This Week at the IDN (7-12 Dec. 1998)
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Over 465 people have downloaded the vacancy announcements posted by the
Research Triangle Institute's Center for International Development. To
find out how your organization can place vacancy announcements on the
IDN Web Site as a sponsoring member, please send an e-mail to member-
ship@idn.org.
Here is what is new at the IDN this week:
This week's "Tools You Can Use" from the International Development Net-
work (IDN) at http://www.idn.org/ is a link to the web site for Austra-
lian Agency for International Development Business Opportunities.
Last week's tool was a link to the web site for "Working with Great
Britain's Department for International Development (DFID)" as an em-
ployee, contractor and/or NGO grantee.
QUICK LINK OF THE WEEK
This week's quick link is to the OECD DAC Development Cooperation Re-
view of Luxembourg.
Last week's quick link was to the FY 1998 Audit Reports of the USAID
Inspector General.
NEW LINKS
Association for the Development of Education in Africa - focuses on de-
veloping partnerships between Ministers of Education and funding agen-
cies in order to promote effective education policies based on African
leadership and ownership.
The International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN) - is a collaborative
group of researchers, development workers, and policymakers interested
in the economics of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. The Interna-
tional Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) - is a partnership of over 150
groups working to improving infant health through the protection of
breast-feeding.
International Telecomputing Consortium - is a nonprofit organization
that helps rural and overseas schools use new technologies.
Nordic Consulting Group - offers advisory and consulting services in
development assistance within a wide range of sectors.
Save the Children - Canada
Note: The IDN did not send an update mail last week. These links were
added on December 6, 1998:
CICAT - is the central liaison office of the Delft University of Tech-
nology (DUT) providing its faculties and departments with management
support in the field of development cooperation activities.
FUNREDES - is an International Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO,
dedicated to disseminate the Newer Information and Communications Tech-
nologies (NICT) in developing countries.
The International Bureau of Education (IBE) - is a UNESCO centre for
information and research in the field of comparative education.
ORBICOM - The International Network of UNESCO Chairs and Associates in
Communications.
World University Service - is an international NGO focusing on educa-
tion, development and human rights.
New Publications (Posted December 6, 1998)
Health Dimensions of Sex and Reproduction
"From the health risks of sexual activity to those of pregnancy, abor-
tion, and childbirth, reproduction constitutes enormous risks to a
woman's health. Ill-health conditions related to sex and reproduction
account for 25 percent of the global disease burden in adult women.
This volume offers comprehensive data and detailed discussions of the
epidemiologies of three sexually transmitted diseases, HIV, and five
specific maternal conditions, as well as those of congenital anomalies
and perinatal conditions.
Health Dimensions of Sex and Reproduction will serve as a comprehensive
reference for epidemiologists, public health specialists, practitioners
and advocates of STD and HIV prevention, and reproductive and neonatal
health." - from Amazon Books
This book is available from the IDN Bookstore, in association with Ama-
zon Books.
You can also visit the IDN Bookstore for over 790 Titles covering a va-
riety of development topics or you can search for titles of your own
interest.
THE DEVELOPMENT FRONT - Selected Sample Headlines from Dec 7-12
The following is a small sample of the headline links and full text
stories provided in "The Development Front" newsletter sent to sponsor-
ing members of the IDN each day last week:
US$ 70.40 Million Loan for Potable Water Supply in Algeria Approved
Morocco: Loan of ECU 9 million for Settat sewerage scheme
Broadcasters Set Aside a Day for Children World-wide
First World Asthma Day Launched
Countries with poor human rights records defend themselves at U.N.
Aid agencies say Senegal blocking supplies into Guinea-Bissau
Flamethrower now an option on S. African cars
China keeps close eye on growing Internet use
'High-Rhetoric' Fight Between World Bank, IMF
Commonwealth 'no longer a relic of British Empire',
S. Leone inflation shrinking with foreign aid inflow
INTERVIEW-Uganda finmin says reaping fruits of openness
Donors say commit $2.2 bln. to Uganda over three yrs.
Sudan urges assistance for African refugees
An Ill-Conceived Way to Fight Abortion
Prince looks to UN for fresh aid
France to send humanitarian aid to Comoros
US$ 276 Million Loan for the Economic and Social Reform Program in Mo-
rocco
US$ 110.41 Million Loan for the Post, Telecommunications and Informa-
tion Technologies in Morocco
Development Partnership Forum on Aid Untying, Procurement and Capacity
Building
Gains by Women Reversed in Economic Downturn
1.9 Million Dead from Sudan's Civil War; More Than 70,000 Deaths in
1998, Report Estimates
Mozambique Receives $150 Million Grant
A New Partnership: Kampala Meeting Engages Government, Civil Society,
and Donors
The State of the World's Children 1999
The "State of the World's Children 1999" report tells the stories of a
world community unwilling to accept the consequences of illiteracy or
to be denied the human right to a quality education.
With the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a guiding framework,
governments, policy makers, educators, community leaders, parents and
children themselves are advancing an education revolution.
Their goal-Education For All."
-from the UNICEF Summary
The IDN provides a direct link to this report at http://www.idn.org/
The IDN plans to continue our growth and to expand the depth and
breadth of our information services. If you have not yet thought about
a membership/sponsorship in the IDN, we encourage you to consider be-
coming a sponsor/member of the fastest growing, most comprehensive and
current International Development Web Site on the Internet! Information
is available at:
http://www.idn.org/membership/
--
Christopher Byrne
International Development Network
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