GENERAL INFORMATION
General Information
- Background Notes, U.S. Department of State
U.S. State Department country profiles: includes facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. The Background Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public Affairs as they are received from the Department's regional bureaus and are added to the database of the Department of State website.
- BBC News Country Profiles
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
They also include audio or video clips from BBC archives.
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) (U.S.) Look on this page for CRS resources.
Also, check UW Library catalog for Congressional Research Service.
- Country Studies.
Online versions of the Country Studies/Area Handbook series from Library of Congress.
- Economist Intelligence Unit
Country, industry and management analysis.
- Elections and Parliamentary information
UW Libraries Government Publications guide to websites with information about elections and parliaments from around the world.
- Europa Regional Surveys of the World
From Europa publications unlimited, print resources that survey world regions from 1969-2003. Not all regions covered for entire range chronologically.
- Europa World Plus: the Europa world year book online
Europa World is the online version of the Europa World Year Book, a source of information on world-wide affairs. First published in 1926, the year book covers political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
- Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)
Food and Agriculture data and statistics.
FAO serves as a knowledge network, policy expert, and meeting place for nations to discuss hunger and other food issues. Country profiles, statistics, indicators, publications, documents, and much more.
- Encyclopedia of the Nations
Print encyclopedias of basic country information, divided by region, then by country.
- Foreign (National) Governments
Northwestern University Library, Government Publications & Maps.
- Foreign Government Resources on the Web
University Of Michigan Libraries Documents Center.
- InterAction: American Council for Voluntary International Action Library
InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations. Documents and press releases are categorized by document type, country, committee, region, and program areas/sector.
- International Historical Statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000
The latest edition of the most authoritative collection of statistics available. Updated to 2002 wherever possible, it provides key economic and social indicators for the last 250 years, serving as an essential reference source for both hard-to-find historical data and the latest figures available, and as an indispensable tool for comparisons between countries and across time.
- International Historical Statistics : the Americas, 1750-2000
The latest edition of the most authoritative collection of statistics available. Updated to 2002 wherever possible, it provides key economic and social indicators for the last 250 years, serving as an essential reference source for both hard-to-find historical data and the latest figures available, and as an indispensable tool for comparisons between countries and across time.
- International Historical Statistics : Europe, 1750-1993
The latest edition of the most authoritative collection of statistics available. Updated to 2002 wherever possible, it provides key economic and social indicators for the last 250 years, serving as an essential reference source for both hard-to-find historical data and the latest figures available, and as an indispensable tool for comparisons between countries and across time.
- International Monetery Fund (IMF)
The IMF is an organization of 184 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty. Documents, statistics, indicators, and other information by country.
- International Inter-governmental & Non-governmental Organizations homepage
UW Libraries Government Publications guide to websites with information on international inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations.
- Linkages
A multimedia resource for environment and development policy makers. The International Institute for Sustainable Development provides links to documents relating to development negotiations and meetings, including searchable archives of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin.
- Millenium Development Goals
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. Information on specific countries' progress towards goals.
- ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb is the global hub for time-critical humanitarian information on Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters
- SourceOECD (UW Restricted)
Data on multiple topics and regions.
- Statistical Data Locators
Nanyang Technological University library guide to statistics. Locates specific statistical resources by region and topic.
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.
- United Nations Statistics Division
The Statistics Division is committed to the advancement of the global statistical system. They compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems.
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication.
- USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC)
"is the largest online resource for USAID funded technical and program documentation, with over 52600 documents available for electronic download."
- U.S. CIA, The World Factbook [latest edition].
For a unique online presentation of the CIA WORLD FACTBOOK, see NationMaster.com.
- UW Libraries, Countries, States & Cities
Geographic information. Maps, gazzateers, facts, and more.
- World Bank
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Data, research, projects, and much more.
- World News Connection (UW Restricted)
A foreign news service from the U.S. government. Access news sources by country.
- World Wide Web Virtual Library: International Development
A collection of links to internet sites dealing with international development, including topics, countries, regions, organizations, documents, portals, libraries, statistical sources and more.
- World Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Development
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
Africa
Americas
- Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe = Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean.
United Nations statistics from Latin America, 1987-2004, in multiple formats. Not every year covered in that range.
- Economic and Social Progress in Latin America
Data, policies, and more from the Inter-American Development Bank
- Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
Five volume encyclopedia of Latin American history and culture.
- Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations
Four volume encyclopedia of U.S. foreign relations, including with Latin American countries.
- HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) (UW Restricted)
The searchable Web version of the Hispanic American Periodicals Index. A source for authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. From analyses of current political, economic, and social issues to unique coverage of Latin American arts and letters, HAPI Online contains complete bibliographic citations to articles, book reviews (through 2001), documents, original literary works, and other materials appearing in more than 500 key social science and humanities journals published throughout the world. Many of the citations are linked to full text.
- LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center)
Affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin, LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. The target audience includes people living in Latin America, as well as those around the world who have an interest in this region. While many of the resources are designed to facilitate research and academic endeavors, the site has also become an important gateway to Latin America for primary and secondary school teachers and students, private and public sector professionals, and just about anyone looking for information about this important region.
- LANIC Regional Resources Statistics
LANIC's statistical resources by country.
- Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC)
Searchable Web database that provides access to the tables of contents of more than 800 journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, published in Latin America
- Latindex Indice
Computer links to the Web sites of scholarly periodicals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal. In Spanish.
- Statistical Abstract of Latin America
Statistics about Latin America issued by University of California Los Angeles, 1955-2002. Library holdings incomplete.
- Sustainable Development Working Papers
World Bank sustainable development working papers about Latin America.
- World News Connection, Region/Topic Search
Access to full-text English translations of Latin and North American newspapers and news services 1996 to present.
- World Bank e-library: Latin America (UW Restricted)
The "Latin American Collection" portal of the World Bank e-Library. This area includes those titles that are specific to the World Bank's work in the region or have a regional focus.
Asia and Oceania
- Asian Development Bank
ADB is a multilateral development financial institution owned by 65 members, 47 from the region and 18 from other parts of the globe. Data and statistics, country and regional profiles, publications, information about select topics, plus more.
- Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) works in three broad areas to meet the Bogor Goals of free and open trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific by 2010 for developed economies and 2020 for developing economies. Publications, event calendar, documents and reports, information on selected topics, plus more.
- Asia Source
AsiaSource is an online resource developed by the Asia Society to meet the need for timely, reliable, unbiased information and assistance regarding the cultural, economic, social, historical, and political dimensions of Asia. The Asia Society is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization.
- Asian Studies Network Informaton Center
University of Texas information network center for the Asian Studies department.
- Census 2000 island areas summary file. Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
On CD in Government Publications
- Digital South Asia Library
Provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users.
- Encyclopedia of Asian History
From the Asia Society.
- IndiaStat UW RESTRICTED
Statistical information on India from a variety of sources.
- International Historical Statistics, Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-1993
The latest edition of the most authoritative collection of statistics available. Updated to 2002 wherever possible, it provides key economic and social indicators for the last 250 years, serving as an essential reference source for both hard-to-find historical data and the latest figures available, and as an indispensable tool for comparisons between countries and across time.
- NativeWeb
Site features local and remote sources related to indigenous peoples from all over the world. Offers full-text search capabilities, native events calendar, free subscriptions to several electronic mailing lists, job listings, message boards, online chat room, and access to issues of the electronic newsletter, Wotanging ikche (Native American news). Also provides links to related WWW sites.
- PAIR (Portal to Asian Internet Resources)
The Portal to Asian Internet Resources, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a cooperative project of The Ohio State University Libraries, the University of Minnesota Libraries, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. The project provides a user-friendly, searchable catalog through which scholars, students and the general public have quick and easy access to high quality Web resources originating in Asia identified, evaluated, selected and cataloged by area library specialists.
- Public Health, WWW Virtual Library
Statistics, websites, and development specific information for public health topics in Oceania.
- Southeast Asia News Sources
UW Libraries guide to internet and print news sources in Southeast Asia.
- World News Connection, Region/Topic Search
Access to full-text English translations of Asian newspapers and news services 1996 to present.
- World Bank e-library: East Asia
The "East Asia" portal of the World Bank e-Library. This area includes those titles that are specific to the World Bank's work in the region or have a regional focus.
- World Bank e-library: South Asia
The "South Asia" portal of the World Bank e-Library. This area includes those titles that are specific to the World Bank's work in the region or have a regional focus.
Europe
Middle East
Indigenous People
- Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous Children are LC Subject Headings that can be combined with other subject headings in the UW Library Catalog. These other subject headings can be subjects, geographical places, or formats.
- Examples include:
- Indigenous Peoples Africa (geography)
- Indigenous Peoples Africa Southern Legal Status Laws Etc. (subject)
- Indigenous Children Mortality Statistics (format)
- Center for World Indigenous Studies
The Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS) is an independent, non-profit research and education organization dedicated to wider understanding and appreciation of the ideas and knowledge of indigenous peoples and the social, economic and political realities of indigenous nations. The links page offers a guide to information about indigenous studies. Programs, policy, documents and publications are also included on this site.
- Guidelines : integrating indigenous knowledge in project planning and implementation
Prepared by KIVU Nature, Inc. Funding for this publication wsa provided by the World Bank and the Canadian Development Agency
- The human rights of indigenous peoples / Cynthia Price Cohen, editor
Based in part on papers presented at the Sovereignty Symposium held in Oklahoma in 1998.
- Indigenous peoples and sustainability : cases and actions">Indigenous peoples and sustainability : cases and actions / IUCN
Inter-Commission Task Force on Indigenous Peoples.
- Indigenous peoples and the World Summit on Sustainable Development
Proceedings of the Kimberley Summit, held Aug. 21-Sept. 4, 2002.
- NativeWeb
Site features local and remote sources related to indigenous peoples. Offers full-text search capabilities, native events calendar, free subscriptions to several electronic mailing lists, job listings, message boards, online chat room, and access to issues of the electronic newsletter, Wotanging ikche (Native American news). Also provides links to related WWW sites.
- Rethinking resource management [electronic resource] : justice, sustainability and indigenous peoples
This book offers students and practitioners a framework for rethinking the usual approaches to resource management. It offers a new approach to social impact assessment methods which are more participatory and empowering. The book employs a range of case studies from Australia, North America and Norway.
- Study on treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between states and indigenous populations : final report / by Miguel Alfonso Martínez
- Valuing local knowledge : indigenous people and intellectual property rights
Valuing Local Knowledge presents case studies of programs that recognize indigenous rights, and brings direct experience to bear on the international debate over intellectual property, conservation, and indigenous rights.
- World Bank, Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in Project Planning and Implementation
The Guidelines preliminaries, introduction, and general guidelines provide recommendations for local communities, NGOs, project proponents and governments on how to consult during preparation and implementation of development projects. Case studies support the recommendations.
Worksheets summarize the recommendations into practical steps. An Annex provides information on further readings, contacts, resources, etc. The entire document can also be downloaded as a ZIP file. It is planned to translate the Guidelines into other languages.
Case Studies
- Case studies is an LC Subject Heading that can be combined with other subject headings in the UW Library Catalog. These other subject headings can be subjects, geographical places, or formats.
- Examples include:
- Case Studies Developing Countries
- Case Studies Developing Countries Economic Conditions
- Case Studies Sustainable Agriculture China
- Case Studies Sustainable Development Developing Countries Bibliography
- Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Case Studies
Divided by country.
- The International Development Research Centre: Case Studies
22 case studies included in this evaluation which cover more than 60 projects in over 20 countries.
- Sustainable Development Case Studies
Compiled by students at Colby College.
- United Nations: Johannesburg Summit 2002 Directory of websites of cases studies in sustainable development
The Johannesburg Summit Secretariat has compiled this directory of websites in order to assist those seeking examples of sustainable development initiatives by linking them to documented case studies. The Directory is divided into categories reflecting the entity mainly responsible in developing each website, i.e. Intergovernmental organisations (mainly the UN family), governments, businesses, local authorities, NGOs and research institutes/educational establishments. It is global in scope and includes a wide variety of organisations from local initiatives to broad international partnerships in all sectors.
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development: Case Studies
This database aims to include specific projects, learning processes and strategies that companies are using in order to inspire others to contribute in a pro-active way to sustainable development.
Encyclopedias
- Combine LC Subject Encyclopedia with respective LC subjects
- For example:
- Economic development –- Encyclopedias
- Development economics -- Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of developing regional communities with information and communication technology
This encyclopedia provides a thorough examination of concepts, technologies, policies, training, and applications of ICT in support of economic and regional developments around the globe.
- Encyclopedia of international development
Covers international business and economics terms, information about legal documents, treaties, theoretical concepts, controversies about how best to proceed, and specific terms.
- Encyclopedia of the global economy : a guide for students and researchers
Topical coverage includes international trade, foreign investment, transnational corporations, and economic and human development, highlighting such contemporary issues. Also includes profiles of prominent economists, business leaders, and policymakers who have contributed to our understanding of globalization, as well as organizations that work to promote it. A timeline of major events and a glossary of key concepts and institutions complement the narrative entries. Also includes a wide array of primary documents, a "data bank" of world statistics on demographic and economic trends, and print and Internet resources for further research.
- Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations
Comprehensive, multivolume reference work on the history of America's foreign relations.
Government Publications
- In the UW Libraries Catalog, under Advanced Keyword Search, combine the location Government Publications with keywords and LC Subjects on your topic.
- See UW Libraries Government Publications Home Page
Home page of the Government Publications unit in the UW Libraries. Includes links and pathfinders to local, U.S. and international government resources.
Handbooks and bibliographies
Handbooks
Bibliographies
Indicators
- In the UW Libraries Catalog, under Advanced Keyword Search, combine LC Subject Indicators with respective LC Subjects.
- For example:
- Social indicators
- Environmental indicators
- Economic indicators
- African Development Indicators 2005 / World Bank
Labor, infrastucture, agriculture and other economic indicators for Africa.
- EPA Environmental Indicators
Report from the Environmental Indicators Initiative.
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Compendium
A global directory to indicator initiatives
- OECD, Environmental Data and Indicators
Together with its member countries, the OECD has established a common approach and framework for developing, measuring and using environmental indicators: the OECD Core Set and its core environmental indicators (CEI); several sets of sectoral environmental indicators (SEI) (e.g. transport, energy); a small set of key environmental indicators (KEI).
- Sustainable Development Indicators
Free database, includes Millennium Development Goals
- World Development Indicators Online (UW Restricted)
World development indicators (WDI) is the World Bank's annual compilation of data about development; provides direct access to more than 550 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2001.
Legal resources
- Harvard Law School Foreign & International Law Resources
An annotated guide to web sites around the world
- International Development Law Organization
IDLO provides training, technical assistance, research and publication to governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), local communities and professional associations in developing countries, countries in economic transition and countries emerging from armed conflict.
- Law of Sustainable International Development Graduate Program
This University of Washington LL.M. program allows students to obtain in-depth, interdisciplinary training, taking advantage of the University's unusually rich course offerings in areas of the student's interest including: economics, political science, international studies, sociology, public health, and environmental studies.
- Legal Problems of Economic Development
Research guide from Gallagher Law Library for economic development.
- Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet
List of web links from the University of Chicago Libraries.
- Rural Development Institute
RDI is an international land law and policy group
fighting rural landlessness, one of the chief structural causes of global poverty.
- Washlaw Research Guides: Economic Development
International economic development resource page with links to international economic development organizations, international economic development councils, and international economic development groups.
- Washlaw Research Guides: Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development resource page with links to international sustainable development law, international sustainable development institutes, international sustainable development organizations, international sustainable development foundations, international sustainable development news, and more.
Maps
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Online map collection of the University of Texas at Austin. Includes maps of regions, topical maps, and constanty updated list of maps of "current interest".
- ReliefWeb: Maps
List of links to online map resources, including disaster-specific map resources.
- UW Libraries Map Collection & Cartographic Services
Links to the University of Washington Libraries map collection, which offers "the premier cartographic collection in Washington State, with over 267,000 map sheets, 80,000 aerial photographs, and 2,000 atlases ... electronic mapping products and digital geospatial data for use with GIS software.
Microfiche collections
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Report / by Region
FBIS offers extensive coverage of open source intelligence information on military affairs, politics, the environment, societal issues, economics, and science and technology. The information is obtained from daily monitoring of radio, television, press, periodicals, books and other sources of unrestricted information such as databases and gray literature. One report with translations is issued for each of eight world regions for each day.
- A.I.D. Research Development and Abstracts
M-1303
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service electronic index
An index to the Daily Reports published by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS). The index can be searched as a whole, through various bibliographic access points, or through descriptive terms assigned by NewsBank indexers.
- National Development Plans
Alpha by country.
Includes material issued during the 1950-early 1970s period on certain countries of Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
News
- BBC
UK-publicly owned news and broadcasting corporation. Offers international news and country profiles. Includes photos and text.
- CNN
Offers international news and weather information. Includes video, photos, and text.
- Ethnic Newswatch
Full text ethnic, minority, and native publications.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)
Index to FBIS Daily Reports issued by the U.S. Government covering political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues and events throughout the world. Translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from nations around the world are the sources of this information. Continued by World News Connection.
- Global Newsbank
Full text, 1996 to present, selected coverage from newspapers, magazines, government documents, broadcasts, and wire services.
- Green Progress
- Green building and sustainable development news
- Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is the largest human rights organization based in the US; Human Rights Watch researchers conduct fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world
- Lexis Nexis Academic (UW Restricted)
1996 to the present, Washington state, U.S. and international newspapers, wire services, transcripts, and more.
- Microforms and Newspaper collections
Links to U.S. and international news sources. Some material UW restricted
- New York Times (UW Restricted)
Searchable, full-text access to the NYT from 1851 to 2003
- News Sources on the Internet
UW Libraries Links to News Sources, by Region.
- OneWorld.net
The OneWorld network spans five continents and produces content in 11 different languages, published across its international site, regional editions, and thematic channels. Many of these are produced from the South to widen the participation of the world's poorest and most marginalised peoples in the global debate.
- Proquest (UW Restricted)
Mostly full-text, mid-1980s to present, Washington State, International, and U.S. Newspapers.
- Readex Access UN
Covers 1946 to 2003. Citations and some full text United Nations publications.
- World News Connection
1994 to the present, continues FBIS.
Statistics
Center for International Development at Harvard University, Datasets
A depository for data developed through research at the Center for International Development at Harvard University (CID).
- FedStats
Gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. federal agencies, including Commerce, Labor, Energy, Transportation, and more.
- FAOSTAT statistical database [electronic resource].
Contains over 1 million time-series records covering international statistics including production, trade, food-balance sheets, food aid shipments, fertilizer and pesticides, land use and irrigation, forest and fishery products, agricultural machinery, and population
- Getting Started with Statistics: Basic Statistics Sources for the Generalist
Guide to statistical resources.
- Government Publications: Statistical Data and International Classification Codes and Trade Standards
Guide to statistical data and international classification codes and trade standards.
- Guide to the BIS statistics on international banking.
Guide to finding international bank and banking data.
- IMD world competitiveness yearbook
International trade statistics.
- Instat : international statistics sources : subject guide to sources of international comparative statistics / [edited by] Michael C. Fleming and Joseph G. Nellis.
Subject guide to sources of international comparative statistics.
- International health data reference guide / NCHS [electronic resource].
Guide to publications and data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
- LANIC statistics. [electronic resource]
Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), University of Texas
Population Studies
UN-sponsored studies on population.
- Statistical and disarmament documents [electronic resource]
Contains the full text of hundreds of League of Nations documents. The League existed from 1919 to 1946. Although Russia and the United States refused to join, its members included countries from Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America. The documents in this digitized collection focus on three areas: the founding of the League, international statistics published by the League, and the League's work toward international disarmament. To promote peace and security, the League reduced national armaments and prevented the manufacture of implements of war. Most of the publications in this digital collection concern disarmament.
- Statistical Universe
Offers index with abstracts to help locate statistical data sources.
- Statistics, Theoretical and Applied Subject Page
Offers the top recommended resources for undergradate level research in theoretical and applied statistics.
United Nations Population Information Network
A guide to population information on UN system websites.
- World fertility report [electronic resource]
Documents changes in reproductive behaviour, including marriage and contraceptive use, in 192 countries of the world since the early 1970s. The report also presents latest (as of 2005) information concerning governments’ views and policies on fertility.
- World urbanization prospects
International Development Research Center (IRDC)
"IDRC is a Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies."
International Dialogue on Science and Practice in Sustainable Development
"Dialogues on Science and Practice in Sustainable Development aims to foster effective collaborations between scientists and practitioners to advance the practice of sustainable development, through knowledge sharing and promoting national, regional, and international actions and implementation."
Sphere Project
"Launched in 1997 by a group of humanitarian NGOs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement [it] ... is based on two core beliefs: first, that all possible steps should be taken to alleviate human suffering arising out of calamity and conflict, and second, that those affected by disaster have a right to life with dignity and therefore a right to assistance. Sphere is three things: a handbook, a broad process of collaboration and an expression of commitment to quality and accountability. The project has developed several tools, the key one being the handbook."
Sustainable Development Institute
"The Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) is dedicated to examining sustainability issues and applying them to the Menominee model of sustainable development. This Web Site is devoted to explorations of questions like, what is sustainable development? Answers are offered through multimedia presentations, essays, and conversations on the Menominee, their Forest, and their spirit. Please enter our virtual environment and help us look at ways to sustain our nation, forest and spirit."
Duke University Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide
Extensive but not exhaustive database of some of the larger and more influential NGOs operating internationally. Limited in scope to those NGOs which: focus on one environmentally sustainable development, human rights, or women in development, produce publications of research value to university users and policymakers, are large, influential organizations as demonstrated by affiliations with other organizations, directory listings, and currently maintained web sites.
The NGO Cafe
Established as a "meeting place for NGOs to discuss, debate and disseminate information on their work, strategies and results."
Ngonet.org
An electronic networking resource for nongovernmental organizations in Central and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union.
ReliefWeb
Provides information for the humanitarian relief community. Includes links to: maps, country profiles, emergency profiles, appeals for funding, policy issues, professional resources, and latest headlines and updates.
UW Libraries NGO Research Guide
Arranged by Topic (Migration, Human Rights, etc.).
U.S. Government:
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. Website provides information and publications produced by the agency, as well as information about USAID projects.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
"FAS offers a wide range of technical assistance, education and outreach programs for emerging markets and developing countries that are designed to support the development of science-based regulatory policies and promote food security." Website offers information on FAS projects, issues and policies, global crop and agricultural information, market and trade data, and publications produced by FAS.
- U.S. State Department
Offers current information on foreign policy issues of the U.S., travel advisories, and much more.
Foreign National Governments:
- Elections and Parliaments
Guide to international elections websites from the UW Libraries Government Publications unit.
- Europa World (UW Restricted),
The online version of the Europa World Year Book
- Europa World Year Book
First published in 1926, the year book is
[....] one of the world's leading reference works, covering political and economic information in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe."
- Foreign Government Resources on the Web
Compiled by the University Of Michigan Libraries Documents Center.
- Foreign (National) Governments, Northwestern University Library, Government Publications & Maps
Listing of foreign national government websites from Northwestern University Library Government Publications Department.
- FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
United Nations organization that "leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all."
- International Agencies and Information on the Web
A comprehensive list of links to International Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs), compiled by the University Of Michigan Libraries Documents Center.
- International Documents Task Force, Government Documents Round Table, American Library Association
Note: "Web Links" and "Topical Guides" for links to other portals.
- International Inter-governmental Organization Web Page Finder
"This list of international inter-governmental organizations (IGOs) Web sites has been compiled as part of the work for a book titled, The Information Systems of International Inter-Governmental Organizations: A Reference Guide, published in December, 1998 by Ablex Publishing."
- Selected Official IGO Websites
Official IGO websites selected by UW Libraries Government Publications unit.
- UN Human Settlements Programme
The United Nations agency for human settlements. "It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all." Website provides information about the organization, country-specific projects and statistics, programmes, and e-reference library.
- UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Offers topical and region/country-specific information and statistics on education, science, and cultural institutions.
- Union of International Associations [electronic resource][UW RESTRICTED]
UIA is a nonprofit clearing house for information on over 40,000 international organizations and constituencies.
- World Bank, Topics in Development.
Alphabetical List of All Topics (200 +) on the World Bank Website.
- Agenda 21
Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment.
1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment<
Report from the 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Plan outlined with the common goal that there is a "need for a common outlook and for common principles to inspire and guide the peoples of the world in the preservation and enhancement of the human environment."
1980 World Conservation Strategy
"The World Conservation Strategy (WCS) was commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) which together with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) provided the financial support for its preparation and contributed to the evolution of its basic themes and structure. This document presents the aim of the WCS. It explains the contribution of living resource conservation to human survival and to sustainable development, identifies the priority conservation issues and the main requirements for dealing with them and proposes ways for effectively achieving the Strategy's aim."
1994/45. Draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples.
Millenium Development Goals
"The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions."
NGO Code of Conduct
"The Code of Conduct for The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief, was developed and agreed upon by eight of the world's largest disaster response agencies in the summer of 1994 and represents a huge leap forward in setting standards for disaster response. It is being used by the International Federation to monitor its own standards of relief delivery and to encourage other agencies to set similar standards."
OAS Charter
Charter of the Organization of American States.
Our Common Future: 1987 Brundtland Commission report
"In 1987, the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), which had been set up in 1983, published a report entitled Our common future. The document came to be known as the «Brundtland Report» after the Commission's chairwoman, Gro Harlem Brundtland. It developed guiding principles for sustainable development as it is generally understood today."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
A declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly outlining the organization's view on the human rights guaranteed to all people.
UN Human Development Reports
First launched in 1990, the UN has published reports around topical themes in development. Indices assessing level of people's long-term well-being have developed for the reports including, the Human Development Index, the Gender-related Development Index, the Gender Empowerment Measure, and the Human Poverty Index.
- International Career Bibliography
UCLA International Development Studies department bibliography on international careers. Includes career directories, careers in international affairs, overseas summer jobs, international law, business, media, travel/tourism, and education careers, careers using foreign language skills, development volunteer opportunities, foreign service careers, and information guides on foreign counties.
- Sustainable Development Bibliography
Complied by Tom Tietenberg, Mitchell Family Professor of Economics, Colby College. Covers Agriculture and Drylands, Management, Biodiversity and Wildlife Management, Corporate Practices, Economic Incentives Policies, Energy and Global Warming, Fisheries, Forests, Macro Connections, Minerals and Fuels, Pollution, Population, Poverty and Environmental Justice, Sustainable Development, Transportation, Watershed and Wetlands Management, Women and the Environment
- Washington State University Sustainable Development Sourcebook
Provides access to: central writings of social scientists on the topic of sustainability, community organizations working toward sustainable development, and case studies of sustainable development in practice around the world.
- Humboldt State University Library, International Development Research Guide
"This guide lists key resources in the following categories that focus on development issues: international development, sustainable development, appropriate technology and women in development. They are found on the web and in print format in the HSU Library."
- Internet Public Library, Sustainable Development Pathfinder
Provides an annotated list of free web sources, print sources, listservs, and newsgroups on sustainable development.
- United Nations System Pathfinder
Identifies major publications of the organizations comprising the United Nations system. Global studies and reports, handbooks and guides, bibliographies and indices, international statistical publications, compilations of treaties, resolutions and documents as well as annual reports of UN bodies and specialized agencies are included.
- United Nations System Pathfinder, Social Development - General Issues
Guide to major publications in the United Nations system on sustainable development.
- United Nations System Pathfinder, Economic development and development financeGuide to major publications in the United Nations system on economic development and development finance.
CIARIS: Learning and Resources Centre on Social Inclusion
"A constantly evolving centre for learning and the exchange of knowledge, practices, ideas and experiences through the use of information and communication technology. CIARIS provides a set of learning materials, resources and on-line services. It connects practitioners, experts, networks and communities of practice through discussion forums CIARISFora, distance learning CIARISLearning, technical assistance CIARISAssist and community spaces CIARISCommunity.
- Eldis Gateway to Development Information
Online gateway for development information. Includes: 18,000 online full text documents, resource guides, email newsletters, newsfeeds, country profiles, news, events and jobs.
- Global System for Sustainable Development
"A multi-dimensional knowledge networking system of public & private networks, based on an integrated framework and an evolving quality controlled, cross-referenced knowledge base. Mirror sites are located in several regions in order to facilitate knowledge access and, at the same time, reduce barriers to the provision of knowledge. GSSD also supports multiple languages (notably Arabic and Chinese, soon French and Japanese). System implementation consists of a strategy for locating, integrating, annotating, and updating knowledge; an adaptive method for representing and organizing knowledge; and a set of flexible functionalities enabling navigation, searching and browsing, and targeted management. GSSD is a project of the Global Accords Consortium for Sustainable Development housed at MIT and dedicated to internationalization of knowledge access, provision & sharing for reducing the gap between knowledge & policy."
- iNSnet - Portal site for sustainable development
The InterNetwork for Sustainability aims to support and promote comprehensive sustainable development by offering an open, international platform for communicating relevant information, knowledge and examples of good practices and results. Website provides news and editorial content on development topics and a links database on various topics.
- International Institute for Sustainable Development
"IISD's Research Library and database contain information on sustainable development and related topics that are of interest to researchers, policy analysts and business strategists worldwide. Both the library's extensive print collection and its links to hundreds of Web sites can be sourced through SD-Cite, the library database." IISD's Library sources and collects information on the following: sustainable development theory and practice, international sustainable development negotiations and regimes, general works on the relationship between environment and development, international development, climate change policy and implementation, energy policy, economic instruments, trade, foreign direct investment, natural resources management policy, community participation, integrated assessment, measurement and indicators of sustainable development, biodiversity.
- Open Directory: Sustainable Development
The Open Directory Project is a comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a global community of volunteer editors.
- ReliefWeb
Provides information for the humanitarian relief community. Includes links to: maps, country profiles, emergency profiles, appeals for funding, policy issues, professional resources, and latest headlines and updates.
- SD Gateway, Sustainable Development Communications Network
"The SD Gateway integrates the on-line information developed by members of the Sustainable Development Communications Network.
In addition to over 1,200 documents available in SD Topics, we provide services such as a calendar of events, a job bank, the Sustainability Web Ring, a roster of mailing lists (listservs) and news sites dealing with sustainable development."
- Trade Knowledge Network
"The Trade Knowledge Network (TKN) is the collaboration of research institutions in developed and developing countries located in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. The Trade Knowledge Network is aimed at building long-term capacity to address issues of trade and sustainable development in developing country research institutions, non-governmental organizations and governments through increased awareness, knowledge and understanding of the issues. The TKN links network members and consolidates new and existing research on trade and sustainable development."
- WWW Virtual Library: Sustainable Development
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.
- WWW Virtual Library: International Development
A comprehensive list of internet sites dealing with international development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, databases, directories or metadatabases.
- Worldwatch InstituteOffers publications for purchase on independent research for an "environmentally sustainable and socially just society."
- Center for Internet Studies
"The Center for Internet Studies (CIS) is an interdisciplinary unit at the University of Washington for the study of the global networked society. The Center's work focuses on the intersection of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) with economic, political and social systems."
- The Evans School Certificate Program in International Development Policy & Management
The Certificate Program offers UW graduate students in a variety of fields with the conceptual framework and practical tools needed to become effective development practitioners.
- Interdisciplinary Program in Humanitarian Relief
A unique consortium of university faculty, staff and students working to discover and apply new knowledge to improve humanitarian relief systems. In particular, focus is on the application of information and communication systems and strategic organizational management to humanitarian relief logistics.
- International Resources at the UW
This site is a gateway to the UW's international resources and programs. It is intended for UW faculty, staff, and students, as well as for international students, scholars, and others interested in UW education and research opportunities and activities.
- Law of Sustainable International Development Graduate Program (Law School)
Law program that focuses on sustainable development. Students take courses in law, public policy, economics, political science, international studies, sociology, public health, and environmental studies.
- Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development and Global Citizenship
"The Center initiates and supports interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral transnational action learning programs and networks in a range of areas including the transnational studies initiative, growing knowledge on globalization, disasters and relief, managing aging dams for sustainable development, corporate citizenship and new forms of market regulation, mapping and empowering public health networks in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa."
- Program on the Environment, Sustainability Gateway
"The primary goals of this website are to 1) serve as a gateway to sustainability initiatives being undertaken at the UW and other higher education institutions, government agencies, corporations, and nonprofits and 2) provide links to sustainability reporting models. The site is not a comprehensive listing of sustainability efforts but, rather, has established links to critically selected sites, organizations, and projects, and will continue to be a work in progress."
Author of this webpage is Emily Inlow. (Partially) Edited in April 2008 by David Maack.
Contact: David Maack (maack@u.washington.edu)
Last modified: Tuesday April 15, 2008
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