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- American Community Network - ACN is a searchable database of demographic and economic statistics for every county and metro area in America, along with links to economic development sites.
www.acn.net
- Asian Productivity Organization - An inter-governmental regional organization established by Convention in 1961 to oversee productivity development in 18 countries throughout Asia and the Pacific.
www.apo-tokyo.org
- Australian Development Studies Network - An independent organisation which encourages discussion and widespread exchange of knowledge of global social and economic development issues, development-related research, and international development assistance policy and practice.
devnet.anu.edu.au
- Bretton Woods Project - Works to monitor and reform the World Bank and IMF. Tracks key policy statements and reports, and provides critiques and early warnings used by non-governmental organisations across the world.
www.brettonwoodsproject.org
- Briefings on Development and Gender (BRIDGE) - Provides tailor-made briefings on gender issues on request. BRIDGE briefings present state of the art research findings, review current policy debates, synthesise best practice and evaluate strategies for translating gender policies into practice.
www.ids.ac.uk/bridge
- Business Retention and Expansion - Business retention and expansion strategies for communities and economic development professionals. Working with existing business and industry.
setx.org/bre
- Carnegie Mellon University Center for Economic Development - The center brings academic resources to bear on key issues in regional economic development, with a special focus on technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.
www.heinz.cmu.edu/ced
- Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research - Multi-disciplinary social sciences research centre at the Australian National University with primary focus on indigenous Australian economic policy and economic development issues.
www.anu.edu.au/caepr
- Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and Pacific - Intergovernmental institution established in 1979 to assist national action and promote regional co-operation relating to Integrated Rural Development (IRD) and to provide technical support by encouraging the exchange of ideas and experiences.
www.cirdap.org.sg
- Competitiveness in Sri Lanka - Study of industrial competitiveness in Sri Lanka from J.E. Austin Associates in association with the United States Agency for International Development. Includes a discussion board and mailing list.
competitiveness.lk
- Computerised Library and Information Clearinghouse - Searchable virtual library related to rural development.
www.panasia.org.sg/nird
- Debt Relief International - UK-based non-profit organisation established in order to assist Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) to manage their own debt strategy and analysis, without having to rely on international technical assistance.
www.dri.org.uk
- Development and Culture at UNESCO - Aims to stimulate a process of world wide reflection on how cultural policies could be integrated into development strategies.
www.unesco.org/culture/development/index.shtml
- Development Information Online - Devline provides information services and systems for development professionals and for everyone else working on issues of economic, social and sustainable development.
www.ids.ac.uk/devline
- Development Venture Capital - Harvard University's Kennedy School - Dedicated to venture capital as a development strategy in emerging markets.
www.ksg.harvard.edu/dvc
- Econ-development.org - Source for the study and debate of economic development of less developed countries from Alvaro Vivanco.
www.econ-development.org
- Economic Development Directory - Directory of economic development agency web sites listed by geographical location.
www.ecodevdirectory.com
- Economic Development Network - Providing data on communities that want economic development to companies and entrepreneurs planning facilities location or site selection projects.
www.EconomicDevelopment.net
- Economic Development, Technological Change and Growth - WebEc - Provides list of links to collections, institutions, and publications.
www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/webeco.html
- Economic Growth Research - Political, economic, and social data on the history of developing countries' and their prospects, from the World Bank Research Department. Includes research papers on economic growth and development, and "development novel of the month."
www.worldbank.org/research/growth
- Economic Growth Resources - Helping economic growth and development researchers make the most of the internet. Maintained by Jonathan Temple and hosted by Nuffield College, Oxford.
www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/Economics/Growth
- EDIRC, Economic Development - Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers presents an attempt by Christian Zimmermann of the Center for Research on Employment and Economic Fluctuations, University of Quebec to index all Economic Development web sites.
ideas.uqam.ca/EDIRC/ecdev.html
- Equity and Growth through Economic Research (EAGER) - Expanding the quality, availability and use of policy analysis by African decision-makers. US-African collaboration promotes ownership of policy reforms for sustainable economic growth.
www.eagerproject.com
- Financial Crises - Research articles from the World Bank regarding the crises initiated in Mexico 1994, Thailand 1997, and Russia 1998.
www.worldbank.org/research/projects/fincrises.htm
- Global Microenterprise Initiatives, LLC - Private management consultancy company provides specialized microfinance services.
www.gmi-ny.com
- Harvard Institute for International Development - Harvard University's multidisciplinary center for coordinating development assistance, training, and research on Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America.
www.hiid.harvard.edu
- Information for Development in the 21st Century - ID21 is a fast-track research reporting service aiming to make policymakers aware of the latest British development research findings.
www.id21.org
- Institution of Economic Development - NorthEast Branch - Regional affiliate of UK organization provides membership information and listing of upcoming seminars.
www.iednortheast.co.uk
- Inter-American Development Bank - provides funds for economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
www.iadb.org
- International Development Exchange - Builds partnerships to overcome economic and social injustice and work toward people's greater control over their resources, political structures, and economic processes that affect their lives.
www.idex.org
- International Development Research Centre - 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.
www.idrc.ca
- Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs Netlinks - A Searchable Database of Internet Resources in Population, Health and Development
www.jhuccp.org/netlinks
- Microcredit - Grameen Bank - Describes microcredit, the extension of small loans to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans.
www.grameen-info.org/mcredit
- Microcredit Project (Czech Republic) - Summarizes the state of the microcredit industry, with particular emphasis on transitional economies, and makes recommendations concerning establishment of a microfinance program in the Czech Republic. From Virginia Tech, Department of Urban Affairs and Planning.
www.uap.vt.edu/classes/microcredit/index.htm
- Microfinance Audit Information Centre - Provides information about and dicussion of micro credit finance insurance and enterprise in developing countries and transitional economies.
www.ids.ac.uk/cgap/audit/index.htm
- Microfinance Gateway - Documents, Issues, Links and Events for the microfinance industry. Dealing with microcredit, small-scale savings and loans, financial products for the poorest. Aspects of gender, empowerment, impact and poverty alleviation.
www.microfinancegateway.org
- OECD - Development - Presents OECD's publications and working papers about development like statistics, propectives studies or country surveys.
www.oecd.org/development
- PRAXIS - Resources of interest to social work educators and students in international and comparative social and economic development.
caster.ssw.upenn.edu/~restes/praxis.html
- Sustainable Development Department, IDB - Covering issues such as human resources and social development; environment and natural resources; and infrastructure, financial markets and private enterprise development.
www.iadb.org/sds
- Swiss Academy for Development (SAD) - SAD is committed to interdisciplinary academic research on questions relating to development, and promotes rapid application of the knowledge acquired.
www.sad.ch/en
- The Economic Commission for Africa - Established in 1958, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is one of five regional commissions. Its member states are 53 African nations.
www.un.org/Depts/eca
- The Economic War Among the States - Analysis of development incentives from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Do they promote local job opportunities and enhance private sector competitiveness or do they divert government money from supporting traditional public goods like education?
minneapolisfed.org/research/studies/econwar/index.cfm
- The Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise - Works with business, academic, and government organizations to promote cooperative approaches to market-based economic development and uses the private sector to serve public interest worldwide.
www.kenaninstitute.unc.edu
- The Gateway to Development Information - Eldis is funded by Danida and hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. It has a large number of links on development topics and organizations
www.eldis.org
- The Institute of Development Studies - IDS is a centre for research, teaching and information on development and Third World issues.
www.ids.ac.uk/ids
- Trade and Industrial Policy Secretariat (TIPS) - The online resource for trade and industrial policy research in South Africa.
www.tips.org.za
- United Nations Development Fund for Women - Promotes women's empowerment and gender equality, working for participation of women in all levels of development planning and practice.
www.unifem.undp.org
- Virtual Developing Country - Presents issues in development economics using Zambia as a case study. Provides background information, virtual field trips, worksheets, data, photos, development glossary, and teaching resources.
www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/dc
- Virtual Library on International Development - Collection of links to international development resources maintained by the Canadian International Development Agency.
w3.acdi-cida.gc.ca/Virtual.nsf/pages/index_e.htm
- Virtual Library on Microcredit - Information on alternative financial systems and microcredit issues. Community mobilization and enviro-economic development also find a place here.
www.gdrc.org/icm
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