Wednesday, February 19, 2003

A GOOD SOURCE OF DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION

Dev-Zone
Dev-Zone (also known as the Development Resource Centre) is, according to its website, "a not for profit, non-government organisation (NGO) providing information and education services to NGOs, consultants, universities, community groups and businesses operating in the field of overseas aid and development. Dev-Zone also works with schools and colleges of education to incorporate global education in the school curriculum and school activities." Its development themes-based Knowledge Centre currently claims 4,267 resources. FREE weekly email updates are now sent to over 2,600. There is a job service, and other useful materials. Among its resource categories are (number of resources in category): Aid (133), Civil Society (52), Development Theory and Practice (145), Economic Development (171), Environment (201), Food Security (121), Gender (81), Globalisation (123), Governance (17), Health and Population (182), Indigenous Peoples (67), Justice (12), Knowledge Management (104), Poverty (50), Social and Cultural Development (243), Sustainable Development (44), Women and Development (20), and Youth (12).
http://www.drc.org.nz/

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