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- Science: Social Sciences: Economics: Development Economics (75)
- Society: Issues: Economic: Development (10)
- Society: Issues: Global: Aid and Development (30)
- Society: Philanthropy: Organizations (891)
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- OneWorld
- OneWorld is a network organisation working for sustainable development through information and communication technologies (ICTs). The OneWorld partnership includes over 1000 development and human rights NGOs.
- Academy for Educational Development - Independent, nonprofit organization committed to solving critical social problems in the U.S. and throughout the world through education, social marketing, research, training, policy analysis and innovative program design and management.
- ACORD Agency for Co-operation and Research In Development - An international non-governmental organisation which works alongside some of the poorest and most disadvantaged people in remote and conflict-affected parts of Africa.
- ActALIVE - Coalition of groups and individuals who use or advocate the use of arts to address HIV/AIDS and related issues such as poverty, human-rights and sustainable development. "Arts for Creative Transformation: Activism, Lifeline, Inspiration, Vision, Education."
- Aga Khan Development Network - Information on their works in the fields of health, education, culture, rural development and economic promotion, primarily in least-developed countries in Asia and Africa.
- Agency for Relief, Development and Conflict Resolution - An NGO network and resource center for those working in relief and development in conflict regions. Also evaluates the impact of intervention and trains local agencies in capacity building.
- Art For Development Network - Aims to create opportunities for arts advocates and development stakeholders to find new ways together to improve communities all around the world. Includes database of artists who will work with development organizations.
- Association for International Co-operation and Humanitarian Aid - An NGO managing development and training operations in the South, as well as handling domestic campaigns aimed at enhancing public awareness of issues related to development co-operation.
- Center for Conscious Evolution - A resource hub for fostering greater cooperation and coherence within the global movement toward positive change. Includes articles, training, events and an online community.
- Change for Children Association - A Canada-based organization which supports grassroots community-based development projects throughout Latin America, and also carries out a development education program in Canada. Focus on Brazil, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Peru, Mexico and Guatemala.
- Clinton Global Initiative - Helping meet the challenges of global interdependence by focusing on economic empowerment; health security and HIV/AIDS; racial, ethnic and religious reconciliation; and education, leadership development and citizen service. Includes news, video clips, and information on their September conference and participants.
- Cooperative Housing Foundation (CHF) - CHF serves as a catalyst for sustainable positive change in low- and moderate-income communities around the world, helping to improve their housing, economic circumstances and environments.
- Counterpart International - A non-profit international development organization, working in over 60 countries to build a more just world. Runs humanitarian, civil society, environmental, enterprise development, health and food security programs.
- Development & Peace - Aims to improve living and working conditions in 70 countries around the globe, funding human rights, community development and humanitarian aid in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
- The Development Gateway - Uses affordable information and communication technologies to increase knowledge sharing, build local capacity, enhance effectiveness and improve transparency for organisations in developing countries.
- DIO - Vetinary medicine in development cooperation - Offers veterinary help to the poorest populations in developing countries, using techniques sensitive to the prevailing social, cultural and ecological circumstances.
- Directory of Development Organizations - Downloadable contact information of organizations promoting social and economic development and poverty reduction. Organized by geographic area and activity type; also available in Spanish and French.
- Firefly International - Works with vulnerable and marginalised groups to combat social division and inequality around the world. Projects, volunteer opportunities, and resources for community projects worldwide.
- Friendships Without Borders, Inc. - A program for resolution and conciliation in areas of conflict and social deprivation, achieving its goals through the creation of inter-community educational, career and job options through inward investment, to sustain and re-empower the rural communities.
- Geekcorps - Non-profit organization working to expand internet use in emerging nations. Includes newsletters and information on volunteering.
- German Foundation for World Population (DSW) - Describes activities in Germany and in developing countries: development projects, advocacy campaigns, special events and publications on population and reproductive health.
- Global Peace Initiative - Promoting international grassroots movements, especially in developing countries, to resolve conflict and address human crises with community-based solutions. Focus on street children, abandoned women, victims of natural disasters, and refugees.
- The Hunger Project - A global movement aiming to end hunger in Africa, Asia and Latin America by empowering local people to create lasting society-wide progress in health, education, nutrition and family incomes.
- Independent Development Experts Association (IDEA) - Swiss NGO which looks at quality and effectiveness of development cooperation projects in the third world in order to improve their effectiveness.
- Innovations in Civic Participation - A non-profit social change organization providing expertise, ideas, information, research, and advocacy support in the United States and worldwide to promote civic engagement through service.
- King Baudouin International Development Prize - Describes the prize, which recognizes the actions of individuals or organisations that are making a significant contribution to the advancement of developing countries or mutual support between industrialised and developing countries.
- Management Sciences for Health (MSH) - A private, nonprofit international organization working in public health areas to improve management and access to critical health care services
- The Marquis Project - A Manitoba based international development organization involved in local education programs for global issues, community development projects with overseas partners, and operating a Third World craft shop.
- Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development - Aims to improve quality of life in developing countries by encouraging dialogue about development policy with stakeholders though networks and the Foundation's think tank, and running healthcare and social development projects.
- Outreach International - A human development agency striving to alleviate the injustices of hunger, poverty and disease by engaging people as partners in their own development.
- Pact International - Works throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America to help build strong communities that provide people with an opportunity to earn a dignified living, raise healthy families, and participate in democratic life.
- Plan International - An international development charity working with communities in 45 countries to alleviate child poverty. Funded through child sponsorship and donations, it's a non-political group with no religious affiliations.
- Relief International - A humanitarian, non-profit agency providing emergency relief, rehabilitation, and development assistance to victims of natural disasters and civil conflicts.
- Standardized Monitoring and Assessment of Relief and Transitions - An interagency initiative to improve monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian assistance interventions.
- United Nations Development Programme - UNDP is the UN's global development network. Provides publications and special initiatives, full list of countries, and information on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
- War On Want - Fighting international poverty by campaigning in the UK for a better deal for the world's poor, and working directly with poor people across the developing world - from sweatshop factories in Bangladesh, to the forests of Brazil.
- Winrock International - Assists the disadvantaged everywhere to increase economic opportunity, sustain natural resources and protect the environment using innovative approaches in agriculture, forestry, clean energy, leadership training and policy.
- World Accord - Canadian non-profit involved in development projects and education in developing countries around the world.
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