New information sources on development/environment (Eldis)

Peter Ferguson (mailto:P.Ferguson@IDS.AC.UK)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 14:14:14 -0000 

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Date:         Thu, 25 Mar 1999 14:14:14 -0000
From: Peter Ferguson <mailto:P.Ferguson@IDS.AC.UK>
Subject:      New information sources on development/environment (Eldis)
To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU


NEW INTERNET SOURCES ON DEVELOPMENT OR
ENVIRONMENT


A selection from materials added to the ELDIS gateway to
online information sources in February/March 1999


A SELECTION OF RECENT FULL-TEXT DOCUMENTS:
these are available free, in full text, on the WWW. Full internet
addresses are given on the Eldis What's New page at:


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




       * Ethical Business: the search for research
       What evidence is there of hard policy research? Do codes
       of conduct really work? Is product labelling effective?
       An Eldis research guide


       * Household Water Resources and Rural Productivity in
       Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of the Evidence. Rosen, S.;
       Vincent, J.R./ HIID, 1999


       *Social Protection and Poverty: Conference papers from the
       Inter-American Development Bank, Feb 99


       * Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-World Bank statistics on external debt
       latest country-level data


       *Banana Split: materials on the EU/USA trade war


       *Country Profiles of Land Tenure: Africa 1996. Bruce, J.W /
       Land Tenure Center, 1998


       *Knowledge Societies: Information Technology for Sustainable
       Development Mansell, R., Wehn, U, SPRU, 1998.


       *Proposal for a Comprehensive Development Framework [for
       World Bank policy]: a Discussion Draft. Wolfensohn, J.D. /
       World Bank, 1998. Bank proposal on way to radically change
      its development mandate


       *The Debate on Genetically Modified Organisms: Relevance
       for the South Tripp, R., ODI 1999.


       *Patents and food security: options for research and action
       Actionaid, 1999


       *Formal and Nonformal Education and Empowered Behavior:
       a review of the research literature [impacts of the education of
       girls]. Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA),
       1998.


       *Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting: An
       Operational Manual UN Statistical Division, 1999. Hands-on
       guidance for the implementation of accounting at the national
       level


       *Poverty And Environment: Priorities For Research And
       Policy.  Forsyth, T.; Leach, M.; Scoones, I. / IDS, 1998


       *Encouraging sustainable smallholder agriculture in
       Southern Africa. DFID/Environment and Development
       Cooperation for Consultancy Ltd, 1997/8. Series of country
       reports plus overview


       *Differences in occupational earnings by sex and Theories of
       occupational segregation by sex: An overview.  Robinson, D.,
       1998 and Anker, R, 1997. Two ILO papers on the theory and
       statistical evidence for employment discrimination


       *Income Distribution and Development.  Kanbur,
       R. / World Bank, 1998. Review of the post-war literature on
       income distribution and development. Proposals for research
       agenda


       *OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance: draft. OECD,
       1998


       *Management resources for African NGOs: bibliography,
       Book Aid International, 1998.


       *Assessing the Potential of Forest Product Activities to
       Contribute to Rural Incomes in Africa. Arnold, M;
       Townson, I / ODI, 1998


       *Trial International Classification of Activities for Time-use
       Statistics. UNSD, 1998


       *Food Balance Sheets And Food Consumption Surveys: A
       Comparison Of Methodologies and Results. FAO, 1998


       *Towards full employment: Prospects and problems in Asia
       and the Pacific. ILO, 1998


       *Environmental and Social Change in Zambia: the Value of
       Children to Rural Households. UK Global Environmental
       Change Programme, Barrett, H.; Browne, A, 1998.




ORGANISATIONS:
WWW addresses for all these oganisations these are given on the
Eldis What's New page at:


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


      *Indigenous Knowledge Initiative, World Bank


      *Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Clearing
      House


     *Economic Research and Analysis Division (ERAD), World
     Trade Organisation (WTO)


     *Gender in Development Programme (GIDP), UNDP


     * Fertilizer Advisory, Development and Information Network
     for Asia and the Pacific (FADINAP)


     *Macroeconomics for Sustainable Development Programme
     Office (MPO), WWF


     *International Development Law Institute, IDLI


     *Global Distance Education Net, World Bank


If you would like to publicise ELDIS within your organisation, we
have printed leaflets available (general leaflets or printed versions of
some of the Hot Topic guides) and an A2-size colour poster.
Contact us for these.


Eldis is funded by Danida and hosted by the Institute of
Development Studies, Sussex


Contact details:


      Tracy Zussman-Kay / Peter Ferguson
      Eldis Project
      at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex
      Brighton BN1 9RE UK
      Email: mailto:eldis@ids.ac.uk
      Tel: +44 1273 877330
      Fax: +44 1273 621202