Research institutions
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International Development Research Centre
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a Canadian public corporation that works with researchers from the developing world to find solutions to economic, social, environmental, and other problems. IDRC provides funds for applied research to be done by researchers from developing...
Micro-Enterprise Online Library
Micro-Enterprise Online Libary, published by National Institute for Social Science Information, provides an online micro-enterprise research library.
Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) - Kyoto University
The Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) was established in 1951 at Kyoto University, Japan, to conduct research on a variety of problems related to the prevention and reduction of natural disasters. By the end of 1995, DPRI had set up sixteen research sections, four research centres, five...
Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA)
The Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) is a non-governmental research organisation. The two key areas of BIDPA's mandate are development policy analysis and capacity building. Its aim is to promote policy analysis through research, capacity building, assisting organisations...
Instituto Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sociales (ILDIS)
The Instituto Latinamericano de Investigaciones Sociales (ILDIS) is an international organisation under the patronage of the Fundacion Friedrich Ebert (FFE), Germany. ILDIS specialises in research that investigates economic, political and social fields, thereby directly assisting governmental...
Equator Principles
The Equator Principles (EPs) are a credit risk management framework for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social risk in project finance transactions. Project finance is often used to fund the development and construction of major infrastructure and industrial projects.The EPs...
Sierra Leone Information System (SLIS)
Sierra Leone Information System (SLIS) was established to implement a simple and robust management information system that could draw primarily on data already collected by the humanitarian community and the Government. SLIS's aim is to develop sustainable solutions which are primarily geared...
Conference on global poverty: business solutions and approaches
Business Solutions and Approaches, a Harvard Business School conference on global poverty, explored ways in which serving the poor can be both a profitable business proposition and help improve the lives of the world's impoverished men and women. The conference focused on successful business...
Pfizer Global Health Fellows: Expanding Access to Healthcare Through Cross-Sector Partnerships
Pfizer Global Health Fellows: Expanding Access to Healthcare Through Cross-Sector Partnerships, a case study, evaluates the response of Pfizer Inc. to the HIV/AIDs endemic. It focuses on the efforts of the its Fellows Program to support HIV/AIDS service NGOs in developing countries. In this...
Code of Conduct for NGOs in Ethiopia
Code of Conduct for NGOs in Ethiopia aims to ensure transparency and accountability in the operation of NGOs by voluntary self-regulation. The Code also seeks to improve the quality of services provided by NGOs by helping NGOs to adopt high standards of conduct and to devise efficient...
Quality of Money: Donor Behaviour in Humanitarian Financing
Quality of Money: Donor Behaviour in Humanitarian Financing, a report, discusses the factors involved in steering donor behaviour for international humanitarian action. The report states that the lack of standard donor definitions, priorities, time-frames, and reporting requirements places the onus...
Enabling Corporate Investment in Peace
Enabling Corporate Investment in Peace: An Assessment of Voluntary Initiatives Addressing Business and Violent Conflict, and a Framework for Policy Decision-making, a briefing for corporate decision makers, reviews the provisions of voluntary codes, guidelines and initiatives that address the...
Public-Private Partnerships for Development - A Handbook for Business
Public-Private Partnerships for Development - A Handbook for Business was developed to help businesses operating in developing countries to understand how to build public-private partnerships that will benefit their host country populations and participating firms.
Queen Elizabeth House - Oxford Department of International Development
Queen Elizabeth House is the University of Oxford’s centre for Development Studies, and the focus for the University’s research and teaching on these issues. Their objective is to conduct high level research which advances understanding of the complex economic, social and political processes of...
Istituto Cooperazione Economica Internazionale (ICEI)
The Istituto Cooperazione Economica Internazionale (ICEI) is a non-governmental institute committed to international economic solidarity and development. ICEI operates in many parts of the world especially in developing regions such as Latin America. ICEI develops and specialises in areas such as...
Malawi Millennium Project
The Malawi Millennium Project was set up by the University of Strathclyde to mark the new Millennium. Launched in September 1999 by the Princess Royal, it is based on ten years of co-operation between the University of Strathclyde and the University of Malawi. The main aims of the project are to...
School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia (UEA), UK
The School of Development Studies was founded in 1973 and is today one of the UK's premier teaching and research institutions for development studies.
Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford
The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) was established in 1982 as part of the University of Oxford’s International Development Centre. It is a multidisciplinary centre for research and teaching on the causes and consequences of forced migration. Its work focuses on four core areas - doing research;...
United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) Disaster Management Planning - Hyogo Office
United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD) Disaster Management Planning - Hyogo Office, is a United Nations centre in Japan established after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake had claimed the lives of more than 6,000 people in 1995. The Hyogo Office focuses on various disaster...
Flood Observatory - Dartmouth
Flood Observatory - Dartmouth detects, maps, measures, and analyzes extreme flood events worldwide using satellite remote sensing. Imaging of selected river reaches is used to detect floods and extreme low flow conditions. The Observatory also provides yearly catalogues, large-scale maps, and...