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| United States Agency for International Development | ||
| USAID is the primary U.S. Government organization that helps promote economic growth, trade, health, and democracy around the world. ( http://www.usaid.gov/ ) | ||
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| Canadian International Development Agency | ||
| The primary Canadian agency providing help to countries around the world on a host of development issues. ( http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm ) | ||
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| International Institute for Sustainable Development | ||
| This is a Canadian organization dedicated to sustainable development around the world. The site has a lot of reports available for free. ( http://www.iisd.org/ ) | ||
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| Sustainable Development Gateway | ||
| This site has scores of links to documents about sustainable development in its broadest definition. From business and trade to the environment to conflict. Also has region-specific information if you're trying to narrow in on one particular part of the world. ( http://sdgateway.net/ ) | ||
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| United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | ||
| You could spend a lot of time searching this massive UN site. Use the menu to narrow down your search. ( http://www.undp.org/ ) | ||
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| World Bank Group WWW Resources | ||
| This important organization is involved in development projects in almost every corner of the world. If you're interested in development issues, you need to know how this organization operates. ( http://www.worldbank.org/ ) | ||
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| Development News | ||
| This link takes you to the media center of the World Bank, where you can read stories and press releases. A lot of good reports are available. ( http://www.worldbank.org/developmentnews/ ) | ||
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| Global Development Network | ||
| This site is the homepage of a consortium of research and policy-oriented organizations that address development issues. They offer a free email newsletter and access to a good number of reports and research papers. ( http://www.gdnet.org/ ) | ||
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| Development Education Program | ||
| This World Bank site is directed specifically to students and teachers. While much of the content is below college-level, there are some nice resources and thought provoking exercises. Great if you're an education major. ( http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/ ) | ||
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| PRAXIS | ||
| A link site run by a professor at U-Penn, this is a phenomenal effort linking to seemingly thousands of useful sites. ( http://caster.ssw.upenn.edu/~restes/praxis.html ) | ||
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| Virtual Library on International Development | ||
| Hosted by the Canadian government, this site has links to development information and sites organized by topic and geographic region. ( http://w3.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htm ) | ||
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| Women Watch | ||
| This nice site from the United Nations concentrates on the development issues that most affect women around the world. ( http://www.un.org/womenwatch/ ) | ||
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| UN's Division for the Advancement of Women | ||
| A UN site dedicated to improving the status of women around the world. The information content tends to focus on official UN documents, but may be useful to some. ( http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/ ) | ||
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| Unifem: United Nations Development Fund for Women | ||
| This group provides financial and technical assistance to programs around the world that try to improve the status of women. A number of documents are available for download as PDFs. ( http://www.unifem.org/ ) | ||
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| CIDA | ||
| This is a division of the Canadian government focused specifically on development in Africa. ( http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm ) | ||
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| Development Glossary | ||
| A glossary of terms commonly used in the development literature. ( http://www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/dc/resource/glos1.htm ) | ||
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| PovertyNet | ||
| A World Bank site dedicated to poverty research around the world. The site contains a lot of nice background readings. ( http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/ ) | ||
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| Development Gateway | ||
| An independent not-for-profit organization that supports efforts to increase knowledge among development organizations and improve the use of aid money. ( http://www.developmentgateway.org/ ) | ||
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