Resources
Major NGOs, Research Organizations and Institutions
- ActionAid
http://www.actionaid.org.uk/Organization focusing on poverty reduction.
- Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/Reports, news releases and urgent actions on human rights issues around the world; background information relating to specific human rights campaigns underway.
- CARE International
http://www.care.orgInternational development organization. In addition to local and national development projects, CARE organizes public campaigns on development issues.
- Center for International Development (CID) - Harvard University
http://www.cid.harvard.eduHarvard's primary center for research on sustainable international development. Research programs underway; links to relevant events, documents, datasets.
- Center for the Future State
http://www.ids.ac.uk/gdr/cfsGovernance and public authority housed at IDS. Access to research findings; summaries of and critical commentary on significant new research output.
- CivSoc and Governance
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/civsoc/Outputs of this research project; electronic discussion forums, newsletters, policy briefs and websites on civil society, democracy, governance.
- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR)
http://www.cgiar.orgStrategic alliance of countries, international and regional organizations, and private foundations supporting 15 international agricultural centers that work with national agricultural research systems, civil society, private sector.
- Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation
and Accountability (Citizenship DRC)
http://www2.ids.ac.uk/drccitizenNetwork of researchers and practitioners working with research institutions and civil society organizations located in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa and the UK.
- European Association of Development Research and Training
Institutes (EADI)
http://www.eadi.orgIndependent non-profit organization that hosts an active network of 150 organizations with 10 working groups addressing key issues in Development Research, Training and Information.
- GreenPeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/Non-profit organization with a presence in 40 countries that uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems and force solutions for a green and peaceful future.
- Human Rights Watch (HRW)
http://www.hrw.org/Largest human rights organization based in the U.S. Conducts fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world. Publications searchable by country, region, theme, year.
- Governance and Social Development Resource Center
http://www.gsdrc.orgGlobal network to increase citizen participation in local governance. Database of events, information on different learning initiatives, newsletter, access to documents.
- Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First)
http://www.foodfirst.orgMember-supported, nonprofit 'peoples' think tank and education-for-action center; highlights root causes and value-based solutions to hunger and poverty around the world.
- International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
http://web.idrc.caCanadian public corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world to build healthier, more equitable, more prosperous societies. Current research projects; funding for research and training.
- Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide- Duke University
http://docs.lib.duke.edu/igo/guides/ngo/Database of large and influential NGOs operating internationally. List of NGO sites which provide access to statistical data; listing of reference resources on NGOs.
- The North-South Institute (NSI)
http://www.nsi-ins.caIndependent research institute in Canada focused on international development. Conducts research on Canada's relations with developing countries and on a wide range of foreign policy issues such as finance, debt and development assistance; trade, labor, migration; governance, civil society, conflict prevention.
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
http://www.odi.org.uk/Britain's leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Three international networks linking researchers, policy-makers and practitioners: the Agricultural Research and Extension Network, the Rural Development Forestry Network, and the Humanitarian Practice.
- Oxfam International
http://www.oxfam.org/eng/Confederation of 12 organizations working together in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty, suffering, injustice. Policy papers and campaign information on a range of development and social justice issues.
- South-North Development Monitor (SUNS)
http://www.sunsonline.org/Analysis of North-South and South-South negotiations and international development issues from a southern perspective. Source of information and discussions of the processes of negotiations, formal and informal, of GATT and the Uruguay Round, the Mid-Term Review Process, the Brussels Ministerial Session, the UNCTAD Conferences, the Earth Summit, other major UN Conferences.
- Third World Network (TWN)
http://www.twnside.org.sg/Independent non-profit international network of organizations and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World and North- South issues. International trade, intellectual property rights, biotechnology, environment, women's rights.
- World Conservation Union (IUCN)
http://www.iucn.orgWorld's largest and most important conservation network bringing together 82 States, 111 government agencies, more than 800 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and some 10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries in a unique worldwide partnership.
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
http://www.wri.org/Issues at the intersection of environmental protection and economic development: agriculture; business and economics, climate change; coastal and marine ecosystems; forests, grasslands and drylands; governance and institutions; people and ecosystems; health and human well-being; water resources.
- World Vision International
http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsfChristian relief and development organization helping communities to build stronger and healthier relationships. Informative analysis, policy papers and publications.
