Related Websites

Links to development organizations divided by the following themes

Palestinian Development Social & Political Development Economic Development Poverty

Gender & Development International Organizations Special Topics

Palestinian Development:

Social & Political Development:

• The network for Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Israel "Ittijah": Ittijah is the network for Palestinian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Israel. Established in 1995, Ittijah was founded in response to a clear and widely felt need for increased cooperating and exchange between Palestinian Arab organizations, both large and small. These organizations play a central and critical role within Palestinian society.

• The Arab NGOs Network for Development (ANND):The Arab NGOs Network for Development (ANND) was established in June 1996, with the membership of 45 network and non-governmental organization from 12 Arab countries. The initiative for establishing ANND came from a group of Lebanese and Tunisian civil society organizations that met in 1993, during one of the preparatory meetings for the International Social Development Summit that took place in Copenhagen, in 1995.

• The Gulf Research Center (GRC): GRC is a research institute committed to enriching and fostering academic and intellectual understanding of a range of crucial political, economic, social, educational, media, security and strategic issues relevant to the Gulf region.

• Arab Planning Institute (API): The Arab Planning Institute is a non-profit regional organization whose primary mission is to advance the cause of economic and social development in Arab countries.

•  Information and Descision Supporting Center - Egypt (Icds): The Icds (Information and Decision Support Center) is working to create the conditions required for accelerating the rate of social and economic development in line with national goals through conducting developmental studies and economic analysis necessary for supporting decision makers.

• Arab Social Science Research (ASSR): ASSR also offers general resources: databases, encyclopedias, journals, libraries, maps, search engines, and Middle East studies centers, languages and associations of relevance to social science.

• Centre For Arab Unity Studies: None of the studies, research or seminars conducted by the Centre nor any of its other activities shall deal with current political conditions in the Arab world.

• Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD): The ABCD Institute spreads its findings on capacity-building community development.

• Ballynafeigh Community Development Association (BCDA): BCDA is an open-minded development organisation which creates positive opportunities, delivers imaginative programmes and provides practical resources for the community.

• College of Health & Human Development (California State University): the College aspire to serve as an innovative, collaborative, learning community for students, staff, and faculty who foster the optimal potential and development.

• Community Research Partners (CRP): CRP mission support and advance human services and community development policy and practice through measurement, evaluation and research, as a means to create positive community change.

• Eldis Gateway to Development Information: ELDIS is a gateway to information on development issues, providing free and easy access to wide range of high quality online resources.

• Health and development : The Methodology Center: The Methodology Center has a dual mission, involving research and service.

• Institute of Development Studies (IDS): IDS is a leading centre for research and teaching on international development.

• Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC): LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America.

• National Community Development Association (NCDA): NCDA is a national nonprofit organization comprised of more than 550 local governments across the country that administer federally-supported community and economic development, housing and human service programs.

• National Community Development Association (NCDA): NCDA is a national nonprofit organization comprised of more than 550 local governments across the country that administer federally-supported community and economic development, housing and human service programs.

• Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development: Novartis aim to improve the quality of life for poor people in developing countries by improving access to healthcare through development projects, think tank efforts and dialogue facilitation.

• One World network: The OneWorld network and portal brings you the latest news, action, campaigns and organisations in human rights and global issues across five continents and in 11 different languages.

• PRAXIS -Resources For Social and Economic Development: PRAXIS provides access to a vast array of archival resources on international and comparative social development. The intellectual commitment of PRAXIS is to the promotion of positive social change through informed action.

• Society for International Development (SID): (SID) is founded to promote social justice and foster democratic participation. SID strengthens collective empowerment and facilitates dialogue and knowledge sharing worldwide.

• SouthAsia.Net- Research Development - Environment: SouthAsia.Net: Research Development: Environment. Complete Search Engine.

• The Global Development Research Center- GDRC: The Global Development Research Center is a virtual organization that carries out initiatives in education, research and practices, in the spheres of environment, urban, community and information, and at scales that are effective

• The World Wide Web Virtual Library: A comprehensive list of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, databases.

• The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources: This section of the WWW Virtual Library system presents over 2600 annotated links in a wide range of international affairs, international studies, and international relations topics.

• Virtual Library on International Development: The Virtual Library on International Development is a collection of links to international development-related sites and documents on the Internet.

• Washington State University: Department of Human Development: The Department of Human Development (HD) provides knowledge, skills, and leadership to students, professionals, and the people of South west Washington State.

Economic Development:

• The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES): The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) is a non-profit, non-government think-tank. The mission of the Center is to promote economic development in Egypt by conducting and disseminating applied policy research. The aim of this research is to develop viable policy options for Egypt in light of international experience. The Center’s activities are carried out in the spirit of public interest.

• BibEc: Working Papers in Economics: BibEc is a service for finding information about papers and articles in Economics.It contains information about over 130,000 documents in printed format.

• Community & Economic Development Office (CEDO): CEDO works with the community to: foster economic vitality; preserve and enhance neighborhoods, quality of life and the environment; and promote equity and opportunity for all residents of Burlington.

• IDEAS: IDõõEAS, the largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and available on the Internet. Over 285'000 items of research can be browsed or searched, and over 190'000 can be downloaded in full text. 

• IDRC Research Program for North Africa and the Middle East: Research related to social and economic equity is a large focus of IDRC's support in the region, notably in the context of the search for peace and development in Palestine.

• Inter-American Development Bank: The Inter-American Development Bank, was established to help accelerate economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• International Center For Economic Growth ( ICEG): ICEG works with a network of more than 300 institutes which include more than 5,000 economists, former central bank presidents, ministers and heads-of-state from over 100 countries.

• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD): IISD contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resources management.

• Resources for Economists on the Internet (RFE): This guide lists 1,357 resources in 94 sections and sub-sections available on the Internet of interest to academic and practicing economists, and those interested in economics.

• Asian Development Bank (ADB): Links to International Organizations: ADB is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific.

• Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP): CROP is an international NGO initiated in 1992 by the International Social Science Council. It is now one of the major programmes of the Council.

• Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP): (IRP) is a university-based center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States.

• Palestinian Participatory Poverty Assessment Project (PPPA): The objective of the (PPPA) is to influence government structures and processes at district, sector, and national levels and to produce policy recommendations and plans for poverty eradication.

• Poverty inequality & development. Research at Cornell University (PID): Cornell University is a world leader in research on poverty, inequality and development. Its faculty and graduate students conduct theoretical, empirical and policy oriented research across a wide range of disciplines and geographical locations.

• Palestinian Working Women Society for Development (PWWSD): The PWWSD supports the political women concept based on the fact that human rights are universal and integral and women rights are human rights based on equality, justice and equity principles.

• Women Gateway: The Gateway was developed to aid the women of today in their daily business activities.

• Women's Affairs Technical Committee (WATC): The WATC, a respected Palestinian non-governmental organization, is a coalition of women affiliated with six main political parties as well as independent professional women and representatives of various women's study centers and human rights organizations.

• Middle East Centre for Women’s Studies (MECWS): Objective, To undertake and sponsor research studies into history, social, cultural and economic life of women in the Middle East.

• Arab Regional Resource Center On Violence Against Women-AMAN: The primary objective of the resource center will be to contribute to and enhance the ongoing activities of institutions and individuals currently working in the field of ending violence against women by providing supportive and informative services.

• UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women): UNIFEM promotes gender equality and links women's issues and concerns to national, regional and global agendas.

• Center of Arab Women For Training And Research ( CAWTAR): An international non-governmental institution established on 7 March 1993 and located in Tunis, Tunisia. It aims to promote Arab women's participation in development by providing gender training, research, clearing house services and advisory services.

• United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO) : UNIDO's Vision is to improve the living conditions of people and promote global prosperity through offering tailor-made solutions for the sustainable industrial development of developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

• The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN):The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) is a network of more than 60 human rights organizations from over 20 countries in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The EMHRN was established in January 1997.

• Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization(ALECSO): ALECSO is a specialized Arab organization. Its primary responsibility is the promotion and co-ordination of educational, cultural and scientific activities at the regional and national levels in the Arab world.

• Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations (FAO): FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information.

• International Council on Social Welfare (CEDO): ICSW gathers and distributes information to community groups, other civil society organisations, governments and intergovernmental organisations.

• International Labou rganization (ILO): ILO, is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.

• U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): The agency works to support long-term and equitable economic growth and advancing U.S. foreign policy objectives.

• UNDP - United Nations Development Programme: UNDP is the UN's global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life.

• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) aims at the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy.

• United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCW): ESCWA planning, programming, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation cycle established by the United Nations aims.

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): Education, Social and Natural Science, Culture and Communication are the means to a far more ambitious goal : to build peace in the minds of men.

• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA): the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is a relief and human development agency, providing education, healthcare, social services.

• World Bank - Documents & Reports: The World Bank Group’s mission is to fight poverty and improve the living standards of people in the developing world

•  GEOHIVE : Global Statistics : GeoHive is a site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more.

• Roads and Environment Safety Center "RESC" : RESC is a Palestinian independent non-profit society established in 2000. It is the only center of its kind in Palestine in terms of the scope of its work. The Center is supervised by a Board of Trustees that consists of a number of professionals and community leaders. The Board is responsible for deciding on RESC general policies and strategic plans and oversees the Center's operation.

• The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): he Centre was established in 1995 by a group of Palestinian lawyers and human rights activists with the following mandate:
  1. To protect human rights and promote the rule of law in accordance with international standards
  2. To create and develop democratic institutions and an active civil society, while promoting democratic culture within Palestinian society
  3. To support all efforts aimed at enabling the Palestinian people to exercise its inalienable rights in regard to self-determination and independence in accordance with international law and UN resolutions.

• Almishkat Centre for Research, Egypt: Founded in October 1992, Almishkat is an independent, non-commercial institution devoted to advancing knowledge on contemporary Egypt, and Arab countries, through research in the social sciences, with emphasis on human development. Fields of research emphasis include: knowledge acquisition (education/learning and research/development), employment, governance and welfare (poverty).

• The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information:  The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information is a central repository for human rights information and websites in Arabic throughout the Middle East and North Africa.

• The Palestinian Commission for Refugee Right Protection (PCRP): The PCRP works in light of the Human Rights Declaration, Geneva Conventions and all related Humanitarian Laws which are concerned with the significant needs of Palestinian Refugees in terms of advocacy, development, training and research issues by emphasizes various critical aspects namely, public Participation and Good Governance.

• Palestinian Refugee and Diaspora Centre - Shaml: Shaml is an independent non-governmental organization dedicated to the research of issues related to Palestinian refugees and the Palestinian Diaspora.

• Palestinian Refugees: This section focus on Palestinian refugee issues in the Palestinian history web.

• Badil: BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights aims to provide a resource pool of alternative.

• Palestine: This Site is the Most Comprehensive Site on the WEB for Links related to Palestine.

• Palestinian refugee information: An organization that focus on Palestinian refugee issues. It also includes the United Nations General Assembly Resolutions, On line book.

• The Palestine Children's Welfare Fund (PCWF): The group aims to provide the children of the refugee camps with better educational opportunities, health facilities and a bright future without violence, hatred and discrimination.