Aid and Development Global Issues
Aid and Development Global Issues
International and economic development -- developing countries.
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United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF works for the survival, development and protection of children, guided in its programmes by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. A very comprehensive website.
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FAO: Special Programme for Food Security - Aims at increasing food security in developing countries through increased and stabilized food production on an economically and environmentally sustainable basis using available technology and approaches.
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Informatics Development Institute Ireland - A non-profit company with the mission of furthering the global development of both information and communications technologies, and researching their socio-economic impact.
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Intermediate Technology - A sustainable development corporation whose mission is to build the technical skills of poor people in developing countries, enabling them to improve the quality of their lives and that of future generations.
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America.gov - Development - U.S. government site provides information on their programs to help other nations in times of crisis and to provide ongoing developmental assistance to countries that govern justly, invest in their people and promote economic freedom.
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Readings on Poverty, Hunger, and Economic Development - Fits lots of webpages together to present a coherent picture about the amount of food in the world, the role it plays in a capitalist economy, why people are poor, and what measures can be taken to eliminate poverty and hunger.
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InformationTechnology Center for Africa - An exhibition and learning center aimed at demonstrating the development value of information and communication technology to African policy makers and planners. Describes services and achievements and links to partner and related organizations and initi
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Eldis - A gateway to global development information on international development issues. Provides free and easy access to materials on developing countries including summaries and links to documents, library catalogues, international development newsfeeds, e-mail
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IMF - Directory of Economic, Commodity and Development Organizations - Brief guide to regional economic organizations and to inter-governmental commodity and development organizations. From the International Monetary Fund.
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Development Gateway Special Report - Information Society: The Next Steps - Provides diverse perspectives and information about issues, roundtables, financing, enabling environments, tools, applications and global events. Includes charts and graphs.
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Panos Institute London - Panos produces information for media on global development issues with a developing world perspective. It provides news, radio programs, briefings on topics such as AIDS, environment, economics and women's health.
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Third World Network Africa - A non-governmental organisation which carries out research and advocacy on issues of social and economic policy that advances the needs and interests of peoples of African and other third world countries. Includes articles, campaigns, networks, publicati
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World Bank - Development Marketplace - A forum to encourage cooperation within the development community in the search for solutions to reduce poverty. It is envisioned to be both a series of events as well as an electronic space - to be used by members of the development community in order to
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Courtney Nelson's Development Strategies - An examination of the effects of a human development perspective on international development policies, based upon a 40 year career in the field
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The International Development Magazine - Free quarterly magazine produced by the UK Government's Department for International Development. The site features articles from the magazine and an online ordering system.
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Montaner Tax versus Tobin Tax - The Montaner Project offers immediate work and food for the poor. The Tobin Tax contributes nothing; it only cultivates hopes without harvests.
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Global Development Network (GDN) - Supporting and linking research and policy institutes involved in the field of development, and whose work is predicated on the notion that ideas matter.
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United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - Through a network of 134 country offices, the UNDP helps people in 174 countries and territories to help themselves, focusing on poverty elimination, environmental regeneration, job creation and the advancement of women. In support of these goals, UNDP is
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Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Comprehensive coverage of conflict-induced displacement worldwide. The IDP database includes reports, news, maps and other resources pertaining to internally displaced persons.
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World Summit on the Information Society - Information on the preparatory process and the two phases in Geneva (December 2003) and Tunis (November 2005). Organized by the UN agency International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
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GTZ - Worldwide sustainable development, providing solutions for political, economic, ecological and social development. Includes news, projects, clients and publications. [English, French]
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ITU Telecom World 2006 - Exhibition, forum and networking village to be held in Hong Kong in December 2006. Includes information about events, abstracts and participation. Organized by the UN agency International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
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InterAction - A coalition of more than 160 humanitarian organizations working on disaster relief, refugee-assistance, and sustainable development programs worldwide.
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SocietyGuardian.co.uk - International Aid and Development - Ongoing coverage of aid and development issues, news and organizations, grouped by sector and topic. Includes links to web resources.
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Development Dialogue - A biannual journal that is the main publication of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation. Issue contents, and articles to download in PDF format.
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Nomad Net - Views on relief, development and humanitarianism not sanctioned by the establishment.
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