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Business and malaria: a neglected threat?

Business and malaria, a report of the Global Health Initiative (GHI) of the World Economic Forum, is the largest and most comprehensive report ever on the impact of malaria on business. The report found that 72% of Sub-Saharan African businesses are affected by malaria. In response, the GHI...

OECD Principles of Corporate Governance

OECD Principles of Corporate Governance are intended to assist OECD and non-OECD governments in their efforts to evaluate and improve the legal, institutional and regulatory framework for corporate governance in their countries. The Principles also provide guidance and suggestions for stock...

Dare to Lead: public health and company wealth

This is the first in a series of briefing papers analysing the human development impact of transnational corporations (TNCs). The series aims to examine the links between trade and poverty eradication and to illustrate the challenges facing industry as a whole in contributing more systematically to...

Niger Phonebook

Africa Phonebooks Niger is a web site that provides yellow and white page telephone information for Niger. Entries are listed by name, city or classification. Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian and Svenska are also provided.

Directory of UN Agencies in Morocco

This site provides a directory of and information about all UN agencies in Morocco.

Alertnet: Iraq page

Disaster relief website with information about Iraq, including facts on the climate, population, language and ethnic groups. Also has a political profile, detailed information on the communication and transportation infrastructure, and human development and economic statistics.

Quality of Money: Donor Behaviour in Humanitarian Financing

Quality of Money: Donor Behaviour in Humanitarian Financing, a report, discusses the factors involved in steering donor behaviour for international humanitarian action. The report states that the lack of standard donor definitions, priorities, time-frames, and reporting requirements places the onus...

Canadian Tax Act (relevant to NGOs)

This bulletin discusses the tax consequences of making a gift in kind to charity or others and the valuation of that gift.

Iraq Map

The UN Iraq map site shows authorised entry points into Iraq for humanitarian supplies. The map is provided by the UN Oil for Food Programme.

Directory of Social Change (DSC)

The Directory of Social Change (DSC), set up in 1975, is an independent source of information and support to voluntary and community sectors worldwide. The DSC provides training courses and publications (including online information and CD-ROMs) on fundraising, management, organisational and...

Guidelines to Bhutan Customs Rules and Regulations

This site provides information for those importing goods to Bhutan on the following topics: prohibited goods, tax and regulations.

ECHO Manual for the Evaluation of Humanitarian Aid

ECHO Manual for the Evaluation of Humanitarian Aid provides the evaluation practice, methods, and theory utilised by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) to assess humanitarian aid operations.

ReliefWeb - Niger

A UN project serving the information needs of the humanitarian relief world. Includes a country-by-country guide, with an entry for Niger. It provides the latest updates and information for the country and its humanitarian situation.

World Bank calls for Africa fund

World Bank calls for Africa fund, a news article, reports that the World Bank has urged developed countries to create a fund to help African economies build the infrastructure they need to keep growing. The World Bank warned that the global economic meltdown was becoming an employment crisis and...

Rotary International: Funds

This section of the Rotary International website provides information on current Rotary funds, as well as information on how local clubs can apply for funding.

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

The UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was held in two phases: the first phase was in Geneva in December 2003 and the second phase was in Tunis, Tunisia, in November 2005. The purpose was to discuss the impacts of information and communications technology (ICT) and how to bridge the...

Trade Finance: Make it work for women

Trade Finance: Make it work for women, a news article, reports that women make up 70% of the world's poor, and it is important that they be given access to finance, which is critical to business success. The global financial crisis exacerbates an already dissatisfactory situation of trade financing...

Rough Guide to a Better World

Rough Guide to a Better World is a free online book, published by the UK Department for International Development, which clearly explains poverty issues and challenges faced by developing countries. The guide also provides practical suggestions on how to get involved, including short articles and...

Water Environment Federation (WEF) Conferences

Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a non-profit technical and educational organisation whose vision is to "preserve and enhance the global water environment." The Conferences website lists annual WEF conferences.

Disaster Center

Disaster Center provides information on disasters with the purpose being to understand the causes of disasters and mitigate for their consequences.