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BLOGGING ECONOMISTS!
 
Marginal Revolution
Small steps toward a much better world, by Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok.
Greg Mankiw's Blog
Random Observations for Students of Economics, by Greg Mankiw.
 
The Becker-Posner Blog
A blog by Gary Becker and Richard Posner.
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ECONOMICS, ETC.
The Economist
Economist.com is part of The Economist Group and is responsible for The Economist on the internet.
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network
FANRPAN’s mission is to promote, influence and facilitate quality agricultural and natural resources policy research, analysis and dialogue at the national, regional and global levels.
International Food Policy
Reseach Institute
IFPRI’s vision is a world free of hunger and malnutrition.
Institute for International
Economics
IIE, an independent non-profit organization founded in 1919, is a world leader
in the exchange of people and ideas.
National Bureau of Economic
Research
NBER is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting
a greater understanding of how the economy works.
SourceOECD
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's online library of
statistical databases, books and periodicals.
UN Human
Development Report
A reliable source and alternative perspective on critical issues for human development worldwide.
World Bank
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing
countries around the world.
World Trade Organization
WTO is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade
between nations.
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AgBioForum
AgBioForum is committed to providing a space where academics, private and public
sector analysts, and decision makers can present timely scientific evidence to
enrich the ongoing public debate regarding the economic and social impacts of
agricultural biotechnology.
AgBiotechNet
AgBiotechNet gives rapid access to agricultural biotechnology and biosafety information.
Agricultural Science
and Technology Indicators – CGIAR
The ASTI initiative compiles, processes, and makes available internationally comparable
data on institutional developments and investments in agricultural R&D worldwide.
Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research
The CGIAR is a strategic alliance of members, partners and international agricultural
centers that mobilizes science to benefit the poor.
CGVLibrary
Gateway to global agricultural knowledge.
HarvestChoice
HarvestChoice undertakes broad-ranging evaluation of technologies and strategies to inform policy and investment choices designed to raise the productivity of the agricultural systems most beneficial to the poor.
International Science
and Technology Practice and Policy
InSTePP brings together a community of scholars to engage in economic research
on science and technology practice and policy, emphasizing the international implications.
McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crop Research Program
This program seeks to increase food security in developing countries. The program supports agricultural research aimed at improving food production and the nutritional content of crops important to the developing world.
Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development
The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government
and the market economy.
Pew Initiative on Food
and Biotechnology
The Initiative was established to be an independent and objective source of credible
information on agricultural biotechnology for the public, media and policymakers.
U.S. National Science Foundation
The NSF is an independent federal agency created by Congress "to promote
the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare;
to secure the national defense…"
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Association of University
Technology Managers
AUTM's global network of members represent universities, research institutions,
teaching hospitals and government agencies as well as companies involved with
managing and licensing innovations derived from academic and nonprofit research.
CAMBIA Patent Lens
CAMBIA’s Patent Lens is an independent, public good global resource for increasing
patent transparency.
Centre for Intellectual
Property Policy
Exploring new perspectives on intellectual property so as to offer useful policy
options to governments, the business community, researchers and developing economies.
Cougar Patent
Law
Recommended links from Cougar Patent Law: Biotechnology Law.
Delphion Intellectual
Property Network
A website for searching, viewing, and analyzing patent documents, with free access
to a wide variety of data collections and patent information including... United
States patents, European patents and patent applications, PCT application data
from the World Intellectual Property Office, Patent Abstracts of Japan.
Esp@cenet
The database search facility of the European Patent Office.
ETC Group
ETC Group is a non governmental organization with an attitude, concerned with
the conservation and sustainable advancement of cultural and ecological diversity
and human rights.
European Patent
Office’s (EPO) Helpdesk
This site is an excellent source of patent information. It can be accessed in
English, French and German, and has many links to useful patent sites.
Intellectual Property
Mall
The IP Mall links to a collection of intellectual property resources served up
by the Franklin Pierce Law Center.
Intellectual Property Owners
Association (U.S.)
Trade association for owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
Public Intellectual
Property Resource for Agriculture
PIPRA is an initiative by universities, foundations and non-profit research institutions
to make agricultural technologies more easily available for development and distribution
of subsistence crops for humanitarian purposes in the developing world and specialty
crops in the developed world.
Source Translation
Optimization
"Should the Patent and Trademark Office be issuing 20,000+ new software patents
every year?" An interesting site run by a gadfly of U.S.PTO.
U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office
An agency of the Unites States Department of Commerce.
USPTO
Web Patent Databases
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
World
Intellectual Property Organization
WIPO is a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to developing a balanced
and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system.
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LINKS
Center for International
Food and Agricultural Policy
CIFAP uses its research and education activities to increase international understanding
about food, agriculture, nutrition, natural and human resources, and the environment,
and to positively affect the policies of both developed and developing countries.
Consortium
on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences
The Consortium supports work on the legal, ethical, and policy implications of
problems in health, environment, and the life sciences.
Microbial and
Plant Genomics Institute
The University of Minnesota's Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute consists
of a group of faculty with intense interest in the successful development and
application of genomics at the University of Minnesota and the resulting societal
and environmental impact.
Minnesota Biomedical and
Bioscience Network
MBBNet is an effort to: network Minnesota's biomedical, bioscience, and related
science-based industries; connect faculty, students, and entrepreneurs with these
industries; and market Minnesota globally over the Internet.
Minnesota
Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics
The Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics is a collaborative
venture among the Mayo Clinic, University of Minnesota, and State of Minnesota.
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