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Organizations
 Canadian
International Development Agency - CIDA is a Non-Govermental Organization. This page provides information about Canadian
International Development. The page also discusses and provide information about
communication technologies for sustainable Development. CIDA is one of the International
orgnizations that plays a big role in Third World Development.
Last updated April 16, 1996, by Siddig Mustafa Ismail
- Center
of Excellence for Sustainable Development
- This web site contains a sustainable development organization database, success stories
and case studies, model codes and ordinances, urban and rural sustainability slide shows,
articles on sustainable development.
Last updated 13/4/96 by Alex
Janosek
- Inter-American
Development Bank, The
- The Inter-American Development Bank was established to help accelerate economic and
social development in Latin America and the Caribbean. In its 36 years of operations, the
Bank has become a major catalyst in mobilizing resources for the region, mobilizing
financing for projects that represent a total investment of $206 billion.
Last updated 1/16/98 by Dirk Staatsen.
International
Institute for Sustainable Development The
IISD has launched a new publication - Developing Ideas Digest. It provides a bi-monthly
snapshot of the most influential ideas shaping the international development dialogue.
Last updated 13/4/96 by Alex
Janosek
- EcoNews Africa front door
- EcoNews is a nongovernmental organization which involves itself with environment and
development from an African's point of view. Not a lot of information but does explain who
is involved and how to get involved.
Last updated 22/3/96 by Angelique
Kepshire
- Environmental groups
- Here is a gopher list to some groups targeting the environment.
Last updated 22/3/96 by Angelique
Kepshire
- IFRC Home Page
- The International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies provides
information on issues related to conflict and conflict victims as well as the role,
activities, concerns and opinions of the ICRC.
Last updated 27/3/96 by Alex
Janosek
- Institute for Global
Communications
- Access to PeaceNet (Peace, Human Rights, and Social Justice); EcoNet (Environment);
ConflictNet (Conflict Resolution); LaborNet (Labor); WomensNet (Women's Equality); Trade
and Sustainable Development; Government and Law; Education and Youth; Health.
Last updated 5/30/97 by Cliff Missen
- International Council of Aids Service
Organizations (ICASO)
- This is a wonderful organization that works to coordinate AIDS efforts in
community-based organizations and NGO's around the world, and helps to bring out the key
issues worldwide and make them aware to international agencies.
Last updated 12/7/97 by Dirk Staatsen. Submitted by Aruna Radhakrishna
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- International Food
Policy Research Institute
- This is the site for The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). IFPRI
identifies and analyzes alternative national and international strategies and policies for
meeting food needs of the developing world on a sustainable basis.
Last updated 27/3/96 by Alex
Janosek
- Mennonite Central
Committee
- This is the page for MCC, the relief and development arm of the North American Mennonite
and Brethren in Christ churches. They have programs in food relief; agriculture; health,
education and social services; among other things.
Last updated 17/2/96 by Alex
Janosek
- The Overseas
Development Network
- This site tells more about ODN and its programs. It is currently under construction. ODN
involves students working together for grassroots development throughout the world.
Last updated 27/3/96 by Alex
Janosek
- Pan American Health
Organization
- This site provides access to the PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION (PAHO) publications,
news and press releases, emergency preparedness and disaster relief, and human resources
development, as well as pointers to a variety of health resources. Eng./Spanish
Last updated 27/3/96 by Alex
Janosek
- Partners of
the Americas
- This site provides information on this organization's Community and International
Development projects and their Social Banking and Micro Enterprises.
Last updated 12/7/97 by Dirk Staatsen. Submitted by Alex Janosek
- Peace Brigades
International (PBI).
- Peace Brigades International is an organization which explores and implements nonviolent
approaches to peacekeeping and support for basic human rights. This site describes the
organization, its projects and its results.
Last updated 17/2/96 by Alex
Janosek
- Peace Corps Home Page
- This site describes the Peace Corps, how to apply, its history and its projects.
Last updated 17/2/96 by Alex
Janosek
- Planet Peace
- Planet Peace is a Non-Governmental Organization which helps in the fight for indigenous
peoples land rights and gives people a chance to act.
Last updated 22/3/96 by Angelique
Kepshire
- Rainforest Action Network Home Page
- Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the
rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent
direct action.
Last updated 22/3/96 by Angelique
Kepshire
- ReliefNet Home Page
- ReliefNet offers web sites to organizations involved in humanitarian efforts. The sites
allow the organizations to describe their efforts to provide relief and to receive pledges
online. There is a list of organizations; resources; and current crisis.
Last updated 17/2/96 by Alex
Janosek
- USAID Development Links
- USAID provides a list of excellent links to Worldbank, UN, USAID, US Department of State
and many other resources.
Last updated 13/3/96 by Alex
Janosek
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- Virtual
Library on International Development (CIDA)
- Offers thorough country by country information and links to most major development
agencies.
Last updated 5/30/97 by Cliff Missen
- The WWW Virtual Library: International
Development Co-operation
- A large collection of sites relevant to international development.
Last updated 17/2/96 by Alex
Janosek
- TWNSO
- Third World Network of Scientific Organizations. It serves to promote science-based
economic development of the Third World and cooperation among the nations of the South in
areas of science and technology critical to their sustainable development.
Last updated 22/3/96 by Angelique
Kepshire
- Virtual Library: UN and other internat. org.
- This site is slow to load but once displayed, lists many links to development
organizations' and other related gopher and www servers. These links vary from discussion
lists for the Beijing conference to IMF and NATO servers.
Last updated 13/3/96 by Alex
Janosek
- United Nations Development Programme
- UNDP is the main development arm of the United Nations. This site has links to both UN
and NGO web sites.
Last updated 5/30/97 by Cliff Missen
- UN High Commission on Refugees
- RefWorld is a valuable resource on refugees, providing a link to an UNHCR gopher
database accessing UNHCR speeches and information, papers on refugees in different
countries and reviews on recent events, information about different periodicals dealing
with refugees, among other material to do with refugees.
Last updated 13/3/96 by Alex
Janosek
The World
Bank
- The World Bank Group comprises five organizations: the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA),
the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
(MIGA), and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
Last updated 11/30/97 by Dirk
Staatsen
These pages were originally created by Dirk
Staatsen and last updated July 19, 2002. Pages
are ã Cliff Missen 1994-1999. Please send
feedback and updates to intlinet@uiowa.edu
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