Surf these sites: AIDS and Development: What is the Link? -- A study that looks at the impact of AIDS in less developed countries. ActivistNet - Economic Development -- Internet directory, news and information, and online community for international and economic development. Part of the ActivistNet site. Development & Foreign Aid Archive -- How U.S. Food policies and charities are starving people to death in Africa: The Food-Aid Racket. Read this before you start browsing sites maintained by relief and development organizations. Development Express -- A periodic journal published by the Canadian International Development Agency on topics related to the field of international development. Eldis -- A gateway to a wide range of information sources on Development and the Environment. Funded by the UK Academic Community. 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. Forum: Habitat in Developing Countries -- Aimed at providing information to researchers and professionals working for the improvement of the built environment in developing countries, and at facilitating communications among them. 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. Information, Mass Media and the Developing World -- Canadian government paper that looks at how developing countries are affected by information technology and communications, or lack of them. 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 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. International Development Network (IDN) -- Promotes sustainable development by providing development related information and resources to individuals, NGOs, companies and government agencies. OneWorld Online -- Featuring a multimedia introduction to human rights and sustainable development, news, reports, in-depth information together with galleries, video and audio from a partnership which now includes over 300 development agencies and NGOs. Panos -- News, opinions and perspectives from developing countries. Topics include: impact of the Internet, telecoms liberalisation, the environment, women''s health and reproductive rights, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. People and Planet -- Third World First (twf) was originally set up as the student wing of Oxfam but it is now an independent non-governmental organisation. TWF aims to challenge and change perceptions, promote awareness amongst students and the general public about the complex causes of poverty and underdevelopment in the ''third world''. Private Capital Flows to Developing Countries -- The role of private foreign capital in the developing countries has increased sharply in the past ten years. This paper analyses the importance of macroeconomic policies, sound financial systems, and corporate governance for managing private financial flows. 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. Talking about Development -- An interview series where different professionals, politicians, grassroots activists, and others, talk about what is development and how their work fits in with the larger social, political, and economic framework of the world we live in and the goals they seek. The Debt Crisis Fifteen Years On -- An evaluation of the international debt crisis Timor Aid -- An Australian-based aid organisation, focussing on the island of Timor and neighboring islands. This is non-political, and works in collaboration with local partners in Timor. Tourism and Development -- Canadian government study that looks at the impact of tourism, both positive and negative, on less developed countries. 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. 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. WWW Virtual Library - International Development Co-operation -- A meta-index to resources of international organizations. These may be related to aid, trade, economy, humanity, research, international relations, health, women''s development, nutrition, education, ecology, demography, human rights, development policy, etc. Any organization concerned with the development of underprivileged regions/peoples/countries/continents in the world theoretically qualifies to be mentioned here.
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