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Understanding the world today

Understanding the world today

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Development The World Wide Web Virtual Library description: A comprehensive list of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, databases, directories or metadatabases keywords: sustainable development, index, environment, development, resources, internet, world wide web, sites, WWW, durable, sustainability, Virtual Library, ecological economics This page is maintained by the Center for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment , located at Université Libre de Bruxelles. If you know of additional sources of information that would be appropriate for this page, or would like to maintain a specialty library, please leave a message. Last update: 07 Jun 2011. [New! | Best sources| Directories| Search internet| Organisations| Activities| Events| Courses| Mailing lists| References| Electronic Journals| Databases| Tools| Fun| Communication| Related Virtual Library Topics] New links: 1. 2. 3.

Learning - DevForum E-Discussions and Communities Tapping into the creative potential of the DevForum tool: A story from the LAC GDLN groupThe Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region GDLN team is leading the way in tapping the potential of the DevForum tool in very creative ways. “Two examples of current activities that I have initiated on DevForum include a brainstorming and consensus-building exercise among a small virtual group of GDLN managers where the outcome would be a concrete proposal for a GDLN LAC Strategic Business Plan,” says Daniel de la Morena, consultant to the LAC’s Knowledge Management department. “And I am also assisting in the set-up of a community of practice for people involved in e-business in LAC. This community will be similar to the European e-Business Support Network (eBSN): www.e-bsn.org”, he said. “I am using DevForum a lot with operations as a part of knowledge sharing strategies for projects and studies,” says Bari L.

UNU-WIDER : UNU-WIDER How Matters /  Links & Resources On Aid Effectiveness & Foreign Assistance Reform Organizational Development & Fundraising for Community-Based Organizations Recommended Reading Documentaries on Global Issues Organizations & Networks On Aid Effectiveness & Foreign Assistance Reform Local Aid Reform Initiatives: Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) Affiliated Network for Social Accountability-Africa – a project of IDASA Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness Aid Data – tracking development finance Aid Effectiveness Portal AidFlows uses visualization to track the sources and uses of aid funding. aidinfo – better information, better aid Aid Watch – just asking that aid benefit the poor Beyond Good Intentions – A ten-part film series (and movement) investigating the effectiveness of international aid The Big Push Forward – Making Space for Fair Assessment for a Fairer World Change.org’s posts on humanitarian relief Civil Society Voices for Better Aid Development Gateway Hawken.

Development Research Institute UPDATE: Monday March 17, 2014 5:08pm World Bank responds (see end of this post) WARNING: the contents of this message are for private entertainment purposes only. Any unauthorized duplication of this message to score cheap points is strictly prohibited. Email from World Bank, January 27: I am writing to you in reference to a recent publication: “The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor” by William Easterly. The events program has hosted internationally renowned speakers including: Amartya Sen, Angus Deaton…Christy Turlington … as well as numerous Heads of States and Nobel Laureates. Email from World Bank, February 5: I am happy to confirm the event on March 18 from 12-2pm. Could you please also send me a copy of the book, so we can provide it to a potential moderator. Email from World Bank, February 6: We are delighted and look forward to a great and exciting event on March 18. Would it also be possible to send me a galley of the book?

List of think tanks This article is a list of think tanks sorted by country. United Nations[edit] United Nations University (UNU) Australia[edit] Azerbaijan[edit] Bangladesh[edit] Belgium[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina[edit] Center for Socio Economic Studies POPULARI Brazil[edit] Canada[edit] Chile[edit] Czech Republic[edit] Institute for Social and Economic Analyses Denmark[edit] Egypt[edit] Fiji[edit] Pasifika Nexus (PN) Finland[edit] France[edit] Georgia (country)|Georgia[edit] New Economic School – Georgia Germany[edit] Greece[edit] Hong Kong[edit] Hong King Policy Research Institute Hungary[edit] India[edit] Ireland[edit] Iran[edit] Israel[edit] Italy[edit] Japan[edit] Kenya[edit] African Progress Center Mexico[edit] Morocco[edit] Amadeus Institute Hypatia of Alexandria Institute for Reflexion & Studies (www.ihare.net) Netherlands[edit] New Zealand[edit] Nigeria[edit] Pakistan[edit] Philippines[edit] Resources, Environment and Economics Center for Studies (REECS) Poland[edit] Portugal[edit] Russia[edit] Singapore[edit] Slovakia[edit] Sri Lanka[edit]

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