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Good Practice Reviews from the Overseas Development Institute

Good Practice Reviews from the Overseas Development Institute offers a series of good practice publications directed toward the humanitarian field.

Business UNusual

Business UNusual, a collaborative publication of the United Nations Global Compact Office and the Global Public Policy Institute, provides an overview of recent partnership activities in the United Nations, as well as the challenges the UN faces in its efforts to engage the private sector and...

Dominica Information

A development information website, with a country profile on Dominica. Sections on poverty, trade, economics, aid and food security provide links to relevant pages. The site also includes a map section, and a list of government bodies.

Doing Business with the World: The New Role of Corporate Leadership in Global Development

Doing Business with the World, a publication of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), describes how companies can contribute to global sustainable development through their core businesses in a way that is profitable for the companies and good for development.

BBC micro enterprise article: "Tales of Africa's entrepreneurs"

BBC News Online says that while the world's leaders are "thrashing out strategies to improve the plight of the poor in Africa", many aid agencies are stressing that genuine progress must come from "small-scale projects as well as large international initiatives". The article then tells the tale of...

Sample Questionnaire reply from the Philippines

This information was submitted in response to a questionnaire distributed by Global Hand concerning humanitarian regulations for the Philippines. It lists the documents required for importing aid to the Philippines, the goods that are prohibited and provides guidelines for obtaining tax exemptions....

Mexico information

A development information website, with a country profile on Mexico. Has sections on poverty, trade, economics, aid and food security, which provide links to relevant pages. Also includes a map section, and a list of government bodies.

Mongolia information

A development information website, with a country profile on Mongolia. Has sections on poverty, trade, economics, aid and food security, which provide links to relevant pages. Also includes a map section, and a list of government bodies.

Nigeria information

A development information website, with a country profile on Nigeria. Has sections on poverty, trade, economics, aid and food security, which provide links to relevant pages. Also includes a map section, and a list of government bodies.

Oman information

A development information website, with a country profile on Oman. Has sections on poverty, trade, economics, aid and food security, which provide links to relevant pages. Also includes a map section, and a list of government bodies.

Peru information

A development information website, with a country profile on Peru. Has sections on poverty, trade, economics, aid and food security, which give links to relevant pages. Also includes a map section, and a list of government bodies.

Philippines information

A development information website, with a country profile on Philippines. Has sections on poverty, trade, economics, aid and food security, which provide links to relevant pages. Also includes a map section, and a list of government bodies.

Republic of Korea information

A development information website, with a country profile on the Republic of Korea. Has sections on poverty, trade, economics, aid and food security, which provide links to relevant pages. Also includes a map section, and a list of government bodies.

The Bahamas information

A development information website, with a country profile on the Bahamas. Has sections on poverty, trade, economics, aid and food security, which provide links to relevant pages. Also includes a map section, and a list of government bodies.

Trinidad and Tobago information

A development information website, with a country profile on Trinidad and Tobago. Has sections on poverty, trade, economics, aid and food security, which provide links to relevant pages. Also includes a map section, and a list of government bodies.

Uruguay information

A development information website, with a country profile on Uruguay. Has sections on poverty, trade, economics, aid and food security, which provide links to relevant pages. Also includes a map section, and a list of government bodies.

Humanitarian Customs Guide

This guide contains a sampling of the customs guide for humanitarian aid that Global Hand is developing. A few examples are indexed on this page, with the balance of the countries under research.

Humanitarian Customs Guide

Information about restrictions on goods, tax exemption, documents required and monetary valuation for humanitarian aid.

India Humanitarian Customs Regulations

This document was researched by Global Hand regarding humanitarian customs information. It provides regulations for importing humanitarian aid into India.

Customs Regulations - Egypt

This overview of Egypt customs regulations states that one can import "Household goods duty-free for government, oil company and Aid Project personnel, provided a Letter of Guarantee is submitted approving the import and stating that the shipment will be re-exported".