Message-ID: <35FC7AF8.D873C1A2@idn.org> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 22:10:00 -0400 From: "Christopher L. Byrne" <mailto:info@IDN.ORG> Subject: This Week at the International Development Network Web Site To: mailto:INTDEV-L@uriacc.uri.edu
This week the IDN Web Site at http://www.idn.org/ welcomed visitor number 11,000 since our launch in late February of this year. Thanks to all who have visited the site and also to those who have made contributions and/or suggestions.The IDN exists for the purpose of sharing, exchanging and disseminating news, ideas, and information relating to sustainable economic development. By providing a central repository of information, we hope to make your searches for information easier. We do not have the deep pockets of the UNDP nor do we receive funding from Development Agencies (as we are not eligible- USAID says they do not fund Development Information Programs and CIDA only funds Canadian Groups), so we keep plugging along with the support of individuals or organizations who are helping to support our efforts. A special thank you to those folks too.
Here is what is new this week:
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Quick Link of the Week
This week's IDN Quick Link is to the web site for the U.S. Agency for International Development Office of Inspector General Five-Year Plan (FY 1998-2002).
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Tools You Can Use:
This week's tool is a link to the Procurement Guidelines of the Caribbean Development Bank. ____________________________________________
New Publications
UNDP Human Development Report 1998 (Direct Link from the IDN Web Site)
Despite a dramatic surge in global consumption -- with real expenditures doubling over the last 25 years -- more than one billion people still lack the opportunity to consume in ways that meet their basic needs. Others, especially in the industrial countries, are consuming in ways that cannot be long sustained environmentally or socially. The Human Development Report 1998 explores the complex issues behind these trends, questioning the economic, social and regulatory forces that perpetuate today’s problems.
Seeking patterns of consumption that improve the lives of all people, the Report sets out an action agenda to bring about consumption that is shared, strengthening, socially responsible and sustainable. ____________________________________________
New in the IDN Bookstore
Gender, Women and Health in the Americas
Biodiversity, Biotechnology, and Sustainable Development in Health and Agriculture
(These two titles are directly accessible from the IDN Home Page)
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Funding Opportunities
The following has been added to the IDN Funding Opportunities Page:
Caribbean Development Bank:
Procurements Consultancy Opportunities and Guidelines
Organization of American States (OAS):
Fellowships
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New Links:
Caribbean Development Bank - The purpose of the Bank is to contribute to the harmonious economic growth and development of the member countries in the Caribbean and to promote economic cooperation and integration among them, having special and urgent regard to the needs of the less developed members of the region.
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (French)
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development - Web site sponsored by the United States Department of Energy.
Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (DWHH) - German NGO providing hunger relief. (German)
Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean Washington Office - established in 1950 to serve as liaison with the United States government and international organizations based in Washington, D.C., such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF); the World Bank Group (IBRD); the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); the Organization of American States (OAS); and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Forum Régional d'Analyse et de Concertation (FRAC) - The FRAC is a network of francophone reproductive health professionals from Africa and the Caribbean which enables members to share their experiences and best practices.
Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center - a religious coalition of women and men whose goals continue to be to deepen awareness of justice as integral, not optional, to our faith response; to network participating organizations and to collaborate with other concerned groups for stronger public witness and impact on justice and peace issues; and to plan and carry out programs of education and action which affect structural injustice.
International Medical Corps - is a non-profit humanitarian relief organization whose mission is to save lives and relieve suffering through health interventions and medical training that build local capacity and self-reliance in war-torn and impoverished regions of the world.
National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NACF) (Korea) - is the apex organization of agricultural cooperatives whose mandate is to increase agricultural productivity and enhancing the economic and social status of member farmers and therefore to secure a balanced development of national economy.
Regional Institute of Environmental Technology - RIET's mission is to facilitate technical, economic and industrial co-operation between Europe and Asia by the promotion of the best environmental practice & technologies.
Sister Cities International - Sister Cities International (SCI) is the national membership organization for sister city, county, and state programs in the United States. __________________________________________________________
Stories from The Development Front
The following stories were provided to members of the IDN last week in the Daily "Development Front" Newsletter and are now available on the web site:
World Bank Terminates Two Employees for Misuse of Funds
Travel & Tourism: A Growth Engine for Non-Aligned Economies Trains, Mini-Skirts and the Environment?
WTTC & Puerto Rico Tourism Company Sign Agreement To Launch Study of Travel & Tourism
Thai Economy Slides - But Tourism Surges
WTTC proposes Travel & Tourism Millennium Vision at the World Economic Forum 1998 Mercosur Economic Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sri Lanka's Kandalama Hotel wins GREEN GLOBE Achievement Award
Britain's CDC to Invest US$22.5M in Telecoms in Africa
Britain's CDC Invests US$7M in Emerging Markets Telecoms
27th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent to Be Held in November 1999
Sudan Floods: Tens of Thousands in Peril
Crisis in Kosovo: Children Bear the Brunt
World Vision Provides Bangladesh Flood Aid
Former World Vision International President Graeme Irvine Dies
FAO Launches New System to Help Utilize and Conserve Threatened Farm Animal Breeds
Second UNESCO International Cyberspace Congress "INFOethics ‘98" to Be Held In Monaco
Jean-François Rischard Takes Office as World Bank Vice- President for Europe
CARE Announces $1.5 Million Gift from William H. Gates Foundation
OECD Expresses Concern, Offers Support To Yeltsin
World Food Programme Food Convoy Hits Landmine in Northwest Rwanda
Worst Harvest in Five Years Threatens Food Supply for 600,000 Somalis
FAO Announces 136 Grassroots Micro-projects with Money Donated by the Public During Last Year's TV Information-Fundraiser "TeleFood"
St. Lucia Launches EC$10 Million Rural Economic Diversification Incentives Project (REDIP)
IMF Approves Three-Year Extended Fund Facility for Ukraine Peter L. Woicke Named to Head IFC
Marking His Official Visit to Seoul President of IFAD Calls for Further Initiatives to Fight Poverty in the Region
IFAD Invests USD 15 Million in Development Support For Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian Communities
Room For Cautious Optimism on Foreign Direct Investment in Asia According to UNCTAD
World Food Programme Appeals for US$ 9.7 Million to Provide Emergency Food Aid to 200,000 Sierra Leonean Refugees in Guinea
Senior U.S. Coordinator for International Women's Issues to Speak on September 16 at IDB Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
IDB Official to Address Aid and Trade Conference in New York September 17
Médecins Sans Frontieres Expands its Operations into Hubei and Anhui Provinces
UNESCO Calls for "New Paradigm for Literacy"
Famine and Floods Create Challenge for Freedom From Hunger Appeal
Cincinnati's Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center Study Tour to Explore Concepts of Worker Ownership in the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation and Other Spanish Cooperatives
APEC Business Advisory Council Charts Strategy for November Meeting with Economic Leaders
Fifth Meeting of APEC Ministers Responsible for SMEs: Joint Ministerial Statement
Britain to Give £21 Million to Bangladesh Flood Crisis
UNDP Human Development Report 1998 Released In India, New York
The Gambia Receives $20 Million in New Education Funds
World Bank Provides Flood And Earthquake Assistance to Turkey
World Bank Finances Emergency Fire Prevention and Control Project in the Southern Amazon
WFP Airlifts First Emergency Food Aid to Kinshasa
UNESCO Director-General to Meet Indonesian and ASEAN Leaders on Two-day Visit to Jakarta
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Signs New Bilateral Agreement with Democratic Republic of Sao Tomé and Principe
South Pacific Forum Secretariat Prepares Work Programme
Burpee Seeds Will Help Indonesian Families
Bangladesh Floods Worsen; CARE Provides Food Though New Nutrition and Health Centers
Commonwealth Secretary-General attends COL and CAPAM Conferences
New Hazardous Chemicals Treaty Gives Major Boost to Global Environmental Protection, Says UN Environment Programme
UNEP Signs Agreement with New Partners on Global International Waters Assessment Project
Sweden Establishes Fund to Strengthen Democracy in Latin America
Bolivia Reforming Health Sector, Fighting Epidemics
Federation Warns of Catastrophe in Russia
Africa Hit by Asian Financial Crisis
At Opening of Jakarta Symposium, UNESCO Director-General Urges New Approach to Development in Asia
Protecting the Soil - Ensuring Food Security for Tomorrow
UNEP Video News Release Highlights Illegal Trade in CFCs
Tonga Officials To Train Under Forum Secretariat Fellowship Scheme __________________________________________________________
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