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ACORD International
ACORD (Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development) is an Africa-led international alliance working to promote social justice and running field operations in 17 countries in Africa, as well as Pan African and international advocacy work.
ActionAid
They work with poor and marginalised people to eradicate poverty by overcoming the injustice and inequity that cause it.
Africa Local Development Union (ALDU)
Independent non-profit international non-governmental organisation that seeks to keep Africa on the World Agenda and to mobilise international support for Africa’s development aspirations and efforts. UK.
Agromisa Foundation
The Agromisa Foundation is a Dutch non-profit NGO whose aim is to strengthen the social and economic position of the underprivileged rural population in the south.
Alliance 2015
The purpose of the Alliance is to fight poverty more effectively by cooperating on various levels, working together in developing countries as well as on campaigns to influence public and political opinion in Europe.
Alliances for Voluntary Initiatives and Development (Allavida)
International non-profit organisation that brings together grant-making, training and capacity building, and research and publishing. Our goal is to provide the resources - funding, skills and information - that people and organisations working for the development of their communities need in order to achieve their own objectives.
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)
Also known as the FUND is an autonomous development finance Pan-Arab organization, with membership consisting of all states who are members of the League of Arab States. The Fund supports the efforts of the Arab states in fighting poverty and unemployment through promoting social development and dealing with the negative impacts of economic reform programs.
Arab Planning Institute (API)
API is a non-profit regional organization whose primary mission is to advance the cause of economic and social development in Arab countries through training, research, consultancy, expert-group meetings, and publication.
Asia Monitor Resource Center (AMRC)
AMRC, organization which focuses on Asian labour concerns.
Caritas Internationalis
IT is a confederation of Catholic relief, development and social service organisations. Caritas fights poverty, exclusion, intolerance and discrimination.
Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC)
International partnership of universities, research institutes and NGOs established in 2000 with initial funding from the UK's Department for International Development.
EURODAD
European Network on Debt and Development.
FIAN
FIAN is the human rights organisation for the right to food.
Indonesian Society for Social Transformation (INSIST)
Community of organizations from various backgrounds and various areas of Indonesia that aims to develop critical discourse, alternative perspectives, and new discourses to work for social transformation.
International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE)
IAVE is an organization with the mission to promote, celebrate, and strengthen volunteerism worldwide.
International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity - CIDSE
CIDSE is an alliance of 15 Catholic development organisations from Europe and North America.
International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW)
ICSW is an international NGO with member organisations in more than 80 countries. Its members work with people in poverty, hardship or distress.
International Land Coalition
A global alliance of intergovernmental, governmental and civil-society organizations that works together with the rural poor to increase their secure access to natural resources, especially land, and to enable them to participate directly in policy and decision-making processes that affect their livelihoods at local, national, regional and international levels.
ReliefWeb
Project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Science and Development Network - SciDev.Net
Internet-based network devoted to reporting on and discussing those aspects of modern science and technology that are relevant to sustainable development and the social and economic needs of developing countries.
Society for International Development (SID)
Global network of individuals and institutions concerned about sustainable development. SID has over 3,000 individual members in 125 countries, working to facilitate international programmes on food security, sustainable livelihoods, gender, health, globalization, conflicts over natural resources, scenario building and responsible international governance.
Thai Labour Campaign
Non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to promoting workers' rights in Thailand and increasing awareness of labour issues globally. TLC was started in February of 2000 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.
World Neighbors
World Neighbors works with the rural poor in 18 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America to strengthen the ability of individuals and communities to solve their own problems of hunger, poverty and disease.
 
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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.

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Decent Work Campaign
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The Millennium Campaign



Selected news
Social Development /Economy and Financial Affairs - Mon Sep 29 2008
Aid Effectiveness and the Forums in Accra
Three Forums on the issue of aid effectiveness were held in Accra, the capital of Ghana, from August 30 to September 4 2008.
Source: Choike

Social Development /Economy and Financial Affairs - Mon Sep 22 2008
Poverty is not decreasing as the World Bank claims
On the eve of a UN presidential meeting on poverty reduction the mainstream consensus that globalization is reducing poverty around the world was challenged today by Social Watch, a network of 400 civil society organizations in 70 countries. The World Bank latest estimates, announced last August, claim that extreme poverty has been reduced by half in the last 25 years and that therefore the internationally agreed goals for 2015 can be met.
Source: Social Watch

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