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Food Sustainability: a Guide to the Private Sector

A practical and illustrative guide for businesses that presents sets of inspirational examples of how companies can contribute to sustainable food production and supply. Examples cover various sectors and show actions of small companies as well as multinational corporations from around the world. ...

Weather.com

This site provides hourly to monthly national & regional weather forecast in the US and the cities over the world with the satellite map. A number of weather apps are available to download. Spanish, Portuguese, French, German and Italian are also provided in the site.

Sigma Guidelines - Putting Sustainable Development into Practice: A Guide for Organisations

The Sigma Guidelines provide clear, practical advice to organisations to enable them to make a meaningful contribution to sustainable development. The guidelines help organisations to effectively meet challenges posed by social, environmental and economic dilemmas, threats and opportunities and...

Business and malaria: a neglected threat?

Business and malaria, a report of the Global Health Initiative (GHI) of the World Economic Forum, is the largest and most comprehensive report ever on the impact of malaria on business. The report found that 72% of Sub-Saharan African businesses are affected by malaria. In response, the GHI...

Dare to Lead: public health and company wealth

This is the first in a series of briefing papers analysing the human development impact of transnational corporations (TNCs). The series aims to examine the links between trade and poverty eradication and to illustrate the challenges facing industry as a whole in contributing more systematically to...

Directory of Social Change (DSC)

The Directory of Social Change (DSC), set up in 1975, is an independent source of information and support to voluntary and community sectors worldwide. The DSC provides training courses and publications (including online information and CD-ROMs) on fundraising, management, organisational and...

Guidelines to Bhutan Customs Rules and Regulations

This site provides information for those importing goods to Bhutan on the following topics: prohibited goods, tax and regulations.

Rotary International: Funds

This section of the Rotary International website provides information on current Rotary funds, as well as information on how local clubs can apply for funding.

Rough Guide to a Better World

Rough Guide to a Better World is a free online book, published by the UK Department for International Development, which clearly explains poverty issues and challenges faced by developing countries. The guide also provides practical suggestions on how to get involved, including short articles and...

Disaster Center

Disaster Center provides information on disasters with the purpose being to understand the causes of disasters and mitigate for their consequences.

Foundation for Economic Education

A research organisation that studies the moral and intellectual foundation of a free society and shares its knowledge with individuals everywhere. Founded in 1946, the society educates the world on the principles of free-market economics, including the importance of private property and individual...

MicroLINKS

The MicroLINKS page provides links to websites that offer internship opportunities with organisations working in microenterprise.

Free Management Library

The Free Management Library (FML) provides an easy-to-access and comprehensive database of basic and practical managerial and business information for leaders and managers running large and small non-profit and for-profit organisations with very limited resources. The FML currently lists...

National Center for Charitable Statistics (Data Web)

The NCCS is the national repository for data on the non-profit sector in the United States. Data is made available for non-commercial research purposes through the NCCS Data Web.

Humanitarian Shipments: Technical Advice for U.S. Exporters

This website sets out the legal requirements for humanitarian shipments from the USA and provides advice to organisations intending to make such shipments, both businesses and NGOs, and points out that all organisatons must conduct proper due diligence on the importer or receiving organisation to...

Business Contributions to UN Emergency Relief Efforts: An Orientation Guide

Business Contributions to UN Emergency Relief Efforts: An Orientation Guide describes the role of various UN agencies during an emergency, and identifies ways in which companies can support relief efforts in a timely and appropriate manner, through cash contributions, in-kind donations, or...

World Directory of Development Organisations and Programs

World Directory of Development Organisations and Programs, created within the Project "Cooperating for Vooperation", promotes mutual cooperation, dissemination of data and exchange of experiences among organisations, associations and informal groups whose activity is development related. The...

University of Texas Map Library - Turkmenistan page

A large database of maps from around the world. Has a political and relief maps for Turkmenistan, and links to other sites with similar maps. Other relevant maps include political and transport maps for Central Asia and time-zone maps.

Volunteer Medical Services Abroad

Volunteer Medical Services Abroad is a searchable website index of US-based volunteer organisations that provide all types of medical services in underdeveloped countries. Programs needing help range from large well-known international agencies to small groups of a few individuals who assist one or...

World Travel Guide - Iraq

This travel guide on Iraq includes climatic data on temperatures, rainfall and humidity, and also suggests clothing for the summer and winter seasons. Some practical information of traveling Iraq is also provided. English, German, French and Spanish versions are available.