Ifc.org - International Finance Corporation - a member of the World Bank Group -promotes private sector investment in developing countries.

A website containing extensive resources on issues relating to trade, biotechnology, development, Third World, North-South issues, and sells books and magazines online. ...

ABOUT IFAD OPERATIONS EVALUATION RURAL POVERTY KNOWLEDGEBASE PARTNERS Send mail to w.admin@ifad.org with questions or comments about the web site. Copyright 1995-2002 International Fund for Agricultural Development Via del Serafico, 107 - 00142 Rome, Italy Tel: 39-0654591 - fax +39-065043463 - E-mail ifad@ifad.org SEARCH SITE MAP WHAT'S NEW MEDIA EVENTS & MEETINGS DOCUMENTS & PUBLICATIONS ...

The Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, (IDS) is one of the world's leading centres for research and teaching on international development.

The Culture Sector Website promotes the activities of the Culture Sector in the fields Culture and Development, Cultural Heritage and Creativity, Cultural Industries and Copyright and Intercultural Dialogue and Pluralism. It also serves as reference, where one can find several legal instruments and documents on-line.

Die Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V. (CDG), Koln, ist eine gemeinnutzige Organisation fur internationale Weiterbildung und Personalentwicklung; sie richtet weltweit praxisorientierte Trainings-, Austausch- und Fremdsprachenprogramme sowie internationale Veranstaltungen aus, unterstutzt den Know-how-Transfer zwischen Nord und Sud, Ost und West und den globalen Erfahrungsaus ...

AusAID the Australian government's overseas aid program internet home page ...

Church World Service is the relief, development, and refugee assistance ministry of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.

Bellanet en francais Bellanet is an international initiative working with the development community to increase collaboration. We support partnerships by providing advice and assistance on more effective use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Knowledge Management (KM) and International Development: KM Champions in Africa Workshop Global Information Network on Medicinal Plants ...

The Virtual Library on Microcredit is intended to be a repository of information on alternative, non-conventional financial systems and microcredit issues. Community mobilization and enviro-economic development also find a place here.

The North-South Institute (NSI) is the only independent research institute in Canada focused on international development. The Institute conducts research on Canada's relations with developing countries and on a wide range of foreign policy issues. Established in 1976, NSI is a non-profit and non-partisan organization.

Bretton Woods Project was established by a network of UK NGOs to monitor the World Bank and IMF. The Project's reports and bi-monthly bulletin Bretton Woods Update aim to clarify current issues and provide links to campaigners and researchers worldwide.

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Click on a photo above for a client story Working to ensure that 100 million of the world's poorest families, especially the women of those families, are receiving credit for self-employment and other financial and business services by the year 2005. Navigation: Microcredit Summit +5: Register Online Today! + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Africa Region Microcredit ...

CEDPA is a non-profit international organization dedicated to empowering women at all levels of society to be full partners in development.

ACCION International - world's leading microlending organization. A microlending pioneer, in 1997 ACCION's 25 network members in 13 Latin American countries and 7 U.S. cities disbursed US$506 million in loans averaging $813 to 342, 000 active clients, poor and low income people struggling to support themselves and their families by operating tiny businesses.

Read more about Pact's programs in Cambodia. Since 1971 Pact has been helping globally to strengthen the capacity of local organizations and leaders to meet community needs in dozens of countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Our work is firmly rooted in the belief that when local communities are the driving forces for their own advancement income levels increase, education and health care ...

World Neighbors is a grassroots development organization working with hundreds of rural communities in Asia, Africa and Latin America. World Neighbors helps people find practical solutions to the problems they face in meeting their own basic needs.

The World Bank Group's Rapid Response Web site provides a window into the knowledge resources and advice of Bank Group experts on: economy-wide interventions shaping the investment climate, including foreign investment and corporate governance; private participation in sectors with complex market design and regulatory issues (for example, water, energy, transport, telecommunications, health, and ...

The Development Group for Alternative Policies / World Bank ...

Web Terms and Use Disclaimer IRIS/Bangladesh's Reid Lohr (third from the right) joins a panel discussion at a seminar entitled Financing Small and Micro-Enterprise, hosted by The Dhaka West Chapter of Junior Chamber Bangladesh. Read the remarks by IRIS's Director Charles Cadwell and Zambia Microfinance Project Director Betty Wilkinson from the National Economic Development and Labor Council ...

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ISAR's mission is to strengthen the ability of citizens and social change organizations in Eurasia and their colleagues in the US to influence decision-making, advance social justice and promote environmentally sound stewardship of the earth and its resources. ISAR's network of offices--located in Russia, Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Central Asia --offer assistance to local grassroots efforts ...

The IMF and the World Bank have designed a framework to provide special assistance for heavily indebted poor countries that pursue IMF- and World Bank-supported adjustment and reform programs, but for whom traditional debt relief mechanisms are insufficient. The HIPC Initiative entails coordinated action by the international financial community, including multilateral institutions, to reduce to ...

What's New IDEX launches Monthly eUpdate. Our Spring/Summer Newsletter 2002 is now available online (pdf format). IDEX begins work to challenge the Plan Puebla Panama. Upcoming Events IDEX Open House: Alternatives to the Plan Puebla Panama Please join us for a roundtable discussion on the Plan Puebl... ...

Jamuna Bridge Built with a Yen Loan (Bangladesh) Women using a cellular phone provided by Grameen Bank (by Mr. Salahuddin Azizee) Smiling Children in the Brand New Classroom (Zambia) Prince Takamado Basic School Built with a Grant Aid (Zambia) List of Exchange of Notes (updated) Grant Aid (Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Sudan, Bangladesh, Mexico, Ghana) Loan Aid (Morocco, Uzbekistan) Final Report of ...

The Business Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC) provides the private sector's views on OECD studies and policy recommendations ...

BRAC, a national private development organisation, set up in 1972 by Mr. Fazle Hasan Abed, focuses on the long term issues of poverty alleviation and empowerment of the poor, especially women, in the rural areas of Bangladesh.

The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF) is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization established in 1991 to facilitate democratic development, encourage free market reform, and enhance human rights in Ukraine. In cooperation with the Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Democracy, the Foundation directs a variety of assistance projects in Ukraine, including the USAID-funded Community Partnerships for Local ...

About IGIDR Research M.Phil /Ph.D Programme Publications Projects Seminars Contact Faculty Staff List of Candidates selected for Interview for M.Phil./Ph.D. admissions for the year 2002. Students Alumni Library Computing Employment Energy & Environment Group Click here for EERC Website IGIDR, Santosh Nagar, Filmcity Road, Goregoan(E), Mumbai-400065, Phone:8400921 ...

WORK OF WOMEN (WOW) a global organization within World Neighbors investing in the power and potential of women through funding health, education and micro-credit programs. ...

COPAC is a successful and on-going partnership between representatives of the cooperative movement, farmers ...

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Trickle Up - Fighting Poverty, One Business at a time. ...

Mapuche page - Rehue Foundation ...

Join us in helping low-income artisans around the world to increase their livelihoods, preserve their cultural heritage, and improve their quality of life.

ABOUT CALMEADOW CALMEADOW is a registered Canadian not-for-profit charity with over fifteen years of experience in microfinance. Based in Toronto, CALMEADOW focuses its efforts on mobilizing and managing capital for direct investment in developing microfinance institutions in Latin America and Africa. We believe that providing access to affordable, responsive and sustainable financial services ...

Highlights Russian Citizens Express Sympathy Want to make a difference Come work for us! Congress Urges Expansion of PEP Quick Links Last Modified: June 4, 2001 17:39 ...

Friendship Bridge provides poor Mayan women of Guatemala micro-credit loans. We are a non-profit organization whose goal is to reduce third world suffering by helping poor women and their families start a small business. ...

The Small Enterprise Foundation (SEF) is a Microfinance Institution, working towards the eradication of poverty, by creating a supportive environment, where credit and savings services foster: Sustainable Income Generation, Job Creation and Social Empowerment. My family was very poor before I became a Small Enterprise Foundation member and started my spaza (shop). We didn't make decisions; we ...

People In Aid is an international network of development and humanitarian assistance agencies. People In Aid helps organisations whose goal is the relief of poverty and suffering to enhance the impact they make through better people management and support.

Office of Economic and Regional Development ...

Group to Assist Private Sector Development (GAPS) Updated May 15, 2002 ...

Rivers of the World (ROW) is an international exploration and development agency targeting remote rivers. We explore rivers and seek long term projects with people who live there.

Welcome to the web site of Debt Relief International ...

Welcome to the home page of the International Development Program in the School of International Service at American University. This site is intended to serve as a resource for current students, alumni, and those considering pursuing a course of graduate study with us. On this page you will find links to other pages that will provide you with information about the program and the resources we ...

Information about the Third World Conference Foundation (TWCF) ...

Working exclusively with the United Nations and its agencies. The Regency Foundation initiates, develops and co-ordinates projects and programs related to key global issues.

A regional Arab financial institution aiming at integration of Arab economies, development of Arab Capital Markets and unification of Arab currencies. Site is bilingual English and Arabic. An annual report on economic developments in the Arab countries prepared jointly by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) for Economic and Social Development, the League of Arab States and the Organization of Arab ...

Wittenberg Academy, Your Partner in Synergic Resource Management for Societal Goals.

50 Years Is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Justice ...

KIT (Royal Tropical Institute) is a knowledge institute specialized in international cooperation and intercultural communication. KIT offers consultancy, training and information. Our expertise: rural change, health, biomedical research, gender, culture, information management and agriculture. In the Netherlands KIT familiarizes the public with other cultures through exhibitions, theatre ...