Economics: Sustainable Development

Business Action for Sustainable Development
http://www.iccwbo.org/home/environment_and_energy/sdcharter/services/speeches/mms-geneva-24-09-2001.asp
Business Action for Sustainable Development (BASD) is a comprehensive network of business organizations that have come together under one banner in the interests of sustainable development. BASD is a joint initiative of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Guidance is provided by a small international Steering Committee under the leadership of Sir Mark Moody-Stuart.

Center for Global Development
http://www.cgdev.org/
" CGD is an independent, not-for-profit think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community."

Global Development Finance (GDF) [About] Works Best with Firefox

Our Common Journey: A Transition toward Sustainablility
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309067839/html/
Board on Sustainable Development Policy Division, National Research Council, 1999.

SourceOECD [About]
is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. It comprises 20 book collections by theme, containing all of OECD's monographs and reports; 24 periodicals; a reference title; and the OECD statistical databases. Environment and Sustainable Development is available from the Books pull down menu. CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion is available from the Statistics pull down menu.

Sustainable America: A New Consensus for Prosperity, Opportunity and a Healthy Environment for the Future
http://clinton2.nara.gov/PCSD/Publications/TF_Reports/amer-top.html
"Between June 1993 and June 1999, the PCSD has advised President Clinton on sustainable development and develops bold, new approaches to achieve economic, environmental, and equity goals. We are commited to the achievement of a dignified, peaceful, and equitable existence."

Sustainable Development as a Framework for National Governance
http://www.lexisnexis.com.ezproxy.bu.edu/us/lnacademic
Important journal article from the 1998 Case Western Reserve Law Review (49 Case W. Res. 1) by John C. Dernbach.

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Division for Sustainable Development
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/index.html
The Division for Sustainable Development provides leadership and is an authoritative source of expertise within the United Nations system on sustainable development.

The World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org
"The World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. In fiscal year 2002, the institution provided more than US$19.5 billion in loans to its client countries. It works in more than 100 developing economies with the primary focus of helping the poorest people and the poorest countries."

World Business Council for Sustainable Development
http://www.wbcsd.org/
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a coalition of 160 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development via the three pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress.

World Development Indicators (WDI) [About] Works Best with Firefox

World Development Reports
http://econ.worldbank.org