Economics in the Curriculum This ERIC digest examines (1) the main goal of economic education in elementary and secondary schools, (2) current curriculum patterns in economics, and (3) means for improving the economics curriculum. http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-929/economics.htm - More
Economics Working Paper Archive This award winning service (provided by the Economics Department of Washington University ), is devoted to the free distribution of working papers in economics. There are 22 subject areas, along with a test posting area, a meetings area, an area for programs and an area for data. http://econwpa.wustl.edu/ - More
Institute for International Economics Details on this private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy. http://www.iie.com/ - More
Recent Trends in Economic Education Economics, while frequently acknowledged as a vital component of citizenship education in both the popular and educational press, has been a controversial and contested component of the school curriculum. Recent trends in economic education are manifestations of the perennial issues regarding economic knowledge in the education of citizens and how best to provide teachers with a fund of economic knowledge and materials. http://www.ericdigests.org/1998-1/economic.htm - More
Teaching and Learning Economics Offers ideas on how schools can teach about the topic of economics. http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9210/economics.htm - More
Teaching and Learning Economics This ERIC Digest examines (1) the economic learning of secondary school students, (2) the means to improve the place of economics in the curricula of elementary and secondary schools, (3) the means to improve classroom instruction in economics, and (4) the implications of improved teaching and learning of economics. http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9210/economics.htm - More
The International Finance Corporation IFC is a member of the World Bank Group. It finances and provides advice for private sector ventures and projects in developing countries in partnership with private investors and, through its advisory work, helps governments create conditions that stimulate the flow of both domestic and foreign private savings and investment. http://www.ifc.org - More