New information sources on environment/development (Eldis)

Peter Ferguson (mailto:P.Ferguson@SUSSEX.AC.UK)
Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:44:29 +0100

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Date:         Wed, 10 Jun 1998 13:44:29 +0100
From: Peter Ferguson <mailto:P.Ferguson@SUSSEX.AC.UK>
Subject:      New information sources on environment/development (Eldis)
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NEW ITEMS ADDED TO THE ELDIS DIRECTORY OF INFORMATION SOURCES ON DEVELOPMENT OR THE ENVIRONMENT June 1998

Hot topics guides: a selection of useful documents on topics of current interest

* Evaluation reports of development projects

* Development indicators

* Debt cancellation for the poorest countries: the HIPC Initiative

A short list of selected items added in May/June 1998:

* Emergency situation report on the Sudan: OCHA (OCHA)

* Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP

* Program for Measuring Incremental Costs for the Environment (PRINCE), Global Environment Facility

* The East Asian Currency Crisis: A Survey of the Debate on its Causes and Possible Solutions (IDS)

* Study of GEF project lessons: summary report (GEF; Porter, G.; Resource Futures International)

* The Indonesian Fires and Haze of 1997: The Economic Toll

* An Approach to National Development: Democratic Republic of Congo: The Bechtel report of 1997

* Languages of Instruction: Policy Implications for Education in Africa (IDRC)

* Aid Effectiveness - A Survey of the Recent Empirical Literature (IMF)

* Danish Development Cooperation with India - in a Poverty Reduction Perspective (CDR)

* Linking Biodiversity and Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Food Security (WRI)

* Spilling the Beans: What's wrong with the coffee trade? (Fairtrade Foundation)

* Certified Forestry News (IATP)

* Pipeline Projects, DFID

* Central Statistical Service (CSS), South Africa

* AgEcon Search: agricultural economics working papers

* Global Training Resource Directory (EDI)

Other News * A print version of part of the Eldis database (all the organisational-level records as of December 1997) has been published by UNEP/Infoterra. The book also includes postal, telephone/fax and email addresses for the organisations listed. It may be a useful tool for those with a poor internet connection or who only have email access. Contact mailto:blds.eldis@ids.ac.uk for more information.

* If you are looking for a copy of a development/environment journal, we have begun work on a database listing holdings in major European libraries. Online journals are being included, and article-delivery is also possible.

Full details (with URLs) are available on the Eldis What's New Page at:

* http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/wnew.html

Eldis Project based at the Institute of Development Studies University of Sussex Brighton BN1 9RE UK

Tel: (+44) 1273 877330 Fax: (+44) 1273 621202 Email: mailto:blds.eldis@ids.ac.uk