Development
Organizations, Programs and Campaigns
ActionAid
ActionAid is a unique partnership of people who are fighting for a better world - a world without poverty. One of the UK’s largest development agencies.
http://www.actionaid.org/
CAFOD - Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
The development agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. CAFOD is a major British charity that has been fighting third world poverty since 1962.
CARE
CARE is one of the world's largest private international humanitarian organizations, committed to helping families in poor communities improve their lives and achieve lasting victories over poverty.
Christian Aid
An agency of the churches in the UK and Ireland, Christian Aid works wherever the need is greatest, irrespective of religion. One of UK's leading development organizations.
InterAction: American Council for Voluntary International Action
InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations. With more than 160 members operating in every developing country, we work to overcome poverty, exclusion and suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity for all.
Oxfam Great Britain
Oxfam GB is a development, relief, and campaigning organisation dedicated to finding lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world. One of UK's leading development organizations.
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
UNDP is the main UN agency involved in development and poverty issues. UNDP is the UN's principal provider of development advice, advocacy and grant support.
World Development Movement
The World Development Movement tackles the underlying causes of poverty. We lobby decision makers to change the policies that keep people poor. We research and promote positive alternatives. We work alongside people in the developing world who are standing up to injustice. One of the UK's leading organizations on development on poverty eradication, with a focus on advocacy.
Other Information and Websites
2000: A Better World for All: Progress towards the international development goals
Overview of progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals as adopted by world leaders at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000. The MDG's are major global targets for poverty alleviation and development.
PARIS21
Development Gateway
The Development Gateway is an interactive portal for information and knowledge sharing on sustainable development and poverty reduction.
Eldis: The 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. Provides summaries of and links to online documents, research and articles. ELDIS's resource guides offer easy access to information on a wide range of subjects.
Millennium Development Goals
Overview of the Millennium Development Goals adopted by the UN Millennium Summit of world leaders in 2000. The MDG's provide major global targets for development and poverty eradication.
The World Bank
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