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ACADEMIC SITES |
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Centre for Arid Zone Studies (CAZS, Bangor, UK)
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at the University of Wales, UK, draws together knowledge and experience in the development of arid and semi-arid regions of the world.
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http://www.cazs.bangor.ac.uk/
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Indian Institute of Forest Management(IIFM)
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IIFM Bhopal India is a premier educational institute engaged in teaching, research, training and consultancy in forest management.
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http://www.iifm.org/
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Institute for Development Studies (IDS, UK)
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IDS, Sussex, is a leading centre for research and teaching on international development. Articles on water and other topical rural development issues.
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http://www.ids.ac.uk/
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Institute for Social Studies (ISS)
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The ISS is an international institute of higher education on social and economic change with a focus on development processes.
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http://www.iss.nl/
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International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
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IIED is an independent, non-profit organization promoting sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, networking and knowledge dissemination.
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http://www.iied.org/
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Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
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ODI is an independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues.
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http://www.odi.org/
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Water Households and Rural Livelihoods (Whirl)
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A joint Indian, South African and UK research project coordinated by NRI. Promoting access of the poor to sustainable water supplies for domestic and productive uses in areas of water scarcity.
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http://www.nri.org/WSS-IWRM
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Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB)
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Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar offers quality management education with a human face. The Institute is governed by representatives from the Jesuit Society, Government of India, Government of Orissa and eminent industrialists and educationists.
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http://www.ximb.ac.in/
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BILATERAL AGENCIES |
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Canadian Development Agency (CIDA)
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CIDA supports sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable and prosperous world.
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http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index.htm
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Department for International Development (DFID)
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DFID is the United Kingdom's government department responsible for promoting development and the reduction of poverty. The central focus of the policy set out in the White Paper
published in November 1997, is a commitment to the internationally agreed target to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015, together with associated targets including basic health-care provision and universal access to primary education by the same date.
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http://www.dfid.gov.uk/
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US Agency for International Development (USAID)
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USAID is the government agency providing U.S. economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for more than 40 years.
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http://www.usaid.gov/
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DEVELOPMENT NETWORKS |
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Bond
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BOND (British NGOs for Development) is a network of UK based voluntary organisations working in international development and development education; aims to improve the UK's contribution to international development by promoting the exchange of experience, ideas and information. Site has many useful links for contacts, job vacancies and the EU.
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http://www.bond.org/
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Global Fund for Women
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The Global Fund for Women, an international network of women and men committed to a world of equality and social justice, advocates for and defends women's human rights by making grants to support women's groups around the world.
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http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/
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Livelihoods Connect
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A portal covering detailed analysis, discussion, papers and reviews of livelihoods concepts and issues.
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http://www.livelihoods.org/
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NR Group
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The Natural Resources Group is an association of development professionals in the UK who collaborate to undertake and contribute expertise to natural resources projects and activities. The group provides high quality solutions to today's natural resources management problems in a cost effective and timely manner.
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http://www.thenrgroup.net/
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OneWorld.Net
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OneWorld is the world's favourite and fastest-growing civil society network online, support people's media to help build a more just global society.
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http://www.oneworld.net/
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Support to Regional Aquatic Resources Management (STREAM)
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STREAM is an initiative designed within the five-year Work Programme cycle of the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA). It aims to support agencies and institutions to: utilize existing and emerging information more effectively, better understand poor people's livelihoods, and, enable poor people to exert greater influence over policies and processes that impact on their lives.
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http://www.streaminitiative.org/
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INDIAN GOVERNMENT |
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Government of Orissa
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Orissa is a state of India; distinctly known as Kalinga, Odra and Utkal in the past. It is located along the eastern coast of the Indian peninsula.
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http://www.orissagov.nic.in/
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Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India (MoRD)
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MoRD, Government of India has been acting as a catalyst effecting change in rural areas through the implementation of wide spectrum of programmes which are aimed at poverty alleviation, employment generation, infrastructure development and social security. MoRD's main objective is to alleviate rural poverty and ensure improved quality of life for the rural population especially those below the poverty line.
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http://www.rural.nic.in/
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INDIAN INSTITUTIONS |
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Centre for Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI)
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CTCRI started functioning as a research institute under ICAR in July 1963 with its Head quarters at Sreekariyam, near Thiruvananthapuram.It has one regional center, which is functioning in Bhubaneswar.The All India Coordinated research project on Tuber crops operates from this institute and has fifteen centres spread throughout the Tuber crop growing areas of India. The Institute is also one of the centres of All India Coordinated Research Project on Harvest and Post harvest technologies.
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http://www.ctcri.org/
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MULTI-LATERAL INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES |
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Specialises in providing loans and capital to developing nations in the Asia-Pacific region.
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http://www.adb.org/
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Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO)
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FAO was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations.
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http://www.fao.org/
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International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD)
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The International Institute for Sustainable Development meets this challenge by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resource management to make development sustainable.
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http://www.iisd.org/
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International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
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IWMI is a non-profit scientific research organisation focusing on sustainable use of water and land resources in agriculture and on the water needs of developing countries.
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http://www.iwmi.org/
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International Centre for Research in Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
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ICRISAT is a non-profit, apolitical, international organization devoted to science-based agricultural development.
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http://www.icrisat.org/
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United Nations, (UN)
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In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter. Those delegates deliberated on the basis of proposals worked out by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States at Dumbarton Oaks, United States in August-October 1944. The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of the 50 countries. The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories.
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http://www.un.org/
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United Nations Development Programme, UNDP
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UNDP sets clear targets for reducing poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women by 2015. On the ground in 166 countries, UNDP uses its global network to help the UN system and its partners raise awareness and track progress, while connecting countries to the knowledge and resources needed to achieve these goals.
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http://www.undp.org/
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
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UNEP provides leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
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http://www.unep.org/
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World Bank Group
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The World Bank is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. Its primary focus is on helping the poorest people and the poorest countries.
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http://www.worldbank.org/
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World Food Programme (WFP)
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Set-up in 1963, WFP is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. In 2002, WFP fed 72 million people in 82 countries, including most of the world's refugees and internally displaced people.
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http://www.wfp.org/
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World Health Organisation (WHO)
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The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialized agency for health, was established on 7th April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.
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http://www.who.org/
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NEWS AND VIEWS |
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Down to Earth
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India's only science and environment fortnightly. Over the years the magazine has informed and inspired people about environmental threats facing India and the world; a dimension underplayed in mainstream media.
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http://www.downtoearth.org/
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Economic and Political Weekly
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A high quality and popular Indian academic development and social change orientated journal.
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http://www.epw.org/
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Science and Development Network
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The overall aim of the Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net) is to enhance the provision of reliable and authoritative information on science- and technology-related issues that impact on the economic and social development of developing countries.
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http://www.scidev.net/
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Transparency International (TI)
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The purpose of TI is to curb corruption by mobilising a global coalition to promote and strengthen international and national Integrity Systems. Corruption is one of the greatest challenges of the contemporary world. It undermines good government, fundamentally distorts public policy, leads to the misallocation of resources, harms the private sector and private sector development and particularly hurts the poor.
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http://www.transparency.org/
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