Occupy Wall Street protest site
http://occupywallst.org/ This website is a good example of the Internet being used to organise protests. The website includes user generated maps, video streams and organisers materials. There is also a YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/occupytv Other useful background and comment can be found in the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/occupy-wall-street Open Culture has films of S Zizeck and Stiglitz participating […]
Guardian newspaper launches new business blogs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/blog/2011/oct/03/guardian-new-business-blogs Economics blog – with Larry Elliott • Nils Pratley on finance • Business blog – with Jill Treanor Each contains data, stories and analysis.
World Bank eAtlas of Gender
http://www.app.collinsindicate.com/worldbankatlas-gender/en Electronic interactive atlas which provides free access to facts and figures from the latest World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development. Map and export more than 80 indicators relating to gender and development studies. Topics include women and the economy, politics, health, education and society.
Big Innovation Centre
http://www.biginnovationcentre.com/ Launched by the Work Foundation and Lancaster University in September 2011. Chair is Will Hutton. It aims to bring together researchers and the commercial world to create a centre for business orientated research. The website provides information about the aims of the Centre. It also offers free access to its research reports on how […]
World Bank Mobile Apps
http://publications.worldbank.org/index.php?main_page=page&id=16&cid=EXT_TwitterWBPubs_P_EXT The World Bank has launched a number of mobile apps which allow direct access to some of their free statistics. Key examples include: World Bank DataFinder app which lets you access 50 years of World Bank data on global economic indicators Doing Business at a Glance which draws on the data and information from […]
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