When using internet resources, you need to be careful, as most websites do not undergo peer review. It is therefore important to evaluate the website that you use to get your information from.
Be particularly careful when consulting Wikipedia and similar internet sites as the authority and reliability of the content cannot be guaranteed.
When deciding if a webpage is reliable, you should ask yourself the following questions.
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| Who? | Only cite authors who have some credentials that qualify them to talk about the subject. |
| What? | Identify the type of research you need--most online forums, blogs, or presentations are not peer reviewed. |
| When? | Use research from websites that are regularly maintained to insure that the information isn't outdated. |
| Where? | Material should be available on academic websites--pay attention to the quality of the website. Avoid .coms and .nets. |
| Why? | Know why you need the information, and also why the information was published. Avoid biased websites. |
| How? |
Webpages should cite their information so you know how the information was gathered. |
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The World Bank website provides an invaluable source of information about the Bank itself and the services that it offers to developing countries throughout the world. It gives access to the Bank’s publications as well as providing information and statistical data about the projects, programmes and research in which the Bank is involved.
The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) is The World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products.
Welcome to the Complete World Development Report Online. Here you will find every page of every World Development Report published by the World Bank since the first report was released in 1978.
Use the following tools to quickly and easily search content across, within, and related to WDRs:
Browse by Title, Author or Issue Date - find any report by its title and year.
Browse by Subject - find reports pertaining to a specific development topic, ranging from agriculture, education, and the environment to infrastructure, trade and poverty reduction.
World Bank Data - access a variety of World Bank datasets and statistics, including the World Development Indicators, via data.worldbank.org
Regions - refer to this guide for an overview of how the World Bank categorizes countries by region and income group
Note the Focus areas: Sub-Saharan Africa & Sustainable Development Goals
Searching - use the Search box at to carry out a full-text search across all reports
The South African Reserve Bank is the central bank of the Republic of South Africa.
South African Reserve Bank's Quarterly Bulletins.
Copies of older publications are available in the Periodicals Store on Level 1 of the Rhodes University Library.
View more than 300.000 economic indicators for 196 countries. Get free indicators, Historical Data, Charts, News and Forecasts for 196 countries.
For example, economic Indicators for South Africa include actual values, historical data charts, an economic calendar, time-series statistics, business news, long term forecasts and short-term predictions for the South African economy.
Find statistics on:
OpenCorporates aims to do a straightforward (though big) thing: have a URL for every company in the world while also gradually importing government data relating to companies, and trying to match it to specific companies.
For more information, please see: http://opencorporates.com/info/about
The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) is one of the oldest economic research institutes in South Africa. The BER monitors and forecasts economic trends, and identifies and analyses factors, both locally and internationally, that affect South African businesses.
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If you haven’t visited the IMF eLibrary yet, now is the time to get familiar with this comprehensive research tool used by economists, academics, and policymakers. The IMF eLibrary is a free resource anyone can use to access more than 23,000 IMF publications dating back to 1946 up to the latest publications, covering current topics of interest like:
Search by topic, region, language, and date or take a look at the curated lists of Essential Readings for a fulsome introduction to topics like FinTech and Capital Flows. With full-text publications available free to search and download, statistical datasets to leverage, and customization to bookmark favorites and set alerts, make sure every research inquiry start at the IMF eLibrary. — IMF Publications |
EconPapers provides access to RePEc, the world's largest collection of on-line Economics working papers, journal articles and software.
Go to the series listings or search for papers of interest.
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