Launched by UN Women in association with the government of Canada. News and full-text resources relating to women and economics. Browse the knowledge library to find papers, reports and data as well as practical toolkits to enable empowerment. Many items produced by UN bodies. Emphasis on current materials. Topics covered are wide-ranging; they include agriculture, […]
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Bloomberg: Short positions
WH Smith Plc’s share price has soared about 30 percent this year, and Barclays Plc expects more good news for the U.K. newsagent at its full-year results on Oct. 10. Bloomberg’s short positions function shows almost 12 percent of WH Smith’s outstanding shares are out on loan and identifies the investors that may be squeezed. […]
Bloomberg: Tracking Emerging-Market Holdings of U.S. Debt
Portfolio outflows from emerging markets sparked a sell-off in currencies from India’s rupee to Brazil’s real. Some policy makers have liquidated foreign exchange reserves to help support their currencies. Bloomberg functions show foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries are on pace to register their first full-year decline since 2000. You will find the case study document […]
Bloomberg: Economy forecasts for China
The Chinese economy is slowing to a forecast rate of 7.5 percent for 2013 as the government seeks to curb excessive lending and reduce reliance on exports. Bloomberg have put together the attached “FFM Spotlight on China” which uses Bloomberg tools to monitor central bank actions, assess the impact on interest rates, banking, equities markets and […]
theHive
World Bank’s theHive This site has been in beta for a while but is developing well. Register for free to get the most benefits. It aims to gather in one place reports and resources relating to human conflict, human security and violence. It also takes items from the Human Security Report Project which was renowned for its […]
Social science video sites
TED videos from world leaders covering all aspects of social and environmental sciences RSA audio and events. Includes NHS, technology and change. Videolectures net. Great examples including academic lecture series. Socialcare TV. From SCIE, focuses on social work skills Vlearn . Business and economics talks.
Vlearn
Vlearn A free access site for business and management students. It has inspiring talks from business leaders covering leadership management topics including business ethics, change management includes videos and blog entries. Hosted at University of Central Lancashire
Migration Policy Centre
Publishes research on migration, asylum and mobility in Europe and in countries located along migration routes to Europe.
Lantern: Media History
Lantern : Media History A free, open access search platform for media history research. Directors include academics Eric Hoyt, Carl Hagenmaier, and Wendy Hagenmaier. A great resource for those interested in film, radio and early TV history. Includes fan accounts and the history of Hollywood and: Business Screen (1938-1973); Educational Screen (1922-1962); The Film Daily (1918-1948); […]
Governments and Facebook
Government requests for data from Facebook Which governments request information the most from Facebook? First report from Facebook covers 6 months from January-June 2013. Governments make requests to Facebook and many other companies seeking account information in official investigations. The vast majority of these requests relate to criminal cases, such as robberies or kidnappings. In […]
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