This Week at the International Development Network (June 22, 1998)
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Good day!
Thanks to all who have submitted links and other information for publi-
cation on the IDN Web Site. There were many submissions for MicroFi-
nance and Microenterprise Development this past week. Your contribu-
tions are most welcome and appreciated. This past week the IDN entered
into the final stages of negotiations with a major publisher of litera-
ture on Sustainable Development, which will be available to members of
the IDN at a 25% Discount. More information will be released when the
agreement is finalized.
New or updated items this week on the IDN Web Site
http://www.idn.org/
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IDN Membership Directory Updated list of members
Tools You Can Use:
Development Indicators On-Line from the Development Assistance Commit-
tee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD)
Quick Link of the Week:
This week's IDN Quick Link is to Children, Youth & AIDS, a multimedia
exhibition from UNICEF that shows the impact of HIV/AIDS on children
and serves as an educational forum for AIDS awareness and prevention.
New or Modified Links:
ACTIONAID - development charity working directly with three million of
the world's poorest people in Africa, Asia and Latin America, helping
them in their fight against poverty.
Association of African Election Authorities (AAfEA) - promote and in-
stitutionalize the professional nature of African election authorities
through regional exchanges and networking.
Centre cooperation internationale sante developpement inc (CCISD) - de-
velopment health activities in Africa and Latin America: AIDS-STD, pri-
mary health care, epidemiological surveillance, women health.
Christian Children's Fund - CCF is an international child development
organization assisting over 2.5 million children in 32 countries, in-
cluding the United States.
CUSO - a Canadian organization which supports alliances for global so-
cial justice. We work with people striving for freedom, self-
determination, gender and racial equality and cultural survival.
Department for International Development (UK) - Created in May 1997 af-
ter the UK General Election. It subsumes the responsibilities of the
Overseas Development Administration, in managing Britain's bilateral
and multilateral development programmes in poorer countries.
Developments - a free quarterly magazine produced by the Department for
International Development to increase awareness of development issues.
Global Care - an international Christian charity working for needy
children through relief, development, education and child-care pro-
grammes
The Global Health Network - an alliance of experts in health and tele-
communications who are actively developing the architecture for a
health information structure for the prevention of disease in the 21st
century.
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) - a private, non-
profit organization dedicated to promoting social and economic develop-
ment with women's full participation.
Oxfam Great Britain - a development, advocacy, and relief agency work-
ing to put an end to poverty world-wide.
World University Service of Canada-Entraide universitaire mondiale du
Canada (WUSC-EUMC) - An NGO, is a network of individuals and post-
secondary institutions whose mission it is to foster development and
global understanding through education and training.
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The IDN plans to continue our growth and offerings. If you have not yet
thought about a membership/sponsorship in the IDN, we encourage you to
consider becoming a sponsor/member of the fastest growing, most compre-
hensive and current International Development Web Site on the Internet!
Information is available at:
http://www.idn.org/membership/index.htm
Christopher L. Byrne
Director
International Development Network
mailto:info@idn.org
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