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.
SocietyGuardian.co.uk - InternationaI Aid and Development
Ongoing coverage of aid and development issues, news and organizations, grouped by sector and topic. Includes links to web resources.
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.
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, publications and links.
Development: The Need for Reflection
An international conference on international development issues, which challenges the ideal of economic growth. Online versions of papers presented are available.
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.
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 find and create new ways of working together.
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.
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
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 discussion lists and resource guides.
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.
Website of FemSud Consult
Website of people dedicated to promoting North-South dialogue and development cooperation.
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.
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.
GTZ
Worldwide sustainable development, providing solutions for political, economic, ecological and social development. Includes news, projects, clients and publications. [English, French]
Horizon Holland Foundation
Supports projects in the 3rd world, like improving health care, education and special attention for handicapped children.
InterAction
A coalition of more than 160 humanitarian organizations working on disaster relief, refugee-assistance, and sustainable development programs worldwide.
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.
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).
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).
Nomad Net
Views on relief, development and humanitarianism not sanctioned by the establishment.
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.
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 frequently asked to assist in promoting sound governance and market development and to support rebuilding societies in the aftermath of war and humanitarian emergencies.
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 initiatives.
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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