- Development Education Program
This World Bank site is directed specifically to students and teachers. While much of the content is below college-level, there are some nice resources and thought provoking exercises. Great if you're an education major.
http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/
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- Development Gateway
An independent not-for-profit organization that supports efforts to increase knowledge among development organizations and improve the use of aid money.
http://www.developmentgateway.org/
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- Development Glossary
A glossary of terms commonly used in the development literature.
http://www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/dc/resource/glos1.htm
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- Development News
This link takes you to the media center of the World Bank, where you can read stories and press releases. A lot of good reports are available.
http://www.worldbank.org/developmentnews/
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- PovertyNet
A World Bank site dedicated to poverty research around the world. The site contains a lot of nice background readings.
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/
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- PRAXIS
http://caster.ssw.upenn.edu/~restes/praxis.html
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- UN's Division for the Advancement of Women
A UN site dedicated to improving the status of women around the world. The information content tends to focus on official UN documents, but may be useful to some.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/
(Added: Thu Sep 22 2005)
- Unifem: United Nations Development Fund for Women
This group provides financial and technical assistance to programs around the world that try to improve the status of women. A number of documents are available for download as PDFs.
http://www.unifem.org/
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- Women Watch
This nice site from the United Nations concentrates on the development issues that most affect women around the world.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
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- World Bank Group WWW Resources
This important organization is involved in development projects in almost every corner of the world. If you're interested in development issues, you need to know how this organization operates.
http://www.worldbank.org/
(Added: Thu Sep 22 2005)
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