The World Bank (IBRD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) offer excellent research resources on the global economy for everyone but particularly our students since we subscribe to the publications offered by the World Bank. The World Bank and the IMF are twin intergovernmental pillars supporting the structure of the world's economic and financial order.
The main difference between these two organizations is The World Bank is primarily a development institution while the IMF is a cooperative institution that seeks to maintain an orderly system of payments and receipts between nations.
Once you sign on the USA Libraries website, select the "Journals List" and key in World Bank and all the various resources will be shown via our subscriptions.
Also, this external link will guide you to the recommended reading list from the IMF:
http://www.elibrary.imf.org/page/list/recommended-reading-list
If you are required to do any research on the global economy, these links should be among those you utilize first:
http://www.worldbank.org/
http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm
