Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank. International financial institution led by the government of China to finance infrastructure projects in Asia.
Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). Economic Union of nations located primarily in northern Eurasia. The treaty establishing of the EEU was signed by the leaders of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia.
New Development Bank (BRICS Bank). Multilateral development bank operated by the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) as an alternative to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Eurasian political, economic and military organization founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
G7/G8 Information Center. From the Munk School of International Affairs at the University of Toronto. Contains meetings records, official documents, data sets, conclusions, commentary, and scholarly works on G7 & G8 summits.
G20 Information Center. Also from the University of Toronto. Research, resources and G20 documentation by the G20 Research Group.
Group of 77 at the United Nations. Group of developing countries working to promote their shared interests within the United Nations.
Non-Aligned Movement Centre for South-South Technical Cooperation. Information about and links to the work of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four. Chapter of the G77 working to coordinate developing country positions on international monetary and development issues.
The Bank for International Settlements. Organization of 60 central banks from countries that make up about 95% of world GDP. Helps central banks pursue monetary and financial stability, foster international cooperation, and acts as a bank for central banks.
Summits for BRICS Countries (Brazil, Russia, China, India, and South Africa) have been held since the first, held in Russia in 2009; South Africa joined in 2011. Since then summits have been held annually. The fourth summit is the first to have a (known) official web site. Many summit sites are no longer maintained.
For key documents produced at these summits see the University of Toronto Brics Information Center.
The World Economic Forum (WEF). Swiss organization known for its annual meeting in Davos. The meeting attracts hundreds of business and political leaders as well as intellectuals and journalists who discuss current business, economic, and social issues.
Reports and Publications. Reports which examine a broad range of global economic and social issues. Their flagship publication is the Global Competitiveness Report.
WEF projects. The WEF sponsors numerous of projects and initiatives proposed by it's various groups or "communities." Examples include gender parity, corruption, the environment, development finance, and others.
The World Customs Organization(WCO). Maintains the Harmonized System(HS)of tarrif nomenclature, an international standard to classify traded products.
Trade databases such as UN Comtrade and the World Integrated Trade Solutions (WITS) present data on traded products using both the HS system and the UN Standard International Trade Classification (SITC).
HS Nomenclature (various years). Includes 5,000 commodity groups identified by a six digit code, arranged in a taxonomic structure and supported by well-defined rules. Other versions that are keyword searchable include those from the foreigntrade.com and hscode.org.
HS Concordance - From the WITS database. A concordance (crosswalk) that links the HS codes with several others, including the SITC and ISIC, at various revisions.