center for Studies (REECS), Philippines
    Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russia
    Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), Vietnam

    Europe
    Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium
    International Crisis Group, Belgium
    French Institute of International Relations, France
    German Institute for International Politics and Security, Germany
    Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Israel
    Royal Institute of International Affairs, United Kingdom
    International Institute for Strategic Studies, United Kingdom

    United States (listed by theme)
    General
    The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
    The Baker Institute
    The Brookings Institution
    The California Budget Project
    Cascade Policy Institute
    The Cato Institute
    The Center for Public Integrity
    The Center for Public Policy and Contemporary Issues
    Center for Strategic and International Studies
    The Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies
    The Heritage Foundation
    The Inter-American Dialogue
    The National Center for Policy Analysis
    The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
    The New America Foundation
    The Pioneer Institute
    The Progressive Policy Institute
    Public Agenda
    Public Policy Institute of California
    The RAND Corporation
    The Russell Sage Foundation
    The Social Science Research Council
    The Urban Institute
    Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies
    The World Policy Institute
    Woodrow Wilson Center

    International Relations and Security
    American Foreign Policy Council
    The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations
    The Foreign Policy Association
    Foreign Policy Research Institute
    The Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
    The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University
    Hudson Institute
    International Relations Center
    The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
    The Nixon Center
    The United States Institute of Peace

    Development: social and environmental
    Asia Society
    The Commonwealth Institute
    The Earth Policy Institute
    The East-West Center
    The Institute for Research on Poverty
    The National Health Policy Forum
    The Northeast-Midwest Institute
    The Population Council
    Resources For the Future
    Research Triangle Institute
    The Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy

    Human Rights and Employment
    The Carter Center
    Employee Benefit Research Institute
    The Employment Policies Institute
    The Ethics and Public Policy Center
    International Society for Individual Liberty

    Economic Policy
    The Atlas Economic Research Foundation
    Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy
    The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
    The Committee for Economic Development
    The Economic Growth Center
    The Economic Policy Institute
    The Institute for International Economics
    The International Center for Economic Growth
    The Milken Institute
    National Bureau of Economic Research
    The Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies

  Comprehensive Lists 
  For a comprehensive list of think tanks and policy institutes, please visit the
  following  websites.
     Wikipedia List of Think Tanks
     Google Directory of Policy Institutes
     World Press Review: Index of International Think-Tanks and Research
     Organizations  
     National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA): World Directory of Think
     Tanks 
 
  For a comprehensive list of LKY School of Public Policy partners, click here

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D. International Organizations

  Selected IOs

    Development Banks
    African Development Bank
    Asian Development Bank
    Inter-American Development Bank
    Islamic Development Bank Group
    North American Development Bank

    Economics and Finance
    Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
    Bank for International Settlements
    Central American Bank for Economic Integration
    Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO)
    European Central Bank (ECB)
    International Finance Corporation
    International Development Association
    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)        

    Environmental Resources
    Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
      (CCAMLR) 
    Convention on Biological Diversity
    Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA)
    Environmental Economics blog
    Global Environment Facility Secretariat
    Greg Mankiw´s blog on economics            
    International Maritime Organisation
    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)    
    North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation 
    Resources for the Future, Washington D.C. 
    South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
    World Conservation Union (IUCN)


    Security and International Relations
    Chemical Weapons Convention. See OPCW
    Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
    European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
    Nuclear Energy Agency
    Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (The Chemical Weapons
      Convention Website)
    Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
    Peace and Security


    Social Development (Health, Labor, Education and Poverty Alleviation)
    Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific
    Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest
    Commission for Labor Cooperation
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    International Labor Organization (ILO)
    International Organization for Migration (IOM)
    North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation. See Commission for Labor
     Cooperation
    Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)
    Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization
    The Microfinance Gateway
    TheSouthAsianIdea Weblog
    United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
    World Health Organization (WHO)
    World Food Programme


    Trade Unions
    Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
    European Free Trade Association
    Free Trade Area of the Americas
    International Trade Centre
    North American Free Trade Agreement Secretariat (NAFTA)
    United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
    World Trade Organization (WTO)

  Other Selected IOs
    ASEAN--Association of South East Asian Nations
    European Union
    IMF--International Monetary Fund
    G8 (Group of 8)
    OECD--Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
    United Nations
    World Bank
   
  Comprehensive Lists
    For comprehensive lists of international organizations, please visit the following
    websites.
      International Organization Web Sites (extensive listing provided by the Union of
      International Associations)
      List of International Government Organizations on the WWW

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