Welcome to IPD's Publications Guide!  This guide helps you find exactly what you're looking for on the IPD website. 

IPD is dedicated to bringing information on economic policymaking to a broader audience.  Our publications make economic policy debates more accessible, and highlight both the theoretical and policy debates in each field.  On our website, we feature three types of resources:

• Working papers focus on topics in greater detail.  Individual working papers are written by one or two task force members on specific areas of interest.  As with the Task Force Summaries, the purpose of our Working Papers is to examine the main issues from all viewpoints.   These papers can be more academic in nature but are still written for a broader audience.


• Task Force Summaries are the main output of our Task Forces.  They summarize the different viewpoints and trade offs inherent in different policy decisions, and present what we know and do not know on each issue in a non-partisan, policy-relevant manner.  Our purpose is not to resolve issues or tell policymakers in developing countries what to do.  Instead, we want to ensure that countries have a comprehensive catalogue of the theory and evidence that underlies each central issue.  These summaries are geared toward policymakers and civil society members.


• The Journalism Primers section has backgrounders and case studies that serve as primers for journalists in developing countries.  The goal is to enhance the ability of journalists in developing countries to cover the central economics issues facing their nations.  Also attached to each backgrounder are links to newspaper articles, academic papers and other websites that provide more information on these subjects.

To search all IPD publications by topic or author please go to our search engine and set 'publications' as your 'item type'. To search by topic, choose a topic from the dropdown menu. To search by author, type the author's name into the keyword search.

In addition to IPD Publications, we also have links to external resources you might find helpful.

• Article Links to important external resources that may be assistance to specific topics or programs; many of these articles are written by IPD Task Force members.

• News/Opinions links to significant news articles as well as reactions written by IPD members;

• Site Links to valuable external websites of related organizations or entitles to specific topics or programs.

Use our general keyword search in the side column to find content across the entire website or for multiple item types.

Additionally, our Member Directory includes all individuals that have participated and/or contributed to IPD programs.

And our IPD Programs Guide and IPD Resources Guide provide insight into our various offerings to visitors.