IAS 150: Commodities and Cultures in the Making of the World Economy: Governments

The following custom search engine may be used to locate information, polices, studies and papers, and statistics on commodity trade and production policies and international commodity regimes.  

IGO Custom Search Engine

There are also international governmental organizations formed to facilitate international cooperation in the areas of commodity trade production and governance.  Members are nation states.  Selected organizations are listed below.

• The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)
• The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)
• The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO)
• The International Coffee Organization (ICO)
• The International Copper Study Group (ICSG)
• The International Grains Council (IGC)
• The International Olive Oil Council (IOOC)
• The International Jute Study Group (IJSG)
• The International Lead and Zinc Study Group (LZSG)
• The International Nickel Study Group (INSG)
• The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)
• The International Sugar Organization (ISO)
• The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
• FAO - Intergovernmental Group on Bananas and Tropical Fruits
• FAO - Intergovernmental Group on Grains
• FAO - Intergovernmental Group on Oils, Oilseeds and Fats
• FAO - Intergovernmental Group on Rice
• FAO - Intergovernmental Group on Tea
• The International Organisation on Vine and Wine

ProQuest Congressional. One-stop shopping for U.S. congressional publications.  Provides indexing and abstracts of congressional publications back to 1789, including full text of published Congressional Hearings, full text Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and more.

USA.gov.  Official United States Government web portal, with specialized “gateways” for citizens, business and government employees.

USAID Documents. Online resource for USAID international development, with thousands documents available for download. Database is browseable by country and by subject.

Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) information on the Internet can be located using the following sources below. Please also see the UC Berkeley Library Research Guide on this topic.

NGO Custom Search Engine

Asian Development Bank. Information on loans, investment, and technical assistance for a broad range of Asian development projects.

African Development Bank. Regional development Bank for Africa.  See also their flagship publication African Development Review.

Caribbean Development Bank. Regional financial and economic development institution for the Caribbean.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Development bank to provide project financing for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

InterAmerican Development Bank. Regional development bank focusing on economic development and technical cooperation projects for Latin America. See also IDB America.

Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four. Helps coordinate the positions on developing countries on international monetary and development finance issues.

International Monetary Fund 

• IMF eLibrary. IMF periodicals, books, working papers, and data. Information  on macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade, aid, policy, and more.
• Article IV Staff Reports. Country "surveillance reports" conducted by IMF missions teams on an ongoing basis for all member states.
• Country Information. Rich source of information by country: see especially the statistical appendices.
• IMF Country Policy Intention Documents.  IMF documents prepared by countries outlining policy intentions.

Islamic Development Bank. Largest multilateral development institution in the Middle East, located in Saudi Arabia.

World Bank  

• World Bank Open Knowledge Repository. Open access portal to World Bank publications.
• World Bank Country Portal (Where we Work). 
• World Bank Country Partnership Frameworks (CPFs). 
• World Bank Project Documents. Full-text of World Bank project reports.

OECD iLibrary. Online library from the OECD,  an international organisation that specilizes in development assistance information. among other things.