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Information on Developing Countries


Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS)
  • Source: Center for World Indigenous Studies
  • Mission: develop policies and standards for Fourth World Nations; foster cooperation between nations; and gather, store, and provide information on Fourth World Nations
  • Contents: seminars, research projects, Fourth World Documentation Project (full-text documents related to indigenous studies), Fourth World Eye Newsletter, links to Fourth World and indigenous studies resources

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
  • Source: EBRD
  • Mission: promotes foreign investment, technical cooperation and entrepreneurial actions among member countries of central and eastern Europe and of the Commonwealth of Independent States
  • Content: operations listed by country, access to Environments in Transition (biannual periodical), current and previous annual reports, and funding information

Group of 77
  • Source: Group of 77 (seventy-seven developing countries which signed the Joint Declaration of Seventy-Seven Countries after the 1st session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in 1964
  • Mission: collectively advocate for their economic interests and foster cooperation between developing countries
  • Contents: press releases, position papers, declarations, programs, statements and speeches, summit information, chapter information, access to Journal of the Group of 77

Inter-American Development Bank
  • Source: Inter-American Development Bank
  • Mission: enhance development in the region through loans and technical assistance
  • Content: proposed and approved projects, access to the Economic and Social Database (data on major economic and social indicators) and to the Data Intal - Hemispheric External Trade Database (international trade data for exports and imports), Inter-American Development Bank America (bi-monthly magazine), publication information, statistics on Latin American countries, and development projects

Major Web Sites and Internet Resources on Development Studies
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
  • Source: UN Center for Human Settlements
  • Mission: researches and assists in areas of urban planning, environmental protection, improving living standards, advocating the role of women in policy making, disaster re-settlement
  • Contents: news, publications, events, habitat feature articles, press releases, links to agencies with habitat agendas, book reviews, and access to Habitat Debate

United Nations Development Programme
  • Source: United Nations Development Programme
  • Mission: peace initiatives, protection of the environment, empowering women, increasing employment opportunities in developing countries
  • Content: statistics, program and funding information, links to development issues, and UNDP news

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
  • Source: USAID
  • Mission: provide foreign assistance and humanitarian aid to advance the political and economic interests of the United States
  • Contents: project information, reports, links to U.S. agencies involved in development issues, workshops, and news releases

World Bank
  • Source: World Bank
  • Mission: eliminate poverty, empower people, develop partnerships, protect the environment, provide loans and technical assistance, enhance health and and educational programs
  • Contents: programs, publications, PovertyNet (Resources and Support for People Working to Understand and Alleviate Poverty), resources for teachers and students, daily feature stories on development issues, news releases, calendar of events, speeches, development data, abstracts of World Bank publications, overviews of development topics, World Development Sources (for searching text of over 6,000 WB Reports)