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OAG Flight Information

OAG (Official Airline Guide) provides information on all scheduled flights worldwide.

Fighting Corruption: What Role for Civil Society? The Experience of the OECD

Fighting Corruption: What Role for Civil Society? The Experience of the OECD, a OECD report, provides an analysis of civil society's role in the process which led to the adoption of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. It also shows...

Ownership and partnership : does the new rhetoric solve the incentive problems in aid?

The more recent accentuation of concepts such as "national ownership" and "partnership" among development agencies reflects a concern for bringing in a new dynamic in the way donors and recipients of aid relate. There is causal link between the effectiveness of aid and the way it is delivered. The...

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) - TRAINS (TRade Analysis and INformation System) - Guatemala page

The TRAINS country notes summarise the trade control measures, tariffs and other import regulations.

World Health Organisation (WHO) Model List of Essential Medicines

The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines is a list of the minimum medicine needs for a basic health care system. The list has been updated every two years since 1977. The current version, the 17th list, dates from March 2011. It contains over 350 medicines.

Partnership Governance and Accountability (PGA) Framework

Partnership Governance and Accountability (PGA) Framework aims to promote best practice in the management of partnerships for sustainable development through improving partnership performance and credibility through good governance practice with clear accountability. The PGA Framework is made up of...

Business Case for Employee Volunteering: Race for Mentors -A Tripartite Relationship

Business Case for Employee Volunteering, a project report of Credit Suisse First Boston's engagement with students from a secondary school, shows how powerful and rewarding the experience was for all involved - to business, its employees and the community. It presents a clear business case for...

Complementarities, Competition and Convergence in Humanitarian Quality Assurance

Complementarities, Competition and Convergence in Humanitarian Quality Assurance, a meeting report, addresses the issues surrounding the importance of quality and accountability in improving performance in humanitarian action. The report also outlines the initiatives that would be undertaken by the...

Meeting poor people’s needs for access to medicines through responsible business practices

The pharmaceutical industry is increasingly looking to the potentially huge markets within emerging economies. Yet, poor people who live in these countries still desperately lack affordable and appropriate medicines. This paper argues that the industry must put access to medicines at the heart of...

WHO Guidelines for Medicine Donations

WHO Guidelines for Drug Donations, updated in 2010, were developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in cooperation with major international humanitarian agencies. The Guidelines aim to improve the quality of medicine donations and are intended to serve as a basis for national or institutional...

Mining minerals and sustainable development in Southern Africa

Report of the regional mining minerals and sustainable development process: Volume 1 focuses on the unique problems and opportunities of the South African mining context. It identifies the current trends in mining and makes future projections for growing sustainability efforts in this sector.

Embassy of Belgium / Representation to Afghanistan

The site provides information about contacts, forms, procedures and visas needed for travel to and from Belgium. It also provides the addresses and telephone numbers for the Belgian Embassy in Afghanistan.

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) - TRAINS (TRade Analysis and INformation System) - Kenya page

The TRAINS country notes summarise the trade control measures, tariffs and other import regulations.

Twelve Habits of Highly Effective ICT-Enabled Development Initiatives

Twelve Habits of Highly Effective ICT-Enabled Development Initiatives are a set of best practice guidelines for project management, which aim to ensure the internal health of initiatives harnessing ICT for development. Like the Real Access criteria, the 12 Habits can be used proscriptively for...

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) - TRAINS (TRade Analysis and INformation System) - Egypt page

The TRAINS country notes summarise the trade control measures, tariffs and other import regulations.

Ministers to Discuss Ways to Overcome Supply Side Constraints to Trade

Ministers to Discuss Ways to Overcome Supply Side Constraints to Trade, a news article, reports that trade and industry ministers from the world’s poorest countries met in Cambodia seeking solutions to common problems they face in integrating their economies into the global trading system.

Time and Date.com

This site gives the time and date in any country or city in the world. Allows the user to view the time in every country at once.

Business for Development: Business solutions in support of the Millennium Development Goals

Business for Development: Business solutions in support of the Millennium Development Goals, a report by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, stresses the key role that business plays in creating opportunities for empowerment and development. It provides a host of examples of...

Dubai International Humanitarian & Re-Development Conference & Exhibition (DIHAD) 1-3 April 2012

DIHAD is a humanitarian aid, disaster management and re-development event that takes place in Dubai every year. DIHAD is recognised as the leading humanitarian event in the region and aims to help facilitate a greater and more efficient relationship between aid agencies, NGO's, suppliers and needy...

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) - TRAINS (TRade Analysis and INformation System) - Philippines page

The TRAINS country notes summarise the trade control measures, tariffs and other import regulations.