Resources for Development Professionals
EL@ND is a new information system for accessing the European databases on development policy and cooperation. It summarized resources from member institutes of EADI.
Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST) is a free-of-charge service for politicians, journalists, researchers and the interested public. FIRST is a joint project of the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
- The Nation Master Web site Offers over 300 data sets of national statistics on topics such as population, the economy, the environment, crime, media, and military expenditures.
- IDN Links
- ENTERWeb The Enterprise Development Website
- LogoLink - Learning Inititaive on Citizen Participation and Local Governance
- globaldirekt.com - Search Engines & Directories Worldwide!
- euforic
- GDRC The Global Development Research Center
- CGD The Center for Global Development
- DiplomaticNet: International politics in Internet
- Worldwide Directory of Government Contacts by Tagish
- lii.org (Librarians' Index to the Internet)
- Internet Library for Librarians
- Free Management Library
- SME Forum
- VetNet
- itrain
- World Affairs Online
- Export Service Providers
- ILO Databases
- E-Prints in Library and Information Science (E-LIS) is an electronic open access archive for scientific or technical documents, published or unpublished, in Librarianship, Information Science and Technology, and related application activities.
- MethodFinder is an internet database providing planning, management, decision-making and other practical methods that can be downloaded free of charge. MethodFinder provides a portal for sharing methods with a view to promoting the improvement and development of methods.
- Yahoo Travel
- LonleyPlanet
Complete Subject Catalog ISS Library
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- The WWW Virtual Library Subject Catalog
- The Virtual Library Sustainable Development
- The Virtual Library Environment
- Environmental Economics Glossary
- The Virtual Library Engineering
- OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
- Eldis guide to information sources on statistics, The Eldis Sectoral Guide selection of key organisations and research themes
- The Virtual Library International Affairs Resources
- Wageningen Agricultural University Libraries
- Universiteitsbibliotheek Universiteit Leiden Engines
- Electronic Commerce Resource Center
- economicsearch.com
- Earth Council Sustainable Development Links
- Virtual Library China
- The Internet Public Library
- Public Libraries in Europe
- Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Online Dictionaries at Onelook
- Frank Potter's Science Gems Great links to Great Science Resources
- Encyclopedia of Law & Economics
- LexInfoSys Legal Development in Transition States
- Library of Congress Gateway
- Library of Congress Country Studies
- Economic & Business Geography Resources
- National Geographic Map Machine
- lib-web-cats: Directory of over 4,700 libraries worldwide
Request Information from the following Organisations:
- European Commission Libraries
- ILO Databases
- Community of Science Databases
- GSSI Govenment and Social Science Information Berkeley
- Praxis - Resources For Social and Economic Development
- United Nations Development Programme UNDP
- World Development Resources by World Bank
- Trade and Development Centre
- International Trade Centre
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD
- SIDSnet Small Island Developing States Network
- Country Analytical Work The CAW website has been developed to facilitate coordination and cooperation among countries and donors with goals toward improving development impact and cost-effectiveness for both capacity building and knowledge sharing
- Eurodad Eurodad is a network of European development NGOs working for national economic & international financing policies that achieve poverty eradication & the empowerment of the poor
- EPAWatch, an Instrument to monitor the trade negotiations between the European Union and the ACP countries
- Trade Observatory WTO Watch
- The Political Reference Almanac
- International Society for Environmental Protection
- NetEc Resources for Economists
- CSEND Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development, Geneva
- World Standards Services Network
- PATON Patent Information Centre
- Free Patent information from EPO
- Braintrack - Worldwide University Guide
- MIT's OpenCourseWare
- Links to All College & University Home Pages by Christina DeMello (MIT)
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