Web Library
Library of International Development Websites
International Organizations
1. The World Bank (www.worldbank.org) hosts specific sites dedicated to country information (www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/regions.htm), data on a range of development indicators (www.worldbank.org/data), specific development themes (www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/thematic.htm), poverty reduction (www.worldbank.org/poverty), and governance and anti-corruption (http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance)
2. The International Monetary Fund (www.imf.org) hosts individual country information (www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm) and an index of over 100 economic, commodity, and development organizations
(www.imf.org/np/sec/decdo/contents.htm).
3. The African Development Bank (www.afdb.org), Asian Development Bank (www.adb.org), and Inter-American Development Bank (www.iadb.org).
4. The United Nations development organizations, including the United Nations Development Programme (www.undp.org), the Food and Agriculture Organization (www.fao.org), the World Health Organization (www.who.org), the United Nations Children’s Fund (www.unicef.org), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (www.unaids.org), and the United Nations Millennium Project with information on the Millennium Development Goals (www.unmillenniumproject.org).
Independent Research Organizations
5. The Center for Global Development (www.cgdev.org)
6. The Center for International Development at Harvard University (www.cid.harvard.edu)
7. The Earth Institute at Columbia University (www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu)
8. The Overseas Development Institute (www.odi.org.uk)
9. The World Institute for Development Economics Research (www.wider.unu.edu)
10. The World Resources Institute (www.wri.org)
Information Gateways
11. The Development Gateway (http://www.developmentgateway.org)
12. ELDIS: The Electronic Development and Environment Information System
(www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/eldis.html)
13. The International Development Research Centre (www.idrc.ca/library/world)
14. Netaid.org (www.netaid.org)
15. Oneworld.net (www.oneworld.org)
Data Sources
In addition to the other sites listed, the following offer useful data:
16. The Center for International Comparisons (the Penn World Tables, (www.pwt.econ.upenn.edu)
17. The Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (www.oecd.org/dac)
18. The Living Standards Measurement Study of Household Surveys (www.worldbank.org/LSMS)
19. The Roubini Global Economics Monitor (www.rgemonitor.com)
20. The World Factbook (www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook)
Non-Governmental Organizations and Advocacy Groups
21. Action Aid (www.actionaid.org)
22. Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa (DATA, www.data.org)
23. The ONE Campaign (www.one.org)
24. OXFAM (www.oxfam.org)
Foundations
25. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (www.gatesfoundation.org)
26. The Ford Foundation (www.fordfound.org)
27. The Open Society Institute (www.soros.org)
28. The Rockefeller Foundation (www.rockfound.org)
29. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (www.hewlett.org)
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