Revised Development Links Directory Provided by the IDN this Week
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Good day!
Realising that our development links directory was getting too big and
cumbersome to work with as it was, the IDN (http://www.idn.org/) has
revamped our development links directory and split into categories.
This is a work in process, so the current categories are as follows:
Bilateral Aid Agencies
APEC Links
UN Links
Democracy and Election Links
Health Links
Reproductive Health/Population Related Links
Gender Resources
Microcredit and Micro-Enterprise Links
Development Research, Information Resources & News Links
Mulilateral Development Banks and Other Development Finance
Institutions
Africa Related Links
Regional Organisations/Information Links
Agriculture Related Links
Trade Related Links
Water Resources Related Links
Other Links Not Yet Categorised
New Links
The category directory is available on each page of links to make your
navigation as easy as possible.
Please let us know if you have any suggestions for additional catego-
ries.
Each category page (with the exception of "other not yet categorised")
is approximately 10Kb in size and should make your search for links of
interest to you speedier. If you have any suggested links, please let
us know with the form at: http://www.idn.org/addlinks.htm
Here is what else is new at the IDN this week: [sampled]
NEW VIEWPOINTS COLUMN
Actions and Activism In Fostering Genuine Grassroots Participation In
Health and Nutrition
In this new edition of ViewPoints, Dr. Claudio Schuftan challenges
readers to think about their role in providing health and nutrition
services in developing countries. You may read his submittal here.
To submit your own piece for publication, please send an e-mail to:
<feedback@idn.org>.
NEW PUBLICATIONS
The following new publications are also available from the IDN
Bookstore:
The Inter-American Development Bank has launched "Progress, Poverty and
Exclusion". You can find out more about this title.
The International Labour Organisation has launched "World Employment
Report 1998-99 - Employability in the Global Economy: How Training
Matters". You can find out more about this title.
A bookstore link is provided for each title for your convenience. All
proceeds from the sale of books and other items are used to sustain the
IDN.
NEW LINKS
Canadian Catholic Organisation for Development and Peace - Launched 30
years ago by Canada's Catholic bishops, laity and clergy, the organisa-
tion has a twofold purpose: (1) Educate Canadians about North-South is-
sues, and (2) Support initiatives by Third World people to take control
of their lives.
Catholic Fund for Overseas Development - the official relief and devel-
opment agency of the Catholic Church in England & Wales.
The Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH -
is one of the world's largest consultancy organisations for development
co-operation. (German/English)
International Co-operation for Development and Solidarity - advocates
effectively carrying out solidarity activities in the South which aim
to empower people to become authors of their destiny and development.
MISEREOR - founded in 1958 as an agency "against hunger and disease in
the world". In its capacity as the overseas development agency of the
Catholic Church in Germany.
United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the
Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) - stimulates and assists, through re-
search, training and the collection and dissemination of information,
the advancement of women and making women's contribution to development
more visible.
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) - an
autonomous agency engaging in multi-disciplinary research on the social
dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development.
The Turner Foundation - financial grants in the areas of population and
the environment.
World Education - provides training and technical assistance in non-
formal education for adults and children with special emphasis on in-
come generation, small enterprise development, literacy, adult basic
education, workplace education, environmental education, maternal and
child health, AIDS education, food production, refugee orientation and
training, and family life education.
World Relief - the international assistance arm of the National Asso-
ciation of Evangelicals.
THE DEVELOPMENT FRONT
The following stories were provided to sponsoring members of the IDN in
the daily electronic newsletter "The Development Front":
Co-operation Agreement with British Agency to Boost African Trade
George Clooney, Melanie Griffith, Barbara Hendricks, Sophia Loren,
Miriam Makeba and Other Celebrities Join the FAO Campaign Against Hun-
ger
OECD Calculates 1996 Purchasing Power Parities and International
Comparisons of Real GDP
Argentina's Health Minister Elected President of Pan American Sanitary
Conference by Health Ministers from 35 Countries Meeting in Washington
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland Calls for Commitment to Build Healthy Popula-
tions in Healthy Communities
Mali: UNHCR is Leaving but the Returnees Still Need Help
New Zealand Post Joins Royal Mail In Bid For South African Postal Proj-
ect
IDB and U.S. Government Co-sponsor Hemispheric Conference to Promote
Women's Leadership
CARE Staff are Safe Despite Heavy Fighting in the Capital Of Lesotho
Britain's CDC Joins International Investors to Launch Mozambique's
First Private Equity Fund
Britain's CDC Invests US$43.7m to Expand Telecommunications in Africa
Why Not Contraceptives? -- Medalla
Dr. George A.O. Alleyne re-elected Director of PAHO
World Debt Crisis - a Silent Holocaust
WFP Distributes First Emergency Food Aid to Conflict Victims in Kin-
shasa
WFP to Continue Emergency Aid to Conflict Victims in Guinea Bissau
WFP Air Fleet For Sudan Grows With Addition of German Military Aircraft
World Bank Annual Report 1998 Launched
Mozambique Pledges Continued Growth and Commitment to Reform
CARE Suspends Programs In Lesotho After Violent Uprising
Health Ministers Ask Urgent Steps to Protect Children from Tobacco
First Ladies to Discuss Family Violence, Measles Eradication
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Christopher L. Byrne
Director, International Development Network
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