Information Resources

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AusAID Evaluation and Quality assurance

http://www.ausaid.gov.au/about/pia/Quality_Assurance_Page.cfm

Focuses on evaluation and Quality Assurance in aid work and assessment criteria, including the Multilateral Assessment Framework (MAF) and other useful resources.

Australian Society for Agronomy - Annual Conference Proceedings

http://www.regional.org.au/

then go Australian Society for Agronomy, then Proceedings ( links may be down)

ASA proceedings - 2001 paper on Sustainable Farming Systems for Central Queensland

CARE Design Monitoring Evaluation Resources Site

http://www.kcenter.com/care/dme/default.htm

A central starting point for CARE staff - and others - to locate resources related to programme Design, Monitoring and Evaluation

CARE International Project on Development through Aquaculture

http://www.careinternational.org.uk/resource_centre/agriculture/

golda/back/lesson.htm

The Greater Options for Local Development through Aquaculture Project is nearing its end after five years of working with more than 15,000 rural households in South West Bangladesh. This document seeks to compile the lessons learned during the project's lifetime.

Change Project - HIV Aids

http://www.changeproject.org/technical/hivaids/stigma.html

Understanding and Challenging HIV Stigma: Toolkit for Action

Changemakers

http://www.changemakers.net

Site for social entrepreneurship and access to current relevant practices. Also assists in ways for communities to deal with problems such as illiteracy, hunger, violence.

Chronic Povery Research Centre Working Papers

http://www.chronicpoverty.org/pdfs/KBNo32.pdf

Working Paper on the intra-household disadvantages framework which presents a critical analysis of exisitng gender frameworks, focusing on their applicability to analysing other dimensions of intra-household differences and identifies tools which provide a starting point to examine these differences.

Chronic Poverty Research Centre's (CPRC) Toolbox

http://www.idpm.man.ac.uk/cprc/CPToolbox/Toolboxhome.htm

IDPM's CPRC site providing information on designing research, combining methods, data collection, data analysis etc.. Good information on mapping, Venn diagrams etc.

CIVICUS

http://www.civicus.org/new/default.asp

International alliance to nuture participatory democracy. World Assembly Gaborone, Botswana 2004. Site has programmes aimed at strengthening civil society with several toolkits.

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/

Use Organisation Chart to find Performance and Knowledge Management Branch which has details of policies, frameworks, guides, tools etc. to improve performance in measurement and reporting.

Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Development Research

http://www.swan.ac.uk/cds/research/SDRC/conferenceabstracts.htm

Centre for Development Studies University of Wales Swansea July 2002 international conference abstracts and links to papers.

Commonwealth Business Council

http://www.cbcglobelink.com/cbcglobelink/Publications.jsp

"The Commonwealth's unique and varied nature enables it to grapple with the challenges and opportunities which the rapidly changing global economic order presents. As the voice of the private sector in the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Business Council is at the head of this effort."

Cornell University - Q-Squared in Practice conference in conjunction with the University of Toronto

http://www.arts.cornell/edu/poverty/kanbur/QQZ.pdf

Full conference report for each of the 3 conferences in a series that review the state-of-the-art of poverty appraisal and reduction and the debate on Quality vs. Quantity.

ELDIS Participation Resource Guide

http://www.eldis.org/participation/

Excellent source of material on various aspects of participation, grouped into subject areas

ELDIS (Electronic Development and Environment Information System) - Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E)

http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/hot/pme.htm

Guide promotes participatory methods and offers background information, links to methods, tools, manuals etc. for those involved in PM&E

Empowerment Evaluation

http://www.stanford.edu/~davidf/

empowermentevaluation.html

Defines Empowerment Evaluation, provides information on methodologies, resources, related associations and the Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation section of The American Evaluation Association and

FAO's Participation website

http://www.fao.org/participation/

Link to Field Tools which provide many detailed descriptions and applications of evaluation instruments for users of participatory methods.

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

http://www.gemconsortium.org/

"GEM is the world’s largest and longest-standing study of entrepreneurial activity. In 2004, GEM conducted research in 34 countries around the world. The results of GEM data analysis is used as a key benchmarking indicator by regional, national and supranational authorities around the world."

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

http://www.globalreporting.org

Aims to provide reporting guidelines for the content of sustainability reports, which cover the Economic, Social and Environmental factors of an organisation.

Green Map System (GMS)

http://www.greenmap.org

Locally adaptable framework to use to chart urban areas tht show nterconnections between natural and designed environments.

Harvey Mudd College, California - Community Based Research

http://www.dof.hmc.educ/icrn/Calderon2.pdf

Jose Calderón's paper "Lessons From an Activist Intellectual: Participatory Research, Teaching, and Learning for Social Change"

IDRC Outcome Mapping

http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-26586-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

OM characterises and assesses the contributions development programmes make to the achievement of outcomes.

IDS Logolink

http://www.ids.ac.uk/logolink/index.htm

LogoLink is a global network of practitioners from civil society organisations, research institutions and governments working to deepen democracy through greater citizen participation in local governance. LogoLink encourages learning from field-based innovations and expressions of democracy which contribute to social justice.

IDS Participatory Learning site

http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/particip/networks/learnparticip/index.html

Good global dialogue on participatory learning, methods, changes in attitude, increasing participation in society

IDS Research - Globalisaton and Value Chain Studies

(see also Research section)

http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/global/valchn.html

Good starting point for explanation of value chains; how their use identifies areas in need of improvement in the production cycle. Site currently focuses on value chains for automobile, shoe, fruit, vegetable, furniture and surgical instrument production.

IIED 2004

http://www.iied.org/docs/spa/SEAbook/TitleContents_Oct04.pdf

Strategic Environmental Assessment: A Sourcebook and Reference Guide to International Experience has been prepared in response to these trends and to support recent initiatives to address SEA frameworks and tools that can be applied by international agencies in their work. It also aims to support a UNDP programme on integrated assessment and planning for sustainable development.

Impact Assessment Centre of Imp-Act-CGAP (see also Micro-finance)

http://www.microfinancegateway.org/impact

Centre aimed at microfinance practitioners, donors, NGOs and academics and provides current issues in microfinance impact assessment, case stuedies, recent research etc.

Imp-Act (see also Micro-finance)

http://www.imp-act.org

Imp-Act is a research programme designed to improve the quality of microfinance services and their impact on poverty through developing better impact assessment systems. The programme seeks to assist organisations in developing their own learning systems, decision-making processes and methods to satisfy the requirements of external stakeholders.

Inspiration Software

http://www.inspiration.com/home.cfm

Recommended software for generating complex modelling and diagrams using many icons, symbols etc. Introduction to objectives and techniques of visual learning also included.

Integrated Approaches to Participatory Developmetn (IAPAD)

http://www.iapad.org/

Shows how to use 3-D modelling merging with GIS and other systems to generate data of community' knowledge to provide stakeholders with information in owning and developing development and natural resource management initiatives.

International Food Policy Research Institute

http://www.ifpri.org/pubs/jhu/householdsgender.htm

IFPRI's new book "Household Decisions, Gender, and Development
A Synthesis of Recent Research"synthesises new knowledge on intrahousehold resource allocation and the role it plays in affecting the outcome of development policy. Provides new models in household decision-making and draws on gender and intrahousehold research and data.

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

http://www.ifad.org/evaluation/guide/

Guide written to help improve the skills of those involved in M & E in IFAD-supported projects.

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) - Measurement and Indicators for Sustainable Development

http://iisd1.iisd.ca/measure/default.htm

Introduction to indicators; Bellagio Principles; country-specific assessments of economic, environmental social and institutional performance in relation to sustainability.

IISD's Measurement and Assessment

http;//www.iisd.org/measure/

IISD's strategic objective on Measurement and Assessment - development of robust sets of indicators for public- and private-sector decision-makers. Also includes the Compendium of Sustainable Development Indicator Initiatives, a global directory of organizations and experts dealing with sustainable development indicator and measurement matters.

International Association for Impact Assessment

http://www.iaia.org/

Publications and Reference Materials section includes International Principles for Social Impact Assessment, published in May 2003 providing a basis for practitioners to develop national guidelines in consultation with a range of stakeholders and users in their own countries.

International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE)

http://home.wmis.net/~russon/ioce/

Coalition of regional, national and international evaluation organisations dedicated to building leadership and capacity.

INTRAC

5th Evaluation Conference

http://www.intrac.org/Intrac/INTRACConferences_en.html

Conferences and workshops that ensure the best use of practitioner and academic experiences in order to achieve a synergy between theory, programme and policy inputs. The 5th's theme - Measurement, Management and Accountability.

Laurentian University/IDRC-Participatory Research and Gender Analysis Program module

http://www.prgaprogram.org/modules/DownloadsPlus/uploads/Hosted_documents/

gender_analysis_in_Malawi.pdf

This document pinpoints major issues in gender analysis and gender realtions in rural households in Malawi.

LOKA Institute

http://www.loka.org

A non-profit research and advocacy organization concerned with the social, political, and environmental repercussions of research, science and technology.

Microfinance Gateway's Impact Assessment Centre

http://www.microfinancegateway.org/section/resourcecenters/impactassessment/

developing/methodologicalissues/

For individuals who will be directly involved in designing and implementing an assessment for a microfinance institution. Includes AIMS (Assessing the Impact of Microenterprise Services) project of the U.S. AID and EDIAIS funded by the U.K. Department for International Development.

MicroLINKS - PSD Impact Assessment

http://www.microlinks.org/psdimpact

MicroLINKS (Microenterprise Leaning Information and Knowledge Sharing - Private Sector Development (PSD) Impact Assessment Initiative. The web site states it is an initiative for " learning about and improve the effectiveness of new generation economic growth programs through impact assessments, and to identify specific impacts that private sector development (PSD) interventions have on the private sector and pro-poor growth."

Mosaic International

http://www.mosaic-net-intl.ca/

Private consulting firm based in Ottawa, Canada offering innovative solutions to development issues. Its network is comprised of partners from Latin America, Africa and Asia. Among the services offered are impact needs assessments and assistance with results- based management and indicators.

M and E (Monitoring and Evaluation)

http://www.mande.co.uk

A news service focusing on developments in monitoring and evaluation methods relevant to development projects and programmes with social development objectives.

OECD/DAC (Development Assistance Committee) Working Party on Aid Evaluation

http://www.minefi.gouv.fr/TRESOR/cicid/atelier/som_contrib.htm

see also http://www1.oecd.org/dac/Evaluation/htm/about.htm

March 2003 Workshop in France - "Partners in development evaluation-learning and accountability".

PALSnetwork

http://www.palsnetwork.info/

Has videos, animation and details of Participatory Action Learning system methodologies.

Participation Toolkit

http://www.toolkitparticipation.nl/

offers information on tools which promote citizen participation in local governance.

PD Forum

(Participatory Development Forum)

http://www.pdforum.org/

Network dedicated to promoting a philosophy of participation advocating people's capacity and right to define and control their own development in order to achieve social justice and equality.

Performance Assessment Resource Centre

http://www.parcinfo.org/

PARC supports efforts to improve performance assessment in international development practice.

PREVAL

http://www.preval.org/pagina.php?secCodigo=28&idioma=8

Starting with Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) and now in Phase II with International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), PREVAL's main aim is to strengthen Latin American and Caribbean countries technical capacities in evaluating poverty alleviation projects by i) creating a network of professional experts; ii) designing M&E systems, and iii) building a knowledge base on project assessment for poverty alleviation

Project Sigma

http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/

aboutus/default.asp?pageid=132

Funded by the UK Dep't For Trade and Industry, it aims to help all types of organisations to address sustainability issues in a strategic and integrated fashion and has three lead partners - ISEA, the British Standards Institution and Forum for the Future.

Reflect

http://www.reflect-action.org/

"Reflect is an approach to adult learning and social change, used by over 350 diverse organisations in more than 60 countries." Approach combines Paulo Friereian and participatory methods and draws on experience of many practitioners around the world. .

Sida Evaluation Manual 2004

http://www.sida.se/Sida/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1265&a=25624

Looking Back, Moving Forward: Sida Evaluation Manual 2004 - reviews central evaluation concepts and includes a step-by-step account of the evaluation process.

Siyanda and UN-Economic Commision for Latin America and the Caribbean

http://www.siyanda.org/static/chant_povanalysis.htm

ECLAC publication "New contribuions to the analyisis of poverty: methodological and conceptual challenges to understanding poverty from a gender perspective" discusses just that and how some research has been gender blind in spite of feminists insights.

Siyanda and Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs

http://www.siyanda.org/static/johnsson_powerandprivileges.htm

Publication "Power and privileges - on gender discrimination and poverty and power and privileges" asks questions about the level of gender sensitive poverty analysis, power imbalances , resource distribution in families etc.

Social Impact Assessment

http://www.socialimpactassessment.net

SIA site of Rabel Burdge with teaching materials, workshops, bibliographies and more to assist in SIA.

Sustainable Measures

http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/index.html

Aims to explain indicators, how they relate to sustainability, how to identify good indicators, how to use them to measure progress towards building a sustainable community.

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC / DSC), 2004

http://www.deza.ch/ressources/deza_product_en_1097.pdf

Best Practice Guidelines for Undertaking Impact Assessment on Small Enterprise Development aims to provide some best practice guidelines for those undertaking impact assessment with particular reference to the field of small enterprise development (SED). Examines some alternative ways of looking at impact assessment such as GTZ's New Impact Monitoring and participatory learning impact assessment.

Tanzania Participatory Poverty Assessment Process

http://www.esrftz.org/ppa/index.html

Provides analysis of participatory research versus survey-based research to provide basis for developing pro-poor policies using Tanzania as the prime example with methodologies processes etc.

UNDP's Evaluation Office

http://www.undp.org/eo/

Site features the Development Effectivieness Report 2003 which investigates UNDP's effectiveness in meeting the Millenium Development Goals. Also includes information and resources on many strategies for monitoring and evaluation in poverty alleviation programmes.

Uganda Debt Network

http://www.udn.or.ug/pub/baireview.pdf

Report of the Review of the Budgetary Advocacy Initiative (BAI)

University of Toronto Q-Squared in Practice Conference in conjunction with Cornell University

http://www.utoronto.ca/mcis/q2/index.htm

Conference on Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Poverty Appraisal - May 15-16, 2004 and focussing on Best Practices. Sponsors include DFID, IDRC and delegates include the best in the field.

University of Reading, Statistical Services Centre

http://www.rdg.ac.uk/ssc/partiandstats/intro.html

Site contains materials regarding the integration of statistical and participatory principles for research that strengthen the use of these methods of information gathering for decision making.

USAID Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project (AMAP) - Poverty Assessment Tools

http://www.povertytools.org/

Following US legislation on USAID Microfinance funds for the very poor, USAID was mandated to develop at least two tools for assessing the poverty level of its micro- enterprise beneficiaries. It selected the consortium led by the IRIS Center under the Enabling Environment component of the Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project (AMAP) to develop these tools.

WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment Globalising and Organising (see also Gender Issues)

http://www.wiego.org

Worldwide coalition aiming to improve the status of women in the informal sector by compiling better statistics, conducting research and developing programmes and policies. Of interest is the Global Markets Programme analysing the impact of globalisation and trade liberalisation particularly on home-based women workers.

World Bank's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

http://www.developmentgoals.org/index.html

MDGs are commonly accepted as the framework for measuring development progress. Site lists the goals, targets and indicators. uses regional and country-specific data with indications of the potential of each reaching development goals.

World Bank Group - Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS)

http://info.worldbank.org/governance/beeps

The Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS), developed jointly by the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, is a survey of over 4000 firms in 22 transition countries conducted in 1999-2000 that examines a wide range of interactions between firms and the state.

World Bank Poverty and Social Impact Analysis

http://www.worldbank.org/psia and http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/sdvext.nsf/81ParentDoc/PovertySocialImpactAnalysis?Opendocument

PSIA promotes evidence-based policy choices and fosters debate on policy reform options on the well-being or welfare of different stakeholder groups, with particular focus on the poor and vulnerable. New PSIA Users' Guide which highlights some of the key tools that practitioners may find useful to analyse poverty and social impacts of policy reforms.

World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSs)

http://worldbank.org/poverty/strategies/

Provides background information on PRSs, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Sourcebook and country-reports relating to PRSs.

Enterprise Insight

http://www.enterpriseinsight.co.uk/

A collaboration among leading British organisation providing case studies of enterprise education, surveys, newsletter etc.

ILO's InFocus Programme on Skills, Knowledge and Employability

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/index.htm

Programme assists individuals and groups to become employable through training, skills etc using advocacy, and promoting improvement in training policies and programmes with emphasis on training strategies that support the integration of disadvantaged groups into the labour market. Site has links to key groups, departments, and has working papers, meetings, events, projects etc.

ILO Approaches and Methodologies on Training for Self-Employment in the Informal Sector

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/

informal/method.htm

Links to the important Start & Improve Your Business (SIYB) management training programme, mainly funded by SIDA and implemented in over 80 countries. SIYB concentrates on improving small business practices in developing and transitional economies.

Imperial College - Tanaka Business School

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/tanaka

Based in London (UK), Tanaka Business School at Imperial College London offers postgraduate education programmes including MBA (full-time and part-time), Master’s programmes in Management, Finance, Actuarial Finance, Risk Management, International Health Management and a Doctoral programme.

International Institute for Educational Planning - Newsletter - Education the Poor

http://www.unesco.org/iiep/eng/newsletter/previous.htm

Issue Oct-Dec, 2003 of IIEP's newsletter providing conclusions from its 'Alternative strategies for disadvantaged groups' research. It examined strategies to provide appropriate education and training for out-of-school children and youth. Programmes examined focussed on basic education, literacy, pre-vocational and vocational skills.

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship

http://www.nfte.com/

Aim is to teach entrepreneurship to low-income youth in the US and internationally. Site contains publications, programmes, research etc.

UK Dep't of Trade and Industry

http://www.dti.gov.uk/enterpriseguide/

Provides guidance on developing enterprise education and entrepreneurial skills using case studies, subject pages, good practice etc.

UNESCO's International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNEVOC)

http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/

Dedicated to developing and improving technical and vocational educaiton and training in Member States, UNEVOC has 200+ centres in 137 countries. Site provides information on Centres' work in knowledge management, inter-agency cooperation, capacity building and has newsletters, events, e-mail discussion groups and publications.

United Nations Literacy Decade (2003 - 2012)

http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5000&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Over 861 million adults (the world's poorest and most marginalised) are not literate and over 113 million children are not in school. The 'Decade' focuses on literacy needs of adults in order to communicate within their own community, in the wider society and beyond. Literacy News and Resources are available on the site and information on regional programmes.

The Working Group for International Cooperation in Skills Development

http://www.norrag.org/wg/

Launched in 1996, an Informal group of bi- and multi-lateral donor agencies and international organisations involved in international assistance to vocational and technical skills development. Proivides a forum for exchange of ideas and good practices, to highlight key issues and stimulate dialogue.

World Bank's Literacy and Non Formal Education for Adults and Youth

http://www1.worldbank.org/education/adultoutreach/

Site for those policy makers, programme developers or practitioners in Non formal and literacy education, working with people who are15 years+ and who are outside the formal schooling system.

World Bank's Report: Lifelong learning in the global knowledge economy:challenges for developing countries

http://www1.worldbank.org/education/lifelong_learning/lifelong_learning_GKE.asp

Report provides basis for continuing discussions and developing the conceptual framework for lifelong learning education. Also encourages countries to look beyond traditional approaches to education and training and lays out an analytical framework for understanding the challenges of developing a lifelong learning system.

Bellanet

http://www.bellanet.org/leap/impact/

The Learning and Evaluation Action Program (LEAP) IMPACT section aims to imporve the instituional performance of monitoring and evaluation practice related to information services, products and projects.

ELDIS -ICT for Development Resource Guide

http://www.eldis.org/ict/index.htm

ELDIS is the international development gateway. The ICT section provides research information on themes including digital divide, telecentres, low-cost access, ICT policy, ICT and gender and much more.

International Federation of Information Processing

http://is.lse.ac.uk/ifipwg94/

Site is aptly named Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries. The Working Group 9.4 is dedicated to research and action in the social issues of informatics in the developing world.

Development Gateway

http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/133831/

ICT for Development section addresses how to use ICTs effectively for development purposes, best practices, news, events, links etc.

Bridges

http://www.bridges.org

An international non-profit organisation with a mission to help people in developing countries use information and communications technology (ICT) to improve their lives.

Globalisation and Poverty (GAP)

http://www.gapresearch.org/production/ecommerce.html

E-Commerce for Developing Countries: impact, obstacles and polices. Project aims to create and evidence base for assessing implications of B2B e-commerce, focusing on garment production and horticultural products.

IDPM's - ICTs

http://idpm.man.ac.uk/rsc/is/ictdev.shtml

IDPM's on-line resources on ICTs and development includes handbooks for small business, research reports on ICTs in Africa, working papers on ICTs etc.

NetAction

(see also Advocacy/PR)

http://www.netaction.org/

NetAction is a California-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting use of the Internet for effective grassroots citizen action campaigns, and to educating the public, policy makers, and the media about technology policy issues.

Business for Sustainable Development

http://www.bsdglobal.com/

Run by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the site addresses sustainable development topics from a business perspective. Includes current issues; strategies and tools; markets; banking and investment; working with NGOs and development of training opportunities.

Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC)

http://www.cleanclothes.org/index.htm

Aims to improve working conditions in the garment industry worldwide through education and mobilising consumers to pressure companies to improve working conditions rather than calling for boycotts.

EIA Centre

http://www.art.man.ac.uk/eia/eiac.htm

Independent Manchester University-based research organisation specialising in environmental impact assessment (EIA) research, training and information.

Envirolink

http://www.envirolink.org/index.html

Largest non-profit environmental information clearing- house linking 150 countries online since 1991.

Environmental Practice @ Work Ltd

http://www.epaw.co.uk

UK-orientated site using new online technologies to provide environmental learning programmes and resources directly to employees in the workplace.

ETFRN (European Tropical Forest Research Network)

http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/workshop/

biodiversity/index.html

Internet conference on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of Biodiversity hosted by ETFRN in January 2002 with participants from 55 countries. Site includes online summaries and a report from the policy seminar held in May 2002.

GEMI (Global Environmental Management Initiative

http://www.gemi.org/

Non-profit organization of leading companies dedicated to helping businesses foster environmental, health and safety excellence worldwide through the sharing of tools and information.

IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)

http://www.iied.org/

Good material on sustainable livelihoods, sustainable markets.Many research publications available online.

INEM, (International Network for Environmental Management)

http://www.inem.org/

Non-profit, non-partisan, world federation of national associations for environmental management and sustainable development helping companies improve their environmental and economic performance.

NRI (Natural Resources Institute)

http://www.nri.org/

Ethical trade; Natural Resources based trade; Social responsibility.

World Wide Fund for Nature - UK

http://www.wwf.org.uk/core/index.asp

Promotes corporate responsibility in tourism, including ecological footprints and annual sustainability reporting, and international policymaking.

Danish Institute for International Studies (formerly Centre for Development Research) Migration Project

http://www.cdr.dk/ResTHEMES/conflict/migdevfinal.htm

2001-2002 study resulting in case studies and working papers, one of which addresses Remittances. The Study provides cross-cutting analysis of migration and development issues in Denmark and Europe and includes beneficial globalisation processes, managing conflict around refugee issues and asylum/refugee policies that link with development strategies.

ILO - Migrant Workers' Remittances Project

http://www.ilo.org/pulbic/english/employent/finance/remit.htm

"Releasing the Development Potential of Migrant Workers Remittances" project aims to increase economic empowerment of migrant men and women workers using microfinance projects, socially responsible banking, easier money transfer etc. Egood eamples from action-oriented research in several countries provided.

ILO - InFocus Programme on Safety and Health

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/

Information on goals, policy documents, resources, activities, establishment of internatinal standards and codes of practice on labour and social matters aimed at public authroities,employers and workers (many downloadable).

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

http://www.iom.int

Aims to assist in meeting the informational, policy, economic, social development challenges of migratory labour and to assist governments to promote the positive and dignified aspects of migration. Site includes research, publications, events etc.

IOM, OECD and World Bank International Dialogue on Trade - Trade and Migration seminar

http://www.iom.int/en/know/idm/tms_200311.shtml

First international seminar on trade and migration specifically the movement of migrant workers across borders ("Mode 4" of WTO's GATS) and the important role of migrant workers in today's global economy.

Labour Behind the Label

http://www.labourbehindthelabel.org/

Membership organisation of pressure groups, trade unions, etc. worldwide in support of garment workers' efforts o improve working conditions and wages. Is UK platform for European Clean Clothes Campaign.

Migration Information Source

http://www.migrationinformation.org/index.cfm

Fresh look and analysis of international migration and refugee trends, with useful tools, data, facts and good source for organisations and governments for shaping policies.

Commonwealth Business Council

http://www.cbcglobelink.org/cbcglobelink/documents/BES.pdf

Updated "business Environment Survey 2005: Private Sector Views" - excellent country by country analysis

General Equilibrium Modelling for Regional Analysis

- West Virginia University, Regional Research Institute

http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Schreiner/contents.htm

Web guide on how to construct a general equilibrium model to analyse actual market situations to assist in development of regional programes and policies.

GTAP

Global Trade Analysis Project - Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

http://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/welcome/project.asp

GTAP's goal is to improve the quality of quantitative analysis of global economic issues within an economy-wide framework

IDPM Impact Assessment of WTO negotiations

http://idpm.man.ac.uk/sia-trade/

Independent assessment of impact of WTO negotiations on sustainable development prepared for the European Commission. Overview Assessment of Doha Development Agenda and studies on market access, environmental services and competition policy.

International Centre for Trde and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)

http://www.ictsd.org/

Contributes to better understanding of development and environmental concerns in the context of international trade to advance the goal of sustainalbe development. WTO. Includes WTO conference presentations, background papers, Bridges Trade News Digest etc.

International Gender and Trade Network

http://www.genderandtrade.net/

Network of gender advocates promoting equitable, social and sustainable trade. Infomation on 4 major trade negotiations, learning materials, bulletins etc.

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

http://www.iisd.ca/process/trade_invest_in_sd.htm

Seeks to find ways trade, the environment and development can be mutually beneficial through policiy development, identifying conflict areas, incresing civil society understanding of issues, UNCTAD initiatives etc.

Trade Knowledge Network (TKN)

http://www.tradeknowledgenetwork.net/

Research and policy institutions researching connection between trade and sustainable development. Has publications, country level case studies , links to international trade agreements etc.

World Development Movement (WDM) WTO Campaign

http://www.wdm.org.uk/campaign/WTO.htm

Campaign site for real reform of the WTO calling for decision-making transparency and strong rules and that put people's needs before free trade. Includes research and more.

World Trade Organisation

http://www.wto.org/

Contains WTO news, resources, publications, official docs, dispute settlement reports etc. Includes a Community Forum and a Trade Topics section..

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Balanced Trade

http://www.balancedtrade.panda.org/

Focuses on Sustainability Assessment of trade and investment policies and highlights new developments, publications, meetings etc.

Post Conflict Micro Finance Project

http://www.postconflictmicrofinance.org

(under construction)

DFID funded project to improve awareness, skills and knowledge for implementing successful post conflict microfinance projects.

Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP)

http://www.alnap.org

Interagency sector-wide forum to impove qualitiy and accountability of humanitarian action. Has training modules, the first of which concentrates on evaluation of humanitarian action.

The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)

http://www.accord.org.za/web.nsf

International civil-society organisation in Africa aiming to bring African solutions to challenges of conflict. Site includes Online Electronic Network.

International Alert Development and Peace Building Programme

http://www.international-alert.org

Site has publications section which includes an abridged version of the International Alert bibliogrpahy on Development/Humanitarian NGOs and Conflict.

European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation

http://www.conflict-prevention.net

An open network of many key European NGOs involved in the prevention and/or resolution of violent conflicts. Its mission is to facilitate the exchange of information and experience among participating organisations. The site contains a great deal of information on conflicts, conflict prevention and peace building.

Pro-Poor Tourism

http://www.propoortourism.org.uk

Contains downloadable reports, policy briefings, working papers and case studies on pro-poor tourism (PPT).

Tourism Concern

http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk

Membership network of those in the tourism industry, NGO's Academia who are concerned with the impact tourism on communities and the environment, in the UK and worldwide. Is an information resource and catalyst for change, working towards a just, participatory and sustainable industry. Produces "Tourism in Focus" and various research reports.

UN Environment Programme Production and Consumption Unit's Tourism Programme

http://www.uneptie.org/pc/tourism/home.htm

UNEP's Tourism Programme provides support by developing principles and offering technical assistance to destination management organizations with papers on sustainable tourism and eco-tourism guidelines and codes of ethics.

The World Tourism Organization

http://www.world-tourism.org

Exists to help nations maximize the positive impacts of tourism, e.g. job creation, new infrastructure and foreign exchange earnings, while minimizing negative environmental or social impacts.

World Wide Fund for Nature - UK

http://www.wwf.org.uk/core/index.asp

Promotes corporate responsibility in tourism, including ecological footprints and annual sustainability reporting, and international policymaking

International Ecotourism Society

http://www.ecotourism.org/bus.html

Business section of the Society connects developers, architects, tour operators, and travel agents with eco-lodges around the world.

Tourism Challenge Fund

http://www.challengefunds.org/

Administered by Deloitte Touche - funding for sustainable tourism projects.

IDPM's Centre for Regulation and Competition

http://idpm.man.ac.uk/crc/

Set up as a partnership between seven internationally recognised research institutions in Africa and Asia to undertake research that evaluates the ways in which regulation and competition processes work in markets and organisations in the public and private sectors in developing countries.

U.K. Department of Trade and Industry - Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIAs)

http://www.dti.gov.uk/access/ria/index.htm

DTI's list of completed regulatory impact assessments which may be useful as examples. Each RIA describes the issue that has given rise to a need for regulation and compares various possible options for dealing with that issue.

University of East Anglia - Centre for Competition and Regulation

http://www.ccr.uea.ac.uk/default.shtml

A joint initiative between the School of Economic and Social Studies and the School of Management at UEA in Norwich with the objective to undertake high- quality, independent, academic research into competition and regulation and its impact on companies and others. It produces a series of working papers and a regular newsletter.

Regulatory Impact Unit (RIU) of the British Government Cabinet Office

http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/regulation/

Its role is to work with other UK government departments, agencies and regulators to help ensure that regulations are fair and effective.

CARE USA - Get Involved

http://www.careusa.org/getinvolved/advocacy/tools.asp

"Advocacy Tools and Guidelines: promoting policy change - a manual for Program Managers". Useful for planning advocacy initiatives with strategies, skills, concepts, vocabulary, and how advocacy can increase programme impact.

IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre

http://www.irc.nl/content/view/full/3419

"Advocacy for Water, Environmental Sanitation and Hygiene" an IRC Thematic Overview Paper with links to related water advicacy campaigns

One World

(see also General Development/Aid Organisations)

http://www.oneworld.net

Online civil society network supporting people's media to help build a more just global society, . Good general development site for those whose voices are not always heard with ideas, jobs and much more..

NetAction

http://www.netaction.org/

NetAction is a California-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting use of the Internet for effective grassroots citizen action campaigns, and to educating the public, policy makers, and the media about technology policy issues.

Social Watch

http://www.socwatch.org.uy/en/portada.htm

An international network formed by national citizens' groups monitoring the fulfillment of the internationally agreed commitments on poverty eradication and equality. The groups report, through the national Social Watch report, on the progress - or regression- towards these commitments and goals.

Transparency International "Corruption Fighters' Tool Kit"

(see also Ethical/Fair Trade and Social Accounting)

http://www.transparency.org/toolkits/index.html

Compendium of practical civil society anti-corruption experiences, with tools, mechanisms etc. to test accountability, legislation and many other issues. Updated regularly.

DFID's Participatory Rights Assessment Methodologies (PRAMs)

http://www.swan.ac.uk/cds/pdffiles/PRAMS-DAC.pdf

PRAMs project developed as a response to the challenge of putting DFID's Rights agenda into practice. This briefing paper gives history of PRAMs, successes, problems and recommendations for future practice.

Save the Children's Rights- based Monitoring and Evaluation paper

http://seapa.net/external/special/reports/Rightbased.pdf

Paper proposes a rights-based approach to monitoring changes in human rights(including children's rights) by measuring changes in people's lives, in policies and practices, empowerment, participation etc.

The Halifax Initiative

http://www.halifaxinitiative.org/index.php/Home/550

A coalition of NGos that has worked since 1994 to develop a fundamental transformation of the international financial system and its institutions to eradicate poverty, promote environmental sustainability and an equitable distribution fo wealth. This site has papers, presentations etc and a report from the May 2004 meeting: "Risk, Responsibility, and Human Rights: Assessing the Human Rights Impacts of Trade and Project Finance".

Interaction - The American Council for Voluntary International Action

http://www.interaction.org/rba/index.html

Largest alliance of US - based international development and humanitarian NGOs. Working in every developing country to overcome povery, exclusion and suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity.
Ths site promotes Rights-Based Approach to development.

CARE International's Resource Centre

http://www.careinternational.org.uk/resource_centre/rba_index.php

Brings together papers, tools, manuals etc. describing CARE's experience in applying a right-based approach to development. Includes case studies, discussion papers, training materials, and other practical resources.

HURIST - Human Rights Strengthening Programme

http://www.undp.org/governance/hurist.htm

A joint programme of UNDP and OHCHR to support the implementation of UNDP's policy on human rights, to test guidelines and methodologies and to to identify best practices in development of human rights-based approach in development planning.