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Sister Sites

External links to sustainable social development and the participation of civil society

	Amazing top level sources
	Social and Cooperative Economy
	Cooperative and Social Economy Research Centres
	UK University - Development Study Department Link Pages
	Participation
	Sustainable Development
	Social Development
	Civil Society
	Thought Provoking Papers
	Women in Development
	Sources of books
	Regularly updated newsfeed

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International development (Moreover)
Poverty (Eldis)
Global info

Amazing top level sources of links

	The Monitoring and Evaluation (mande) consortium: http://www.mande.co.uk You can have updates emailed.
	The Danida supported Eldis clearing house from IDS: http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis
	The DFID supported site at IDS - ID21: http://www.id21.org
	The DFID supported Development Information Update www.devinit.org
	UNDP's Human Development Report: www.undp.org/undp/hdro
	Washington based PACT disseminates quality resources to development practitioners http://www.pactworld.org/home.html
	The Thirdworld Network site in Penang, Malaysia - a great jumping off site for Asia - http://www.twnside.org.sg
	India's National Institute of Rural Development www.nird.org
	African Journals Online www.oneworld.org/inasp/ajol
	Danida, UN Habitat and Gov. of Uganda's site with Methods to Strengthen Communities by Raising Capacity in Low Income Neighbourhoods www.scn.org/cmp
	INASP International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications www.oneworld.org/inasp/

	International Aid and Disaster Relief - Links at Look Smart http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus317836/eus552286/eus62071/eus62075/r?l&
	Links to Resources For Social and Economic Development - University of Pennsylvania http://www.ssw.upenn.edu/~restes/praxis.html
	UK's Overseas Development Institute Publications 2001 - http://www.odi.org.uk/publications/intro.html
	And of course Oneworld: http://www.oneworld.org

Social and Cooperative Economy

For up to date news from the UK Cooperative Movement visit:	www.thenews.coop
International Fair Trade Association (IFAT)	http://www.ifat.org
International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP-FIPA)	http://www.ifap.org
International Health Cooperatives Organisation (IHCO)	http://www.coop.org/ihco
New Sector - the magazine of community and co-operative enterprise in the UK and elsewhere	www.newsector.co.uk
Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives	www.copacgva.org/
International Association of Investors in the Social Economy (Really good links page)	www.inaise.org
UK Development Trusts Association	www.dta.org.uk
Communicate Mutuality	www.mutuo.co.uk
International Co-operative and Mutual Insurance Federation	www.icmif.org
International Co-operative Alliance	www.coop.org
CWS UK has a good links page	www.co-op.co.uk
Fairtrade Labelling Organisation	www.fairtrade.net
World Council of Credit Unions, Inc	www.woccu.org
Commonwealth Association on Local Economic Development	www.cbs-network.org.uk/COMMACTUK.htm
European Network for Economic Self Help and Local Economic Development	www.european-network.de
Community Business Scotland	www.cbs-network.org.uk
Community Enterprise Ltd - support for the social economy (UK)	www.communityenterprise.co.uk

Cooperative and Social Economy Research Centres

Europe
Wales Institute for Research into Cooperatives	http://www.uwic.ac.uk/ubs/research/wirc/
Centre for Cooperative Studies – University College Cork, Ireland	http://www.ucc.ie/acad/foodecon/centre
Cooperative Research Unit – Open University, UK	http://www-tec.open.ac.uk/cru/index.html
International Center of Research and Information on the Public, Social and Cooperative Economy – University of Liege, Belgium	http://www.ulg.ac.be/ciriec
Italian Institute for Cooperative Studies	http://www1.legacoop.it/
Mondragon Cooperative Centre, Spain	http://mondragon.mcc.es
Netherlands Institute for Cooperative Entrepreneurship	http://www.nice-nyenrode.nl/
New Economics Foundation - UK	http://www.neweconomics.org
Plunkett Foundation -UK	http://www.plunket.co.uk
Social Enterprise Institute, Heriot Watt University Edinburgh, Scotland	www.som.hw.ac.uk/socialenterprise
The Society for Cooperative Studies - UK	http://www.coopstudies.org
United States & Canada
Arthur Capper Cooperative Centre - Kansas State University	http://ww.agecon.ksu.edu/acc/Default
Cornell University Cooperative Enterprise Program - USA	http://cooperatives.aem.cornell.edu/
Quentin N Burdock Centre for Cooperatives – North Dakota State University, USA	http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/qbcc/index
University of California-Davis Centre for Cooperatives, USA	http://cooperatives.ucdavis.edu
University of Wisconsin-Madison Centre for Cooperatives, Canada	http://www.wisc.edu/uwcc
British Columbia Institute for Cooperative Studies – University of Victoria, Canada	http://web.uvic.ca/bcics
Centre for Cooperative Studies – University of Saskatchewan, Canada	http://www.coop-studies.usask.ca/
Coady International Institute – St Francis Xavier University, Canada	http://www.stfx.ca/institutes/coady
University of Alberta Cooperative Program in Agricultural Management & Business, Canada	http://www.re.ualberta.ca/coopchair
Australia & Pacific
Australian Centre for Cooperative Research and Development	http://ww.accord.org.au
Japan Institute for Cooperative Research	http://jicr.roukyou.gr.jp

UK University - Development Study Department Link Pages

http://www.rdg.ac.uk/AERDD/AERDD/Links.html	Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Department - Reading
http://www.wlv.ac.uk/crdt/indexm.htm	Centre for Rural Development and Training - Wolverhampton
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/CSGR/others.html	Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation - Warwick
http://www.swan.ac.uk/cds/devres/devlnks/rights.htm	Centre of Development Studies - Swansea
http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/devtlinx.htm#Jobs	Institute for Development Policy and Management - Manchester
http://www.lse.ac.uk/list.htm	LSE Web Guide - London
http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/liblinks.html	SOAS Library Catalogue - London
www.ukonline.org.uk	Info about all UK government ministries, departments and agencies - and all local authorities

Participation

NABUUR.COM (Helpful Global Neighbours)

NABUUR.COM’s mission is to give communities in developing countries access to their global Neighbours via the Internet. And through these Neighbours to the huge reservoir of resources (knowledge, solutions, energy and money) that is available elsewhere.

NABUUR.COM brings communities in developing countries into direct contact with committed individuals worldwide who want to assist them. These virtual Neighbours can help by finding the resources needed by the community.

http://www.nabuur.com/

community development and communication - digging deeper.

Information created as part of a research study on community development and communication within the Cairngorms area in Scotland.

http://www.srds.co.uk/communities/

	The Eldis Collection http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/pra/pra.htm
	FAO: People and Participation http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/SUSTDEV/PPdirect/PPhomepg.htm
	Scottish Participatory Initiatives http://www.srds.co.uk/spi/
	Cornell Local Government Programme http://clgp.arme.cornell.edu/
	World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS) www.civicus.org
	Resource Centres for Participatory Learning and Action www.rcpla.org

Sustainable development

	International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, Drylands Programme http://www.iied.org/drylands/index.html
	Sustainable Development Network an introduction to the issues, major participants, success stories and resources related to sustainable development. http://www.sustainabledevelopment.net/
	World Wildlife Fund - Earth Summit http://www.livingplanet.org/news/press/earthsum_index.htm
	UN Sustainable Development http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csdup45/
	Italian based Forum: habitat in developing countries http://obelix.polito.it/forum/links/default.htm
	World Resources Institute (Washington Based) http://www.wri.org/wri/
	The Earth Council (Costa Rica based) http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/
	The Sustainable Development Networking Programme (India) http://sdnp.delhi.nic.in/us/us-frame.html
	UN Environment Programme http://www.unep.org/home.htm
	International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives http://www.iclei.org
	IUNC: World Conservation Union http://www.iucn.org
	University of British Columbia - Sustainable Development Research Institute www.sdri.ubc.ca/
	Earthscan: www.earthscan.co.uk
	Philippine Agrarian Reform Foundation for National Development Inc www.parfund.ph
	Social land Ownership Case Studies: www.caledonia.org.uk/socialland
	The gateway for information and services to rural communities in Scotland http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/

Social Development

	About the World Summit for Social Development http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/wssd.htm
	UN Gateway to Social Policy and Development http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/
	UN Research Institute for Social Development http://www.unrisd.org/index.htm
	World Bank about Social Capital http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/scapital/
	OECD Development Indicators http://www.oecd.org/dac/indicators/
	NGOs from 60 countries: www.socwatch.apc.org
	Rural Development Policy: http://www.rurpol.org/outputs/policy/index.html
	Philippines Rural Reconstruction Movement: http://www.csi.com.ph/~srddp
	International Development Research Centre (Canada) www.idrc.ca
	Social Analysis www.socialanalysis.org

Civil society

	Richard Holloway's Civil Society Toolbox http://www.pactworld.org/toolbox.html
	CIVITAS an independent, international NGO, headquartered in Strasbourg, France, dedicated to promoting informed and responsible citizenship in new and established democracies http://www.civnet.org/civitas/whatis.htm
	CIVNET is a Web site for civic education practitioners (teachers, teacher trainers, curriculum designers), as well as scholars, policymakers, civic-minded journalists, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) promoting civil society all over the world.http://www.civnet.org/index.htm
	PACT's IMPACT HTTP://www.pactworld.org/impact.html
	Chris Bertram's lectures on Political Philosophy (UK) http://info.bris.ac.uk/~plcdib/pp_lct.html
	Thomas Bridges' lectures of Philosophy and Civil Society (USA) http://www.civsoc.com/index.htm
	Center for Civic Society http://civic.net/ccn.html
	The Role of NGOs in the 21st Century: www.ngo99korea.org
	Hakikazi Catalyst - providing information, training and support to Civil Society Organisations in Tanzania - www.hakikazi.org

Thought provoking Papers

	Crosscutting links at the poverty/environment interface: http://www.oneworld.org/iied/crosscut.html
	Civil Society's Emerging Role in Global Governance http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/about/speech/kalaw/mkalaw.htm
	NGO - World Bank Cooperation
	Social Integration: Approaches and Issues http://www.unrisd.org/engindex/publ/list/bp/bp1/toc.htm
	What is PRA? by Robert Chambers http://www.ids.susx.ac.uk/ids/particip/intro/what.html#what
	Oneworld Guides - choose a topic when you get there: http://www.oneworld.org/guides/index.html
	Oxfam policy documents www.oxfam.org.uk/policy.html
	UNDP's Human Development Report Office www.undp.org/hdro/
	NGO's in a global future - Conference Report www.bham.ac.uk/IDD/ngosconf.htm
	Oxfam on Education - 'Break the Cycle of Poverty' www.oxfam.org/educationnow
	World Bank's Resources and Support to Alleviate Poverty www.worldbank.org/poverty/

Women in Development

JICA - Manual on Integrating WID Considerations into Development Programs
CONCEPT PAPER - JICA'S EFFORTS IN WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT

CIDA's Policy on Gender Equality
Promoting Gender Equality : CIDA programs in APEC developing countries

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Commonwealth of Learning on WID

World Wide Web Cites Related to Gender

Women in Development, Gender and Development

	Association for Women in Development
	Oxfam, Gender and Development
	Beijing '95: Women, Power and Change
	WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service
	Women Working Worldwide

United Nations ESCAP
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Women in Development Section

Sources of Books

Earthscan Publications www.earthscan.co.uk/
Books about women in development www.womenink.org

External links to sustainable social development and the participation of civil society