Message-ID: <36F5B86D.B789837F@idn.org> Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 22:26:37 -0500 From: Christopher Byrne <mailto:info@IDN.ORG> Subject: World Population Profile 1998 Issued by U.S. Bureau of the Census To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Apologies for any cross-postingThis week the International Development Network at http://www.idn.org/ posts links to this document and supporting information in the "New Publications" Section of our home page.
The World Population Profile: 1998 is the latest published compendium and analysis of data on population, fertility, mortality, contraceptive use and related demographic topics by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Special Focus section of the report provides an update on one of the fundamental international health and demographic events of our time--the worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Graphic versions (PDF format files) of the full report may be downloaded. The report's appendix tables represent the backbone of the report. These tables, and supplementary tables, in Lotus WK1 format will be available from the census bureau individually or can be downloaded now as a group (as a self-extracting ZIP file 353 KB).
More recent data may be available from the Bureau's International Data Base (IDB).
Here is what else is new at the IDN Web Site this week:
NEW MEMBERS
The IDN is pleased to welcome as a new member Mr. John Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence is a Soil Conservationist for the United States Department of Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation Service and is currently stationed in Guam. You can download his curriculum vitae at http://www.idn.org/members/index.htm
Information on how to become a sponsoring member of the IDN may be found at http://www.idn.org/membership/index.htm _______________________________________________________________________
TOOLS YOU CAN USE
This week's tool is the web site for "Making the Internet Connection Count : Effective Use of the Internet in Seven Steps"/"Pour que la connexion à l'Internet compte: Utilisation efficace de l'Internet en sept étapes", published as part of the USAID Leland Initiative, is intended for decision makers and staff of NGOs, educational institutions, and government agencies that currently do not have, or have very limited, access to the Internet.
You can read this document on-line in either English or French. _______________________________________________________________________
QUICK LINK OF THE WEEK
5 missions humanitaires sur le net
This week's quick link is to the web site for the 5 missions humanitaires sur le net, jointly sponsored by Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), Lotus Corporation (France), and the French children's magazine Okapi.
As reported in a story by the Lotus Corporation, this site contains "reports on a diverse world, a world that children who use computers seldom see: a hungry five year old, in jail for stealing an apple. Or whole families bitten by the tsetse fly and stricken with sleeping sickness. Or a team of doctors heading out on a tractor across flooded rice plantations and overflowing rivers to halt an epidemic in a remote village of Laos."
Note: This site is an excellent example of Lotus Notes/Domino technology in action. The IDN has begun making preparations to move to a Notes/Domino R5 Platform this summer. As part of this move, we will offer IDN Members and other interested organizations the ability to take advantage of Notes/Domino Application Technology such as SameTime/Team Room Global Collaboration, Discussion Forums, Secure Transit of Data/Information and more, without having to make major investments in the Infrastructure themselves. We will also provide development support to organizations currently using this tool.
Some development organizations currently using this platform include:
Canadian International Development Agency - http://w3.acdi-cida.gc.ca/ World Vision - http://www.worldvision.org/ World Vision Canada - http://www.worldvision.ca/ International Committee of the Red Cross - http://www.icrc.org/ SANREM CRSP at the University of Georgia (USAID project) - http://www.sanrem.uga.edu/ World Travel and Tourism Council - http://www.wttc.org/ Caribbean Development Bank - http://www.caribank.org/ United Nations High Commission for Human Rights - http://www.unhchr.ch/
It is also used by the World Bank, the USAID Intranet, the Education Development Center, and more. _______________________________________________________________________
NEW LINKS
BASICS (Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival) - Working in collaboration with other international agencies, nongovernmental organizations, health systems, and academic institutions, but especially with public health officials in developing countries, BASICS provides technical assistance to countries' priority health programs.
Bellanet -an international initiative with a mission to increase the impact of development programming. Fosters inter-agency collaboration through more effective use of information and communication technologies.
British Columbia Council for International Cooperation - works toward goal of social justice in our own community, as well as in the international community.
Center for International Development at Harvard University (CID) - The CID has been established with one overriding conceptual notion: the need for cross-disciplinary approaches to the challenges of sustainable development.
The Communication Initiative - Facilitating essential communication-for-change information, networks, review and analysis for the international development community.
Developing Countries Farm Radio Network - helping farm families learn about simple, proven ways to increase food supplies and improve nutrition and health since 1979. (English/French)
Dreyfus Health Foundation - efforts are focused on innovative and flexible approaches that stress individual and group responsibility, ideas, and action and the optimization of the use of already available resources for health.
Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank ( PTA Bank)
European Centre for Development Policy Management - an independent foundation whose capacity building activities aim to improve cooperation between Europe and countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.
IN COMMON - Global Action Against Poverty - a campaign to make action against poverty a public and political priority.
information habitat: where information lives - promotes the understanding and practice of information ecology.
International Development & Refugee Foundation - IDRF is a Canadian nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the disadvantaged peoples of the world through emergency relief and participatory development programs based on the Islamic principles of human dignity, self-reliance, and social justice.
International Development Enterprises - active in providing the "right help" to the rural poor through affordable technology.
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) - an independent agency of the Canadian government committed to providing decision makers and opinion leaders with reliable information and objective views on the current state of the debate on the environment and the economy. (English/French)
Project Ploughshares - peace research and advocacy organization that investigates the roots of militarism and proposes alternative measures for peace and real security.
The Victoria International Development Education Association - a proactive, community-based organization which informs and educates on issues of inter-connectedness and social justice.
World Accord - Established in 1980, World Accord promotes self-help programs and projects in developing countries around the globe.
Links with an (*) are modified links or link descriptions. _______________________________________________________________________
The IDN plans to continue our growth and to expand the depth and breadth of our information services. If you have not yet thought about a membership/sponsorship in the IDN, we encourage you to consider becoming a sponsor/member of the fastest growing, most comprehensive and current International Development Web Site on the Internet! Information is available at http://www.idn.org/membership/index.htm