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See also Indian Ocean Tsunamis ; Agriculture ; Latin American Studies: Economics & Development Studies ; Water Studies & Resources

World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation
"The theme of the WDR 2007 is youthóyoung people between the ages of 12 to 24. The report focuses on crucial capabilities and transitions in a young person's life: learning for life and work, staying healthy, working, forming families, and exercising citizenship."

Nobel Peace Prize 2006 - Muhammad Yunus & Grameen Bank
"...for their efforts to create economic and social development from below. Lasting peace can not be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty. Micro-credit is one such means. Development from below also serves to advance democracy and human rights."

[Afghanistan] - See our separate Afghanistan Studies page.

Africa Action
"Africa Action is the oldest organization in the U.S. working on African affairs. Our mission is to change U.S. Africa relations to promote political, economic and social justice in Africa. We provide accessible information and analysis and we mobilize popular support for campaigns to achieve this mission."

  • Campaign to Cancel Africa's Debt
    "Most of this debt is illegitimate, having been incurred by despotic and unrepresentative regimes. African countries spend almost $14 billion annually on debt service, diverting resources from HIV/AIDS programs, education and other important needs."

Africa Policy Information Center

The African Development Bank Group

African Network for Agroforestry Education (ANAFE)
"...is a network of 117 educational institutions in Africa whose objective is to strengthen the teaching of multi-disciplinary approaches to land management. The ANAFE Coordination Unit is hosted at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) headquarters in Nairobi."

AGORA - Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (English, French, Spanish)
"The AGORA site provides access to over 500 journals from major scientific publishers in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA is available to students and researchers in qualifying not-for-profit institutions in eligible developing countries."

Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) publication

Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI)
"...compiles, processes, and makes available internationally comparable data on institutional developments and investments in agricultural R&D worldwide, and analyzes and reports on these trends in the form of occasional policy digests for research policy formulation and priority setting purposes. The project involves a large amount of original and ongoing survey work focused on developing countries, but also maintains access to relevant data for developed countries produced by the OECD Science and Technology Indicators unit, the U.S. National Science Foundation, and other similar agencies."
Sections include: ASTI Databases ; Country Profiles ; Publications.
From CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research


American Media - Speaking of Faith
Weekly public radio series.

  • Globalization and the Rise of Religion
    Listen to the October 12, 2006 Episode Online.
    "Experts once predicted that as the world grew more modern, religion would decline. Precisely the opposite has proven true; religious movements are surging and driving 'alternative globalizations' across the world. Two leading thinkers offer a penetrating view of how and why religion of all kinds is shaping the global economy and political order."
    Guest include Peter Berger and Rosabeth Moss Kanter.


Andean Community (English or Spanish)
"...is a subregional organization endowed with an international legal status, which is made up of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela and the bodies and institutions comprising the Andean Integration System (AIS)."
Sections include: Trade in Goods ; Trade in Services ; Customs Union ; Circulation of Persons ; Common Market ; Common Foreign Policy ; Border Development ; Social Agenda ; Sustainable Development ; Economic Policies ; Business Directory ; Treaties and Legislation ; Statistics ; Documents.

Asia/Pacific Microcredit Summit Meeting of Councils
Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 16-19, 2004.

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
"is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific."
Sections include: News & Events ; Opportunities ; Regions & Countries ; Projects ; Economics & Statistics ; Financial Resources ; Publications.

[Bangladesh] Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF)
"...as the leading autonomous microcredit fund in Bangladesh has lent about US$ 300 million to 210 microfinance institutions (MFIs) covering more than 3.8 million borrowers. More than 90% of the borrowers are women.

BBC NEWS In Depth - Africa's Feed Crisis
Section include: News ; Mapping the Crisis ; In Pictures ; West Africa ; Southern Africa ; East Africa ; Head-to-Head ; Race Against Time ; Key Facts and Figures.

BBC News In-Depth - Disposable Planet
A Special Six-Part Series on Sustainable Development
"As world leaders prepare to debate the future of the planet at the world summit in Johannesburg, BBC News Online hears from Mozambican fishermen, Indian mothers and Chinese recyclers in a six-part special on sustainable development."
Sections include: Population ; Food ; Cities ; Waste ; Tourism ; Energy ; Overview ; Slideshow ; Quiz ; Have Your Say.


BBC News In Depth - Famine in Africa
Sections include: Key Stories ; Aid Worker's Diary ; Hungry Planet ; African Voice ; Horn of Africa ; Southern Africa ; West Africa ; Changed Land ; Clickable Map ; Zambia's GM Debate.

BBC NEWS In Depth - World Trade Wars
Sections include: Trade and the Poor ; Colourful Protests ; Why Talks Collapse ; Top Trade Stories ; Key Issues ; Real Lives North and South ; World Trade Rivals ; Trade Puzzles ; Have Your Say ; Alternative Viewpoints ; Other Trade Disputes ; External Links.

Books For Africa
"A simple name for a simple organization with a simple mission. We collect, sort, ship and distribute books to children in Africa. That's all we do. Our goal: to end the book famine in Africa."

Canadian International Development Agency

Center for Development Research (ZEF Bonn)
University of Bonn

Center for Global Development (CGD)
"CGD is an independent think tank that works to reduce global poverty and inequality by encouraging policy change in the U.S. and other rich countries through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community."
Topics include: Regions ; Aid Effectiveness ; Capital Flows / Financial Crises ; Debt Relief ; Economic Growth ; Education ; Environment.

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
"...is a public interest, not-for-profit environmental law firm founded in 1989 to strengthen international and comparative environmental law and policy around the world."
Publication subjects include: Biodiversity & Wildlife ; Climate Change ; Human Rights and the Environment ; International Financial Institutions ; Law & Communities ; Persistent Organic Pollutants ; State of the Environmental Law Series ; Trade.

Centre for Population, Poverty, and Public Policy Studies

CGIAR online
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
"The CGIAR's research agenda focuses on both strategic and applied research. This agenda includes the entire range of problems affecting agricultural productivity and links these problems to broader concerns about poverty reduction, sustainable management of natural resources, protection of biodiversity, and rural development. More than 8,500 CGIAR scientists and scientific staff conduct research to improve the productivity of tropical agriculture. This research focuses on higher-yielding food crops and more productive livestock, fish, and trees; improved farming systems that are environmentally benign; better policies; and enhanced scientific capacities in developing countries."

  • Climate Change and Rural Prosperity Workshop
    Developing a Challenge Programme on Climate Change and Rural Prosperity
    Presentations from the workshop held on 23-26 May 2002
    "...was convened to formulate a global stakeholder and scientific constituency to develop a compelling proposal for a global research challenge programme on climate change and the rural poor. The meeting assembled a broad representation of national policymakers, national research leaders, the development community, and some of the best scientific minds from the CGIAR centres and the developing and developed worlds."


Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development

Deli Sustainable Development Summit 2002
Ensuring Sustainable Livelyhoods: Challenges for Governments, Corporates, and Civil Society at Rio+10
8-11 February 2002, New Delhi

Development Experience Clearinghouse - USAID

Development Forum

 "...an electronic venue for dialogue and knowledge-sharing among members of the development community. Its focal point is an ongoing and expanding series of electronic Development Dialogues on key issues and challenges facing the development community and the world's poor, with a particular emphasis on learning from the experience of those who face these challenges in their daily lives."
World Bank Institute

Development Gateway
"...is a portal website on development issues, from which users can access information, resources, and tools, and into which they can contribute their own knowledge and experience. It creates a common platform for shared material, dialogue, and problem-solving that is easy to access and navigate through. The Gateway will enable those in the development field to share information, easily communicate, and build communities of practice around significant challenges from the grassroots up."

  • Population and Reproductive Health
  • Post-War Reconstruction and Development in Afghanistan
    "This Development Focus is about the process of rebuilding Afghanistan after more than 20 years of wars and chaos which will be starting with the formation of a new broad-based Government in Kabul expected in early 2002. This Focus will concentrate on issues of post-conflict reconstruction and socio-economic development covering other issues only as needed for background information."

Development Goals
"...set targets for reductions in poverty, improvements in health and education, and protection of the environment. They distill the experience of many years, expressed in the resolutions of major United Nations conferences. The goals have been adopted by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the members of the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD, and many other agencies. They found a new expression in the Millennium Declaration of the United Nations, adopted by the General Assembly in September 2000...The goals measure progress from 1990 and look to what can be accomplished by 2015."

Development Initiatives
"DI is an independent organization concerned with poverty, aid, development cooperation and international relations."

  • Afghanistan - (dead link)

developments
The International Development Magazine
Published by the U.K. Dept. for International Development

DevNetJobs.org
"The Complete Portal for International Development Jobs"

Directory of Development Organizations
"Guide to International Organizations, Governments, Private Sector Institutions, Development Agencies, Universities, Research and Training Institutes, NGOs/PDOs, Grantmakers, Banks, Microfinance Institutions and Development Consulting Firms...The Directory lists 25,000 contacts of organizations that offer (non-) financial support, market access, information and advice to the enterprise and poverty-reducing sectors in low-income countries."

Economic Development Institute
World Bank Institute

Eldis - The Gateway to Development Information - (dead link)
"...descriptions and links to a variety of information sources, including online documents, organisation's WWW sites, databases, library catalogues, bibliographies, and email discussion lists, research project information, map and newspaper collections..."
Hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex

  • Understanding the Afghan Crisis
    "a Special Resource Centre looking at the humanitarian, economic and political context of the current Afghan situation and exploring the "world in crisis" from a variety of perspectives...The resource centre which is aimed at policy makers, issue experts, media analysts and the public provides detailed briefings and brings together key research from diverse sources on a range of issues."

Environment and Trade: A Handbook
By The United Nations Environment Programme and the International Institute for Sustainable Development

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

"Financing the economic transition in central and eastern Europe and the CIS"

European Foundation - Sustainable Development

FEWS Net
Famine Early Warning System Network
"The Goal of the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) is to strengthen the abilities of African countries and regional organizations to manage risk of food insecurity through the provision of timely and analytical early warning and vulnerability information...professionals in the US and Africa monitor various data and informationóincluding remotely sensed data and ground-based meteorological, crop and rangeland conditionsóas early indications of potential threats to food security."
Sections include: What's Current ; Geographic Centers ; Livelihoods ; Hazards ; Risk Analysis ; Learning Center.


Financial Crises in Emerging Markets
"This NBER [National Bureau of Economic Research] project is examining the causes of currency crises in emerging market countries as well as the policies that can reduce the risk of future crises and the adverse effects when such crises occur...This site contains a list of NBER working papers on this subject. Clicking on the paper title below will lead to an abstract of the paper and to a full copy of the paper itself. The papers can be downloaded without any charge by anyone in an emerging market country or in an institution that subscribes to the NBER Working Papers"

Foreign Policy

  • Ranking the Rich 2004 (May/June 2004)
    "The second annual CGD/FP Commitment to Development Index ranks 21 rich nations on how their aid, trade, investment, migration, environment, security, and technology policies help poor countries."

G8 Kananaskis Summit 2002 - Official Site
June 26-27, 2002

Global Development Gateway
"The Gateway is about collaboration. A portal on development, where users can find information, resources, and tools ... and contribute knowledge and experience. A platform to share material, to dialogue, and solve problems."
The World Bank

Global Development Network

Global Development Research Center
"Spheres" include: Environment ; Urban ; Community ; Economy ; Information.

  • Urban Environmental Management
    Sections include: Documents ; Insights ; Numbers ; How-Tos ; Keywords ; Links ; Chronicles ; Networks ; Email Lists
    • Urban Water Resources Management
      Sections include: Understanding the Importance of Water ; Initiatives, Programmes and Projects ; Organizations and Institutions ; Micro-Action ; Documents and Info Repositories.

Horn of Africa NGO Network for Development (HANND)
"...is the collaboration of some 40 indigenous organizations and civil society leaders in the countries of the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda)."

id21 - Communicating Development Research
"id21 communicates UK-sourced international development research to policymakers and practitioners worldwide."

In Memory of Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan
"Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan: A Social Scientist. Millions benefited from his Orangi Pilot Project and Comilla Rural Academy. Michigan State University awarded Honorary Doctorate. Recipient of Hilal-e-Pakistan, Sitra-i-Pakistan, Magsaysay Award.."

Indonesia Tsunami Disaster - See our separate Indian Ocean Tsunamis page.

Institute for Development Policy and Management 

 University of Manchester

Institute of Development Studies Research Globalisation (IDS) - (dead link)Research sections include: Environment ; Globalisation ; Poverty and Social Politcy ; Governance ; Participation ; Health and Social Change.

International Center for Peace & Development

 "The International Center for Peace and Development was established as a non-profit, non-governmental organization in 1997 to continue the work initiated by the International Commission on Peace and Food (ICPF)...Over a six year period ICPF conducted a series of international conferences and research projects on a wide range of issues concerning global security, conversion of resources from military to civilian purposes, food security, employment, economic development, and the environment. The general findings and recommendations of the Commission are summarized in a report entitled Uncommon Opportunities: Agenda for Peace and Equitable Development (Zed Books 1994)...This book is available for online reading on our site. After submission of the report to the UN, the Commission members decided that the next stage of work should focus on implementation, rather than further research. The International Center was established to carry on the work of the Commission.

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
"...is an organization committed to the economically and environmentally sound and sustainable development of mountain areas and the improvement of livelihoods of mountain communities in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region."

International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)
"...established in Nairobi in 1977, is an autonomous, non-profit research body supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. ICRAF aims to improve human welfare by alleviating poverty, improving food and nutritional security, and enhancing environmental resilience in the tropics...ICRAF conducts strategic and applied research, in partnership with national agricultural research systems, for more sustainable and productive land use."

International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan
21-22 January, 2002 Tokyo, Japan
Includes: Photo Digest ; Speeches and Statements ; Press Releases and Conferences ; Related Documents.

International Development Research Centre
"...is a public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research."
Includes their online magazine Reports: Science from the Developing World, a digital library with an images slidebank and a wonderful collection of Internet sites related to international development.

International Food Policy Research Institute

International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)

International Institute for Sustainable Development

International Labour Organization

International Monetary Fund

[Iraq] - See our separate Iraq Studies page.

Law, Social Justice & Global Development (ejournal)
"This new academic ejournal will focus on the integration of developing and newly industrialising countries as well as the so-called transitional countries of Central and Eastern Europe into global economic, social and political processes."

London School of Economics - Development Studies Institute (DESTIN)

Microcredit Summit Campaign
"Working to ensure that 100 million of the world's poorest families, especially the women of those families, are receiving credit for self-employment and other financial and business services by the year 2005."

Migration of Working Children in Nepal
Report from Migration and Employment Survey, 1995/96 data
By Bal Kumar K.C., Bhim Raj Suwal, Keshab Prasad Adhikari and Yogendra Bahadur Gurung 
December, 1997


National Academy Press (free online versions)

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Nobel Peace Prize 2006 - Muhammad Yunus & Grameen Bank
"...for their efforts to create economic and social development from below. Lasting peace can not be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty. Micro-credit is one such means. Development from below also serves to advance democracy and human rights."

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - (dead link)

Overseas Development Institute

  • Natural Resources Perspective Papers - (dead link)
  • Pro-Poor Tourism - (dead link)
    "A recent research project 'Practical Strategies for Pro-Poor Tourism' has reviewed six case studies of pro-poor tourism interventions in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The project aimed to identify practical strategies that make tourism work for the poor."

Oxfam International

Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security

Panos Institute London

PBS - NOVA - World in the Balance (April 2004)
"NOVA investigates the impact of forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations."
Sections include: Inquiry, Interviews & More ; Human Numbers Through Time ; Voices of Concern ; Material World ; Population Campaigns ; Links & Books ; Teacher's Guide ; Educator Role Plays ; Earth in Peril.

proVention Consortium
"The ProVention Consortium is a global coalition of governments, international organisations, academic institutions, the private sector and civil society organisations dedicated to increasing the safety of vulnerable communities and to reducing the impact of disasters in developing countries."

Redefining Progress
"...a nonprofit public policy organization that creates policies and tools to encourage accurate market prices to protect our common social and natural assets, and to foster social and economic sustainability."

ReliefWeb
"ReliefWeb is the global hub for time-critical humanitarian information on Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters."

RRojas Databank
The Political Economy of Development Studies
"This academic site has a dual purpose: a) to publish electronic versions of books, papers, notes and analytical material related to development studies, and b) to facilitate easy access to major sources of electronic information for development studies and related disciplines."
By Robinson Rojas


Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)

  • Information, Library & Documentation
    "The KIT library offers one of the world's largest collections of scientific and popular books, periodicals, articles and maps concerning developing countries...Most books and periodicals, as well as a great number of articles, have been entered in a database which can be searched from this website. Access is also provided to the database of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

SciDev.Net
News, Views and Information about Science, Technology and Development

SD Developments Newsletter Online
From USAID

SD Gateway (Sustainable Development Gateway)
"...integrates the on-line information developed by members of the Sustainable Development Communications Network. In addition to over 1,200 documents available in SD Topics, we provide services such as a calendar of events, a job bank, the Sustainability Web Ring, a roster of mailing lists (listservs) and news sites dealing with sustainable development."

The Sphere Project

Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI)

TerraGreen (ejournal)
E-magazine on environment, energy and sustainable development news from India.

Tufts University - Global Development and Environment Institute

UC Atlas of Global Inequality
"The Atlas of Global Inequality explores some aspects of inequality using online, downloadable maps and graphics...The Atlas explores the interaction between global integration (globalization) and inequality, and provides maps, graphics and data primarily for use by students and teachers in the University of California. We hope the information may also be of use for researchers and activists worldwide."
Sections include: Health ; Income Inequality ; Economic Globalization ; Inequality & Growth ; Teaching Activities.
- University of California, Santa Cruz.


U.K. Department for International Development (DFID)

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development

U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

  • The Least Developed Countries Report
    "...assesses the relationship between international trade and poverty within the LDCs, and identifies national and international policies that can make trade a more effective mechanism for poverty reduction in these countries."

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

UN Department of Economic and Social Development

  • Division for Social Policy and Development
    "Seeks to strengthen international cooperation for social development with particular attention to poverty eradication, employment generation and social integration, especially with due regard to issues relating to older persons, persons with disabilities, family, youth, persons in situations of conflict and indigenous peoples."
  • Financing for Development
  • Statistics Division
    Sections include: Statistical Databases ; Publications ; Methods and Classifications ; Statistical Commission ; Millennium Profiles ; Demographic & Social ; Energy ; Environment ; Industry ; National Accounts ; Trade.

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

  • Gender and HIV/AIDS
    "UNIFEM, in collaboration with UNAIDS, has developed this comprehensive gender and HIV/AIDS web portal to provide up-to-date information on the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The site aims to promote understanding, knowledge sharing, and action on HIV/AIDS as a gender and human rights issue."
  • The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children (English or French)
    "A Critical review of progress made and obstacles encountered in increasing protection for war-affected children."
    By Grace Machel, 2000

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

United Nations - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

United Nations Human Rights

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

UNICEF

UNU - WIDER
U.N. University - World Institute for Development Economic Research

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

United States General Accounting Office (GAO)

University of Sussex Institute of Development Studies

University of Wisconsin - Land Tenure Center
"...serves as a global resource institution on issues relating to land ownership, land rights, land access, and land use. Our focus is on the relationship of land to economic development, socio-political organization, and environmental sustainability."

Virtual Developing Country - Zambia - (dead link)
"This site introduces you to many of the issues and ideas that are of interest in the field of development economics. You can take a series of virtual field trips throughout Zambia visiting a number of places and people. At each stop on the way you will be able to gain access to key data and economic theory, a glossary, pictures and have the opportunity to complete worksheets."
- From Biz/ed

Virtual Environment and Sustainable Systems Engineering Library (VESSEL) - (dead link)
"VESSEL is the name of the World Virtual Engineering Library Network which is being established by the International Council for Engineering and Technology... The principal emphasis of the VESSEL network will be to provide developing nations with improved access to resources that can assist in education in science, technology and engineering, at senior levels in schools and technical colleges and universities. The network will aim particularly to provide resources to teachers and lecturers, and will seek to meet the requirements identified within the developing countries."

[Water] Water and Sanitation Program (English, French or Spanish)
"...is an international partnership of the world's leading development agencies concerned with water and sanitation services for the poor. Its mission is to alleviate poverty by helping the poor gain sustained access to improved water and sanitation services."

[Water] World Water Forum - Mexico 2006 - (dead link)
4th World Water Forum, March 2006
Sections include: The 4th Forum ; Main Results ; Newsletter ; Documents ; Tools.

  • Final Report - (dead link)

The World Bank

  • World Development Reports
    Making Services Work for Poor People
    • World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation
      "The theme of the WDR 2007 is youthóyoung people between the ages of 12 to 24. The report focuses on crucial capabilities and transitions in a young person's life: learning for life and work, staying healthy, working, forming families, and exercising citizenship."

  • Africa Live Database
    "A comprehensive database of macroeconomic and sectoral indicators, the Africa Live Database is an invaluable source of information for those who collect and analyze data relating to African countries."
  • Aid Effectiveness Research
  • Economics and Trade
  • GenderNet
    World Bank Gender Home Page
    "This site describes how the Bank seeks to reduce gender disparities and enhance women's participation in economic development through its programs and projects. It summarizes knowledge and experience, provides gender statistics, and facilitates discussion on gender and development."

  • Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2001
    "...reviews the global economic environment and its implications for the developing countries over the next decade, and examines how technological innovations and the dismantling of trade barriers over the past decade have contributed to an acceleration of growth in global trade. This yearís "Global Economic Prospects" focuses on international trade and discusses policies that are required if developing countries are to benefit from global integration."
  • Global Development Gateway
    "The Gateway is about collaboration. A portal on development, where users can find information, resources, and tools ... and contribute knowledge and experience. A platform to share material, to dialogue, and solve problems."
  • Global Economic Prospects
    • Global Economic Prospects 2007
      Managing the New Wave of Globalization
      "Over the next 25 years, developing countries will move to center stage in the global economy.  Global Economic Prospects 2007 analyzes the opportunities - and stresses - this will create.

  • Poverty in Africa

     Sections include Monitoring Poverty, Measuring Poverty, Partners & Links
  • PovertyNet
    "PovertyNet is a World Bank Web site developed to provide resources for people and organizations working to understand and alleviate poverty."
  • Rapid Response Unit
    Knowledge Services for Developing Countries
  • World Bank (Economics Growth Research)
  • World Development Sources

     "...is a web based text search and retrieval system which contains a collection of World Bank reports...contains citations to over 6,000 reports. These reports include Project appraisal reports, Economic and Sector Works, Evaluation reports and Studies, and working papers."

World Commission on Dams

World Directory of Development Organizations and Programs
"The directory contains basic information on known organizations - mainly NGOs - and their activities for development.
- Cooperating for Development Home Page

World Education
"...is dedicated to improving the lives of the poor through economic and social development programs."

  • Girls' and Women's Education Initiative
    "...aims to harness the potential of girls and women to learn, lead and act on their vision of change for themselves, their families, and their communities."

World Food Programme (WFP)

  • Africa Hunger Alert
    The Hunger Crisis in Africa
    "...learn how drought, war and HIV/AIDS have put more than 38 million people on the frontline of Africa's hunger crisis."

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Academic Discussion Lists
AfghanDev
"...is not a general news and discussion list. Rather, it is a restricted-circulation listserv intended to focus on humanitarian assistance and development issues in Afghanistan...List membership is limited to development agencies, foreign ministries, NGOs, journalists, academics, and others working on Afghanistan."

PALDEV
Palestinian Development InfoNet
"...email news/discussion list devoted to issues of Palestinian economic development. Subscription is free, but is limited to relevant individuals and institutions (NGOs, researchers, policymakers)."


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