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This Network is a group of trade union-linked researchers from all over Africa. It provides information and services to both the public and African Labour researchers.
It is a Sri Lankan voluntary organization helping the 100,000 homeless people on the coastline of Sri Lanka.
Regional network on human settlements and urban issues consulted by many UN agencies.
An organization consisting of Arab NGOs and national networks active in the fields of social development, human rights, gender, and the environment.
International network of citizens’ organizations struggling to eradicate poverty and the causes of poverty, to ensure an equitable distribution of wealth and the realization of human rights.
NGO sites
Amanitare
African Partnership for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women and Girls, which evolved from the need for a coordinated Pan-African effort to consolidate the skills, knowledge and institutional resources of groups and individuals active in the field of sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, and women's rights.
Arab & African Research Center - AARC
Initiative of a group of Arab African intellectuals concerned with a new reading in the economic, social, cultural and political realities of Afro - Arab societies and their relationship with Southern peoples.
Arab Social Science Research (ASSR)
ASSR is designed to link Arab social science research centers to one another and to the world through a virtual library specializing in social science resources.
Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia - AsiaDHRRA
Regional partnership of 11 social development networks and organisations from 10 Asian nations.
Associação Rede Cananéia (Cananeia Network Association)
Network association to provide administration, technical and financial support to our members in Cananéia, Brazil. Cananéia is an Environment Protected Area In contrast with its environmental richness and cultural heritage, the region has one of the lowest social and economic indicators in the state of Sao Paulo and Paraná. Brazil.
Association for Development and Health Action in Rural areas (ADHAR)
ADHAR is a grassroots level non-profit making voluntary organization working in the backward KBK region of Orissa, India.
Association for Water And Rural Development (AWARD)
The mission of this non-profit company is to promote and support equitable and accessible community water services and resources in the Sand River Catchment. AWARD seeks to do this by adopting approaches that focus on sustainable integrated development for water-based livelihoods. The site provides a number of links and Word documents to download with information about reports and projects. South Africa.
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)
BRAC has gradually evolved into a large and multifaceted development organisation with the twin objectives of alleviation of poverty and empowerment of the poor.
Batjha Youth Development
The goal of Batjha Youth Development is to empower disadvantaged youth and young adults in the rural areas north west of Randburg, South Africa.
Bisan Center for Research and Development
Community development organization working in the West Bank and Gaza.
Cameroon Association for the Protection and Education of the Child (CAPEC)
It works to identify and remedy the needs of children and youths, especially the underprivileged in the rural areas through a participatory approach. Cameroon.
Caribbean Policy Development Centre - CPDC
The membership of the CPDC includes 26 regional and national networks and agencies. Members come from the English speaking Caribbean, as well as Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico.
Center for People Empowerment in Governance - CenPEG
Public policy center to help promote people empowerment in governance. CenPEG is especially advocating the democratic representation of the poor.
Center for Youth and Social Development (CYSD)
Civil society organization, active in the field of social development in Orissa, one of the most backward states of India.
Centre for African Settlement Studies and Development (CASSAD)
CASSAD operates using action projects, advocacy, research and human resources development as instruments to pursue poverty reduction and ensure sustainable development in Nigerian communities.
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Sri Lanka: five years after tsunami, many still without shelter
Tue Dec 29 2009 - Source: IPS
Sri Lanka's Reconstruction and Development Agency has since wound down as has the massive reconstruction effort. Still many are without homes they could call their own.
BCI 2009: no progress in the global fight against poverty
Fri Dec 18 2009 - Source: Social Watch
The countries and regions of the world are becoming increasingly polarised in spite of their international commitments to fight poverty. This is what emerges from the 2009 Basic Capabilities Index (BCI) published by Social Watch.
G8 countries show total lack of political will to address the global food crisis
Thu Nov 19 2009 - Source: La Via Campesina
The blatant absence of the heads of states of the G8 countries in the World Food Summit, held in Rome from 16 to 18th of November, was one of the key causes of the total failure of this summit.

 
UN Conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development - Sun Feb 21 2010
The food, environmental and economic crises have challenged civil society organizations and the communities they serve. A broad-based survey, financially supported by the UN, measured the impact of the crises on the operating capacity of CSOs around the world and their expectations as they look ahead.
Fuente: NGO Committee for Social Development

Cairo +15 - International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) UN Conference on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development Financing for Development Poverty
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