- Jobs listing from British Overseas NGOs for Development (BOND)
- British Overseas NGOs for Development, 1999
- Listing of current vacancies with members of BOND, UK-based developmental NGOs
- AIDS in the developing world (CARE)
- CARE International, 1999
- Database on European child research institutions (Childwatch)
- Childwatch International Research Network, 1999
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN)
- United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, 1999
- The State of the World's Children 1996 report
- United Nations Children's Fund, 1999
- State of the World's Children: Statistical tables
- United Nations Children's Fund, 1999
- Livelihoods diversification in rural development
- F. Ellis / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- Examines livelihood diversification as a survival strategy of rural households in developing countries. Although still of central importance, farming on its own is increasingly unable to provide a sufficient means of survival in rural...
- Understanding linkages among food availability, access, consumption, and nutrition in Africa: empirical findings and issues from the literature
- Patrick Diskin / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 1995
- By providing new perspectives on linkages between food availability, access, consumption, and nutrition, this report intends to assist policymakers in understanding the nature and extent of relationships among all variables involved i...
- PVO/NGO tools for household and business impact assessment: report of a planning meeting (Edgcomb / AIMS)
- microLINKS,, 1999
- Child Labour
- New Internationalist, 1999
- One in six of the rich world’s children is poor
- UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2000
- By comparing data from different countries, the new research asks what can be learned about the causes of child poverty and examines the policies that have contributed to the success of lower rates in some countries. In particular, it...
- School participation in rural India
- J. Drèze; G.G. Kingdon / Programme for the Study of Economic Organisation and Public Policy, LSE, 1999
- Looks at the determinants of school participation in rural north India, based on a recent household survey which includes detailed information on school characteristics. School participation, especially among girls, responds to...
- Staking Their Claims: Land Disputes in Southern Mozambique
- J. McGregor / Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997
- Conflicting interests in land and resource use emerged in postwar Mozambique, giving rise to multiple layers of dispute. This article explores the disputes occurring between 1992 and 1995 in two districts which are notable for the sev...
- Rwanda: the hidden violence
- Amnesty International, 1998
- Report provides an overview of some of the grave human rights abuses carried out in Rwanda from December 1997 to May 1998, with a particular focus on the patterns of "disappearances", extrajudicial executions by members of the Rwandes...
- State of World Population Report 1998: the new generations
- United Nations Population Fund, 1998
- The momentum of global population growth is slowing. Thanks to the efforts ofthe past 30 years, growth rates have fallen and will fall further in the coming decades. But because of high fertility in the past, world population is still...
- The Social Consequences of the East Asian Financial Crisis
- Social Crisis in East Asia, World Bank, 1998
- What began as a currency crisis in Thailand has evolved into a social crisis across the region and beyond. Within East Asia it was initially hoped that the crisis would involve a sharp contraction and sharp recovery—a "V"-shaped ...
- To Nourish a Nation: Investing in Nutrition with World Bank Assistance
- Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 1999
- The challenges of development require a strong human resource base - a workforce that is physically strong, mentally alert, and healthy. But malnutrition robs a country of these resources, preventing entire communities from participat...
- Design, Content and Financing of an Essential National Package of Health Services
- J. Bobadilla; P. Cowley; P. Musgrove; H. Saxenian / Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 1993
- A minimum package of public health and clinical interventions, which are highly cost-effective and deal with major sources of disease burden, could be provided in low-income countries for about $ 12 per person per year, and in middle-...
- Class Action: Improving School Performance in the Developing World Through Better Health and Nutrition
- Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 1999
- The success of survival programs for children under 5 in the developing world has created new challenges for improving the quality of life for the survivors: those who reach school age. Class Action summarizes how better nutrition and...
- Violence Against Women Information Pack: a priority health issue
- Women's Health and Development Programme, WHO, 1998
- Package focuses on violence in families, rape and sexual assault, violence against women in situations of conflict and displacement, as well as violence against the girl child. The consequences of violence on women's health and the ro...
- Global Unification the Gambia (GU)
- Global Unification The Gambia (GU) is a chapter of Global Unification International (GUI) in Australia. It is a youth-led research and development, non-political, non-religious, tax exempted charitable, association established in 2006 at the University of the Gambia. In partnership with relevant institutions, its mission is to provide education, skills and strengthen the capacity of yo...
- Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
- The Child Poverty Action Group was formed in 1994 out of deep concern for the rising level of poverty in New Zealand and its effects on children. CPAG works to produce evidence about the causes and effects of poverty on children and their families. It examines how Government policies affect children and families. CPAG publishes reports, makes submissions and conducts small-scale researc...
- Earth Child Institute (ECI)
- Earth Child Institute is committed to combating climate change, deforestation and water scarcity. By investing in hands-on environment and educational projects with and for children, both in and out of schools. Its goal is to engage with and support empowerment of the world’s 2.2 billion people under the age of 18 to plant trees, ensure access to safe water, sanitation, clean energy and nutr...
- Kenya Community Support Center (KECOSCE)
- The Kenya Community Support Center (KECOSCE) was founded in 2006 and has been working in the coastal region of Kenya. It was established to address democratic governance, socio?economic and youth concerns with a focus on the coast of Kenya.
- United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- Multidisciplinary research institute on development economics
- Countdown to 2015
- The Countdown to 2015 Initiative tracks coverage levels for health interventions proven to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality.It calls on governments and development partners to be accountable, identifies knowledge gaps and proposes new actions to reach Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health. The Countdown Initiative is a supra-institu...
- UNICEF Bangladesh
- The UNICEF Bangladesh country office work in partnership with government ministries, non-government organisations, UN agencies and a wide range of donors in order to solve the problems facing children in Bangladesh. Specifically, UNICEF Bangladesh works on: education health and nutrition protection...
- Global Health Promotion
- Global Health Promotion, is the official publication of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE). It is a multilingual journal, which publishes authoritative peer-reviewed articles and practical information for a world-wide audience of professionals interested in health promotion and health education. The title was formerly known as Promotion & Education.
- BASICS fragile and post-conflict states publications
- As part of a multi-donor exercise to deepen the international development community's understanding of health programming in post conflict and fragile environments, BASICS authored a series of papers to distill current thinking and share lessons learned. This website page provides access to the titles of and links to these papers.
- Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic economics (CHILD)
- Promotes the collaboration of researchers in the field of population and household economics with a particular interest to the relationships between households, within households and between the family and the state by organising conferences, seminars and research on these themes. Acts as a network for the activities of five Italian universities.
