Development

• Asian Development Bank
• Collection on Critical Global Issues a full text library of material from the United Nations University Press and other publishers that "contains 210 publications (32,000 pages) in the fields of Agriculture and Land Management, Development, Environment and Sustainability, Food and Nutrition, Natural Resource Development, Science and Technology". From the New Zealand Digital Library, a site with several important collections of digital materials from intergovernmental and international organizations.
• Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) "is the largest online resource for USAID funded, international development documentation." The site provides citations for reports, electronic copies of selected titles, and an online ordering system.
• ELDIS "Eldis is a gateway to online information on development in countries of the South. Coverage includes social, economic, political and environmental issues. Eldis makes a qualitative selection of materials and structures it for easy access." The Country Profiles include reports by sector (Agriculture online as of Oct. 22, 1999. Other sectors to follow.), links to maps, statistics, and reports from intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, United Nations Industrial Development Fund, World Trade Organization, and Amnesty International.
• Humanity Development Library "is a large collection of practical information aimed at helping reduce poverty, increasing human potential, and providing a practical and useful education for all. This version, 2.0, contains 1,230 publications--books, reports, and magazines--in various areas of human development, from agricultural practice to economic policies, from water and sanitation to society and culture, from education to manufacturing, from disaster mitigation to micro-enterprises." From the New Zealand Digital Library, a site with several important collections of digital materials from intergovernmental and international organizations.
• International Development Research Center provides reports, links, access to databases on IDRC funded projects and more.
• United Nations Development Programme provides extensive information, including:
  • Human Development Report highlights
  • National Human Development Report highlights
  • Poverty Report 2000: Overcoming Human Poverty includes country profiles on individual countries, an overview of the issue, and an executive summary.
• UNICEF
  • See Progress of Nations, State of the World's Children and other publications.
• U. S. Agency for International Development provides a full text reports,
  • Development Experience System (a searchable bibliographic database with citations to USAID reports)
  • Evaluation Reports
  • Development Links
• Virtual Library of International Development
• WIDNET Women In Devopment Statistics arranged by world region includes the following datasets: Population - Family - Households, Health, Education - Training, Labour, Power
• World Bank includes a wide variety of information. Includes access to:
  • Data and Maps
  • Operations Evaluation Department documents
  • Operational Document Search (formerly Public Information Center)--Search for abstracts of World Bank Projects.
  • Projects Search "Bank's on-line database, provides data and information on the current portfolio of pipeline, active, dropped, and closed projects. "
  • World Bank World Development Sources a new service of the World Bank with full text economic reports, staff appraisal reports, and other publications. Access by country, sector, or report type. Requires a plugin for onscreen viewing and printing which is available at the site. Includes publications 1988-present.
  • Joint Bank Fund Library Network The catalog of the joint International Monetary Fund-World Bank Library. The library catalog includes the holdings of the library and indexing to about 800 periodicals on economics and finance. The catalog includes links to periodical articles when an online edition exists. An excellent source of information on international economics, finance, and the activities of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
  • Social Indicators of Development
  • Trends in Developing Economies,
  • World Development Reports from the World Bank. Recent reports are available as .pdf files by chapter. An executive summary is available online for reports from 1995-1997. Consult the Publications for additional titles.