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    Enterprise Development
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    Enterprise Education and Training
    Research
    Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs)
    Natural Resources/Environment
    Gender Issues - new link added
    Labour issues including Migrant Labour
    Ethical/Fairtrade and Social Accounting and Accountability
    Trade and Investment
    Financial Services, Micro - Finance and Community Currency Systems
    Housing and Urban Poverty
    Health
    Conflict
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    Regulation and Competition
    Advocacy/PR
    Human Rights and Rights-based Programming


    Enterprise Development Sites:

    Enterprise Development website

    (see also Micro-finance and Community Currency Systems links)

    http://www.enterweb.org/

    Clearing house on all information to do with enterprise development and micro-finance, women, environment, marketing, education, donor activities etc. Lists and rates websites on women and business.

    ACP/EC (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific)

    http://www.acpbusiness.org/

    Provides information on EC support available to private sector.

    Business Environment

    http://www.businessenvironment.org

    Site for sharing documents and information about donor-supported work to enhance the business environment to achieve pro-poor growth. A unique feature of this site is a focus on aspects of the Business Environment that discriminate against small firms; it also covers the overall approaches of governments to SME policies and institutions.

    CDI (Centre for Development of Industry- also for Enterprise)

    http://www.cdi.be/

    Provides information on EC support to business-to-business links.

    DFID's Business Linkages Challenge Funds (BLCF)

    http://www.challengefunds.org/blcfhome.htm

    BLCF provides cost-sharing grants to established businesses to form links with and between enterprises in developing countries to enhance competetiveness and generate benefits for the poor.

    ELDIS (Electronic Development and Environment Information System)

    http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis

    Large development reference library. Many articles available online. Also identifies useful websites, books etc.

    Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Research Programme

    http://www.gemconsortium.org/

    Annual assessment of national levels of entrepreneurial activity in almost 40 countries and provides country-specific documents, global reports etc.

    ICT's and ED

    http://idpm.man.ac.uk/idpm/ictsme.htm

    Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and small enterprise in development - useful downloadable practical handbooks for enterprise support agency staff and one for entrepreneurs; a questionnaire on communications practices and ICT use which can be re-used and other related papers.

    Lotus Opportunities - Nepal

    http://www.lotusopportunities.com.np/

    Lotus Opportunities is a private institution in Nepal "that works with development and private organizations to design and fulfill interventions to create and develop business opportunities in rural areas. Value chain and subsector analysis as well as Business Development Services are our core competencies."

    Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)

    http://www.ppiaf.org

    Multi-donor technical assistance facility for improving infrastructure through advice on strategies, best practices etc.

    The Russian SME Resource Centre (RCSME)

    http://www.rcsme.ru/eng

    Originally established under a EU TACIS project, and currently provides a unique resource of up-to-date information, advice and research on small business development in Russia free of charge.

    SEEP (Small Enterprise Education and Promotion)

    http://www.seepnetwork.org/

    56 North American private and voluntary orgs which promote SME development in developing worldWorking group on impact assessment.

    SEEP Business Development Guide

    http://www.seepnetwork.org/bdsguide.html

    The BDS Guide offers services which help identify and establish new markets for small enterprise products with commercial radio programmes, advocacy and business management training, databases, etc.

    Small Business Project (SBP)

    http://www.sbp.org.za/

    South African independent, private sector specialist support and research unit engaged in small business development. Private Sector Intiative (Psi) encourages partnerships and collective work among SMEs and the corporate sector.

    UNIDO's Industrial Subcontracting & Supply Chain Management Programme (SPX)

    http://www.unido.org/doc/4547

    Provides technical assistance to developing countries for establishing and operating "Subcontracting and Partnership Exchanges" (SPXs) using rosters, supplying technical information, promotion, match-making etc.

    USAID Micro-enterprise Impact Project

    (see also Micro-finance links)

    http://www.mip.org/

    Contains AIMS papers and toolkits. Information on country specific impact assessments. Impact assessment methodologies for micro-finance. Good links to other enterprise organisations.

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    Measuring Impact/Evaluation

    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.

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    General Development and Aid/Donor Organisations

    Agence Francaise de Development

    http://www.afd.fr/

    Available in EnglishLists projects by sector with further contact details.

    CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency)

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

    Good site with good links to other sites.

    Civicus

    http://www.civicus.org/

    Organisation aims at building a healthy civil society.

    Committee of Donor Agencies for Small Enterprise Development

    http://www.sedonors.org

    Established in October 1979 at a meeting in Berlin, convened at the invitation of the World Bank, it promotes enterprise development, particularly for small enterprises, in developing countries. It provides a forum, in which member agencies can exchange information about their programmes, and the lessons learned through those programmes. Building on experience, the Committee publishes common guidelines for member agencies.

    DFID Main site

    http://www.dfid.gov.uk/

    DFID main site with links.

    DFID Programme of
    Advisory and Support Services (PASS)

    http://www.passlivelihoods.org.uk

    Launched in 2002 and Managed by HTSPE, service provides a range of services to policy analysts in DFID policy teams, regional policy units and country offices. Services include: sourcing pecialists, commissioning policy guidance, technical support, quality control and promoting the uptake of policy products. PASS maintains a database of specialists.

    Danida

    http://www.um.dk/english/

    Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Country strategies.

    Development Initiatives (DEVINIT) - Reality of Aid Project

    http://www.devinit.org/realityofaid/index.htm

    NGO providing and independent review of poverty reduction and development assistance. It promotes national and international policies for a new and effective poverty reduction strategy built on solidarity and equity.

    Development Media

    http://www.devmedia.org/

    Good site for the role and use of various media.

    Directory of Development Organisations

    http://www.devdir.org/

    Comprehensive list of all involved in private sector development, categorised by Micro-finance Institutions, Small Enterprise Development Organizations, NGOs/PDOs, Development Agencies, International Organizations, Private Sector Institutions, Banks, Government Ministries, Universities and Development Consulting FirmsVery large files but also available on CDRom.

    CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest)

    http://www.cgap.org/

    Donor portfolio database. Technical notes on micro-finance

    Directory of Development Organisations

    http://www.devdir.org/

    Recently updated comprehensive listing of nearly 50,000 development organisations dedicated to good governance, sustainable development and proverty reduction.

    Global Development Network

    http://www.gdnet.org

    World-wide network of research and policy institutes working together to address the issues of national and regional development.

    Inter-American Development Bank

    http://www.iadb.org/

    Online library searchableInfo on IADB projects.

    IDRC (International Development Research Centre of Canada)

    http://www.idrc.ca/

    Set up by Canadian Federal government as a public research corporation to assist developing countries find solutions to social, economic and environmental problems. Good reference search facility - Acacia project on ICTs - useful documents on ICTs and employment generation.

    ILO (International Labour Organisation)

    http://www.ilo.org/

    Publications, Databases of statistics, Evaluation results.

    ITC (International Trade Centre)

    http://www.intracen.org/

    Market development information on different sectorsInfo on ITC approach by country.

    ITDG (Intermediate Technology Development Group)

    http://www.itdg.org/

    Information on ITDG project monitoring and impact assessment methodology.

    Last-First Networks

    http://www.lastfirst.net/index.html

    Australian-based NGO focusing on effective development in SE Asia and the Pacific.

    OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

    http://www.oecd.org/

    Comprehensive economic development site. OECD reviews and assesses reforms aimed at enhancing economic performance and welfare by increasing competition.

    OneWorld

    (see also Advocacy/PR)

    http://www.oneworld.net/

    Good general development site.

    Public Participation Around The World

    http://www.connor.bc.ca/connor

    Site assists with identifying and understanding your different publics, providing them with relevant and understandable information and working with them to resolve their concerns about proposed projects, programmes or policies.

    Sustainable Livelihoods

    http://www.livelihoods.org/

    Good and interesting source for Information on sustainable livelihoods approach.

    Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

    http://www.intercoop.ch/sed

    Information on Swiss projects and approach.

    UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)

    http://www.undp.org/

    Info on UNDP programmes by region and by sectorGood sustainable livelihoodsGood on Information and Communications Technologies.

    USAID Development Clearing House

    http://www.dec.org/

    Clearing house for all USAID documentation. Can search for and retrieve whole documents. Covers all aspects of enterprise development and micro-finance.

    World Bank

    http://www.worldbank.org/

    Numerous research papers and information on ongoing WB projects.

    World Bank - PovertyNet - Empowerment

    http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/empowerment/

    Includes a library, tools, events, background information and resources relating to empowerment including the World Bank Empowerment Sourcebook

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    Enterprise Education and Training

    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.

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    Research

    Action Learning, Action Research & Process Management Association Inc.

    http://www.alarpm.org.au/

    Network involved in using actin learning to generate learning, research and action

    Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Department of Reading University

     

    http://www.rdg.ac.uk/

    Summary policy research and papers available online.

    Centre of Development Studies Bath

    Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice (CARPP)

    http://www.bath.ac.uk/cds

     

    http://www.bath.ac.uk/carpp

    Good micro-finance/enterprise list of research - texts available onlineParticular emphasis on impact.

    CARPP is part of U of Bath School of Management spcialising in ensuring knowledge gained is relevant to issues.

    The Chronic Poverty Research Centre

    http://www.chronicpoverty.org

    The Chronic Poverty Research Centre is an international partnership of universities, research institutes and NGOs which provides research, analysis and policy guidance aiming to reduce chronic poverty.

    ELDIS (Electronic Development and Environment Information System)

    http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis

    Large development reference library. Many articles available online. Also identifies useful websites, books etc.

    GAP Research (Globalisation and Poverty Research Programme)

    http://www.gapresearch.org/

    Based at IDS, explores the linkages between globalisation processes and poverty. Premises are that globalisation processes are uneven and that there are policy interventions that can impact the way globalisation affects the poor.

    IDS Research - Globalisaton and Value Chain Studies

    (see also Measuring Impact - Evaluation 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.

    International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) - Evaluating Capacity Development Project (ECD)

    http://www.isnar.cgiar.org/ecd/index.htm

    A Future Harvest Center of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) focusing on improvement of organisational capacity through evaluation.

    IDPM (Institute for Development Policy Management)

     

     

     

    http://idpm.man.ac.uk

     

     

     

    Good lists of other sites. Interesting papers on enterprise in broader development field.

    IDS (Institute for Development Institute of Development Studies - (University of Sussex)

    http://www.ids.ac.uk/

    http://www.ids.ac.uk/id21/

    http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/particip/

    Site about participation - digests of up-to-date social and economic research from some 40 universities.

    MEASURE DHS+ (see also Health)

    http://www.measuredhs.com

    USAID project to assist developing countries in devising demographic and health surveys (DHS) for better planning of services.

    ODI (Overseas Development Institute)

    http://www.odi.org.uk/

    All ODI briefing papers onlineOther research papers.

    ODI's RAPID (Research and Policy in Development) Meetings

    http://www.odi.org.uk/RAPID/Meetings/Evidence_Series.html

    This lunch-time meeting series organised by ODI's Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) programme provided an opportunity for researchers, policy makers and intermediaries in the UK to discuss how and why evidence informs policy.

    The South Centre

    http://www.southcentre.org

    Made up of developing countries it assists on policy issues,technical support etc. through dissemination of policy-oriented research and analysis.

    Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)

    http://www.pria.org

    Voluntary development organisation specialising in capacity building, policy advocacy and knowledge building.

    Third World Network

    http://www.twnside.org.sg

    Independent non-profit network involved in north-south development and research in economic, social and environmental issues and much more.

    UEA School of Development Studies - Globalisation & Transition Research Group

    http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/research/gtintro.shtml

    Access to publications focusing on the international dimensions of economic, social and environmental change. Includes publications on value chains.

    Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs)

    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.

     

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    Natural Resources/Environment

    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.

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    Gender Issues

    Association for Progressive Communications (APC) - Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM) for internet and ICTs

    http://www.apcwomen.org/gem/

    Guide to integrate gender analysis into evaluation of initiatives using information and communications technologies (ICTs) to determine if their use is really improving women's lives and gender relations.

    Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)

    http://www.awid.org/index.pl

    Int'l. membership organisation committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's rights with information, advocacy, policy development news and more.

    Bridge

    http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk

    BRIDGE supports gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible and diverse gender information in print and online.

    Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP)

    http://www.capwip.org and new newsletter Online Women in Politics

    CAPWIP is a non-partisan, non-profit and non-governmental regional organization (NGO) dedicated to promoting equal participation of women in politics and decision-making. CAPWIP, was established in 1992 by a group of women from the Asia-Pacific region who share a vision of governance that affirms gender equality, integrity and accountability, excellence, sustainable development and peace. New focus newsletter Online Women in Politics supported by UNDP is now available.

    Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN)

    http://www.dawn.org.fj/

    Network of women scholars and activists from the economic South engaged in glbal advocacy, research, analysis and working for economic and gender justice etc.