Africa Development - Africa Economy

50 Years Is Enough: U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice: Information on debt relief for Africa. The organization is a "coalition of 205 grassroots, faith-based, policy, women's, social- and economic-justice, youth, solidarity, labor, and development organizations dedicated to the profound tranformation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.50years.org/index.htm

Africa Action - U.S / Africa: Trade Wars, Part 1 and Part 2: June 29, 2003 report regarding U.S. subsidies to American farmers and their effects on African farmers, statement by the Mali President, African trade ministers' statement re industrial tariffs, the WTO, etc. [KF] http://www.africaaction.org/docs03/tr0306a.htm

Africa Business Information Services: "...information and analysis on business and economics in Africa." ABIS "aims to help companies and individuals come to a better understanding of African economies and make decisions about them." Includes articles on political development, the section Nigeria Business Information, a special report on Nigeria's leading banks by reporters from the Vanguard newspaper (Nigeria), "The Way Forward for Africa" by A. Bolaji Akinyemi, etc. Based in the U.K. http://www.afbis.com

Africa Development / Afrique et Développement (Dakar, Senegal): In English and French. "the quarterly bilingual journal of CODESRIA." The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications site has the table of contents and abstracts for 1999-2000 only. Non-African libraries pay $45 p.a. The CODESRIA site has subscription information. [KF] http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=127&ab=ad; CODESRIA site: http://www.codesria.org/Links/Publications/Journals/africa_development.htm

Africa Files: Reprints articles (on AIDS, ecology, gender, NEPAD, youth, human rights, etc.) from the web such as Inter Press Service and AllAfrica.com stories plus original in-depth articles by its editors and others. . "a network of people committed to Africa through its promotion of human rights, economic justice, African perspectives and alternative analyses." The volunteer network included members of the former "Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa (TCLSAC) which,... published the Southern Africa Report (SAR)." Based in Toronto, Canada. [KF] http://www.africafiles.org/

Africa Flood 2007: "2 million square miles of land inundated. 1.5 million people affected. The recent flooding in more than 18 African countries has been catastrophic....climate change experts are warning that such events may become a more regular feature in Africa." "swollen rivers spilled over their banks and washed away houses, bridges and roads, crops, livestock, entire communities." Statistics. Suggestions on what you can do. Maintained by faculty and students at the University of California, Berkeley. [KF] http://africafloods2007.googlepages.com/home

Africa Policy Information Center: (Formerly, the Washington Office on Africa, Africa Policy Information Center.) A non-profit "national organization that works for political, economic and social justice in Africa." Has many articles on African development. Publishes action alerts, briefings on current issues. http://www.africaaction.org/index.php

Africa Recovery: Issues from Dec. 1996 + October 1997 is a special on agriculture in Africa. Published by the United Nations Department of Public Information, with support from UNDP and UNICEF. http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/

Africa Talks.org: "an online and face-to-face community of people interested in development in Africa." Topics include globalisation. Has an essay 'The Chief is Dead; Long Live the BBC: Globalization Culture and Democratization in Ghana," by Audrey Gadzekpo about the unauthorized leak by the BBC of the death of the Asantehene Otumfuo Opoku Ware, I. Also features the art work of Glenn Turner. http://www.AfricaTalks.org/

Africa Works: Blog of G. Pascal Zachary on African development, political, human rights issues. Other works by Zachary: a profile of Ghana's software entrepreneur, Hermann Chinery-Hesse; Black star: Ghana, information technology and development in Africa (2004); mini dams (microhydros) supplying electricity in Uganda; Global Media and the Development Story (International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007 how to improve media reporting on development). Zachary is a Visiting Lecturer, Stanford University, Dept. of Communication. [KF] http://www.africaworksgpz.com/

African Capacity Building Foundation: "an independent, capacity-building institution established on February 9, 1991 through the collaborative efforts of .... (the African Development Bank (AfDB), the World Bank, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)), African governments and bilateral donors." Has a directory of African policy institutes and their funding received from the ACBF. Based in Harare, Zimbabwe. [KF] http://www.acbf-pact.org/

African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States. General Secretariat: In English and French. "The mission of the ACP Secretariat is to assist the citizens of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific to accelerate their rates of development and to reduce the levels of poverty through the instrumentality of the Lomé Convention." Has a directory of ACP member embassies in Beligum, full text of the Cotonou Agreement (June 2000) and other agreements, reports. Based in Brussels, Belgium. http://www.acpsec.org

African Centre for Economic Growth: Began "in 1993 as Africa's regional office of the International Centre for Economic Growth (ICEG.) and was registered in Kenya in 1999 as a private non-profit, non-partisan autonomous policy research organisation." "Through its network of 92 research institutions spread across 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, ACEG is able to draw from a mass of high calibre researchers." Based in Nairobi, Kenya. [KF} http://www.aceg.org/

African Centre for Technology Studies: "An Institute for Policy Research & Training For Sustainable Development in Africa." "...an international non-governmental policy training and research institute located in Nairobi, Kenya." The Centre is particularly concerned with environmental issues. Has the table of contents from their journal, Outlook, an issue of CASP (Consortium for African Scholarly Publishing) News Digest http://www.anaserve.com/~acts/home.htm

AfricanCrops.net: On genetic improvement of African crops. Abstracts of research. News (conferences, publications, fellowships). Produces a bi-monthly newsletter - the African Crops News Service. On "agricultural biotechnology, crop improvement and seed systems involving African crops." Primary geographic focus is Eastern and Southern Africa. Some online reports. Training opportunities, grants and fellowships. Photographs. Links to related sites. Site based in Clearwater, Florida. [KF] http://www.africancrops.net/

African Development Bank: The ADB is a multinational development bank supported by 77 nations
(member countries) from Africa, North and South America, Europe and Asia, headquartered in Abidjan. Has speeches, press releases re loans and grants, information on each member country, a chart comparing basic indicators for all countries, resolutions and annual meeting records in MS Word 7.0, projects approved, selected publications.[KF] http://www.afdb.org/

African Development Forum III (U.N. Economic Commission for Africa, March 3-8, 2002, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): "Defining Priorities for Regional Integration." "an initiative led by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to establish an African-driven development agenda that reflects consensus among major partners and that leads to specific programmes for country implementation." Has full text papers on African economic integration, the African Union, peace and security, refugees, ECOMOG, etc. Has a database of African regional organizations, documents on NEPAD, New Partnership for African Development (includes the Omega Plan), an 11 page historical background on political and economic unity. http://www.uneca.org/adfiii/

African Development Forum 2002 - AllAfrica.com: The news site AllAfrica.com's special section on the March 2002, African Development Forum, III, hosted by the United Nations' Economic Commission for Africa. Information on the transition of the OAU to the African Union. http://allafrica.com/specials/adf/

African Development Forum 2000 (U.N. Economic Commission for Africa), October 22-26, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Organized by the U. N. Economic Commission for Africa. "The overall objective of the ADF 2000 is to serve as a major launching pad for a new level of commitment and action against HIV/AIDS as a major threat to the development of the continent." Has an online discussion thru October 22, 2000 on " AIDS: the greatest leadership challenge." http://www.uneca.org/adf2000/

African Development Forum (U.N. Economic Commission for Africa), October 1999, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, "The Challenge to Africa of Globalisation and the Information Age": "The Forum is expected to result in the adoption of 15-20 country action plans for the utilization of ICTs to accelerate social and economic growth." http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/adf/
See messages from the June-Oct. 11, 1999 discussion forum. http://www.un.org/depts/eca/adf/adf99m.htm

African Development Foundation, ADF: "the only U.S. government agency working solely at the grassroots level in Africa to alleviate poverty and promote broad-based sustainable development." "Provides small grants directly to community groups; none is channeled to or via governments.....Ensures that all activities are locally conceived and implemented; technical assistance is provided at low cost by African specialists and institutions..." "ADF has funded more than 1,500 community-based projects..." Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.adf.gov/

African Finance and Economics Association (AFEA): "A non-profit professional organization for academicians and practitioners with scholarly or professional interest in the development and application of finance and economics in African countries." Publishes the Journal of African Finance & Economic Development. Has a discussion list. Based in the U.S. http://www.afrimax.com/afea.html

African Forum & Network on Debt & Development (AFRODAD) (Harare, Zimbabwe): "a research, lobby and advocacy regional organisation seeking...positive policy changes to redress Africa's Debt and development crisis...." Provides research, education, lobbying. Full text reports (on aid, taxation, the African Development Bank), plans, chart of Africa's highly indebted, nations (updated every 6 months). Publishes a quarterly, Debt and Development in Africa. and Policy Briefs. Based in Harare. [KF] http://www.afrodad.org/

African Geographical Review: Published by the Africa Specialty Group within the Association of American Geographers. Formerly the East African Geographical Review founded in 1963 at Makerere University. Has the table of contents. Includes a tribute to co-founder the late Prof. Bryan W. Langlands (12 p. in PDF). http://www.macalester.edu/geography/agr/

African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (Nairobi): Published by the Published by Rural Outreach Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
http://www.ajfand.net/

African Leadership and Progress Network: Reports, papers, articles on Governance, Transparency, Corruption, Natural Resource Management, The Resource Curse. "ALPN is a network of African and non-African professionals who are strongly dedicated to utilizing innovative and entrepreneurial approaches for fostering rapid progress in Africa." Promotes "private sector-driven economic growth and poverty alleviation in African countries..." Articles on the brain drain, sources ranking African countries, the U.S. Millenium Challenge Account, a directory of Washington, D.C. events. A nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., and Abuja, Nigeria. http://www.africanprogress.net/

African Market: "...founded in 1996 by former Peace Corps volunteers." "African Market
works with African artisans, cooperatives, and entrepreneurs to design products which can be manufactured using traditional techniques and locally available materials." Products are from Ghana, Mali, Kenya, and Morocco. Founders are Rosie Walker and Bush Helzberg. Will send a print catalog. http://www.africanmarket.com

African Population Database Documentation: By Uwe Deichmann, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. "This documentation describes the third version of a database of administrative units with associated population figures for Africa." "The database is largely a compilation of existing data sources.". "The resources available did not allow for in-country data collection or collaboration with national census bureaus...". The Summary Table has estimated population figures for 1960-1990. http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/globalpop/africa/

African Science News Service, ASNS: News on Biotechnology, Agriculture, Health, Environment, and Technology from Africa. Produced by Biotechnology Concern Services, Nairobi, Kenya. http://fromafrica.blogspot.com

African Youth Foundation: Non-profit development organisation based in Germany. Established in 2000 to aid young people in Africa, as well as African Diasporas, to undertake projects which will enable them obtain skills necessary for their future livelihoods." Documents online includuing reports on their 2002 conference, Technology and Human Development in Africa. http://www.ayf.de

Africare: "Africare is a private, non-profit organization, dedicated to improving the quality of life in rural Africa." Describes their projects including computer literacy training in South Africa, child survival, Liberian refugee settlement, etc.. Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.africare.org/

Afrique Technologie Information et Developpement: Had a discussion (Nov.-Dec. 2000), mainly in French, on information technology and Africa. The discussions are online as well as summaries. http://www.aftidev.net/

Afristat, l'Observatoire Economique et Statistique d'Afrique Subsaharienne: In French. Statistics for Bénin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Centrafrique, Comores, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinée-Bissau, Guinée Equatoriale, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, Sénégal, Tchad, Togo, Guinée-Bissau et la Mauritanie. Has a directory of national statistical offices, a list of other country statistical sources, statistics on Taux de change, Climatologie, Démographie, Education, Santé, Activités économiques, Echanges extérieurs, Prix, Comptes nationaux, Monnaies - Finances, Indice mensuel des prix à la consommation, annual reports. Based in Bamako, Mali. Part of the "réseau REFER mis en place par l'Agence universitaire de la Francophonie." [KF] http://www.afristat.org/

Agence de la Francophonie (formerly Agence de cooperation Culturelle et Technique, ACCT): ACCT is an inter-governmental organization for French-speaking countries created in Niamey in 1970 by Leopold S. Senghor, Habib Bourguiba, and Hamani Diori. Site has addresses of its offices and brief information on the organization. http://www.francophonie.org

Agricola (National Agricultural Library): Search their database for citations to books, serials, journal articles, book chapters, reports. "The database covers materials dating from the 16th century to the present." The records cover ...agriculture and allied disciplines, including plant and animal sciences, forestry, entomology, soil and water resources, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering,...alternative farming practices, and food and nutrition. Auxiliary subjects that support NAL's Information Center activities, such as agricultural trade and marketing, rural information, and animal welfare, are also included." For example, locate citations to articles on cocoa in Nigeria. http://www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/ag98.html

Agricultural University of Norway: Conduts many conservation, agricultural projects in Africa. Has full text reports, a list of masters theses, many on Africa. Offers "education in agriculture, food sciences, management and conservation of natural resources, landscape and community planning and aquaculture." http://www.nlh.no/noragric/

Agridoc - Medagri: In French. "Réseau d'information et de documentation sur le développement rural dans les pays de la zone de solidarité prioritaire." Has a database of citations to monographs. Search by subject or country, then select "Valider." From the French Ministère des Affaires étrangères, Coopération et Francophonie, Paris. Has members only services. http://www.ibiscus.fr:81/cgi-bin/systex.cgi

Ajayi, J. F. Ade - Unfinished Business: Confronting the Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism in Africa: 18 p. in PDF. By Professor J. F. Ade Ajayi. "development remains elusive in Africa, not merely because of the misrule and warped personalities of many African leaders, but because Africa had been damaged severely, first by the slave trade, then by the colonialism which grew out of the slave trade."

American Friends Service Committee (Quakers): Read about their work in Africa, has full text online the Life Over Debt, Discussion Paper Series (see educational resources). They organize an annual tour of African scholars and activists to U.S. college campuses. http://www.afsc.org/

Annan, Kofi - The Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa: Secretary General's Report to the United Nations Security Council, 16 April 1998. http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/sgreport/

ApproTEC: "a non-profit organization that develops and markets new technologies in Africa. These low-cost technologies are bought by local entrepreneurs, and used to establish highly profitable new small businesses. They create new jobs and new wealth and allow the poor to climb out of their poverty forever." Produced micro irrigation pumps, an oilseed press(which became the most popular cooking oil press for sunflower and sesame seeds in the East and Central African region), and low-cost building technologies. Based in San Francisco, California. http://www.approtec.org

Arid Lands Newsletter: Published by the Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona. The 1994-1996 issues are online. No. 40 (Fall 1996) features "The Convention to Combat Desertification, Part 1: Africa and the Mediterranean." It includes articles on Kenya and Mali and linkes to web resources on desertification. http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/ALNHome.html

Arid Lands Information Network (Dakar): "To help develop, through research and support an active information network of community development workers in dryland Africa." Brief articles on the aloe medicinal plant, female circumcision. Has members in Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania. http://alin.utando.com/

Ashoka: "a global non-profit organization that searches the world for social entrepreneurs - extraordinary individuals with unprecedented ideas for change in their communities." "Ashoka identifies and invests in these social entrepreneurs when no one else will." Its Africa program funds Ashoka Fellows. There are biographies of each fellow; for ex. Isabel De Almeida, the leading nutritionist in Guinea-Bissau. http://www.ashoka.org/global/aw_africa.cfm

Associates in Rural Development (Burlington, VT): "a privately owned consulting firm." Has Africa projects in the DRC, Madagascar, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda. Uses GIS and other information technologies. "The principle of local solutions to problems has always guided ARD." http://www.ardinc.com/

Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda, AMFIU: "an umbrella organization of microfinance institutions (MFIs) throughout Uganda. It was founded in 1996 and officially registered in 1999 under the NGO Act" Membership directory (address, contact information). Based in Kampala, Uganda. [KF] http://www.amfiu.org.ug/

Baobab Connections: A "platform for a dialogue about globalisation." Also an online magazine. " We want to provide an environment for young people from Africa and the Netherlands to share stories and express opinions about globalisation." "if you want to share your opinion with us you have to become a member." Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. http://www.baobabconnections.org/

Bibliography: Climate Change and its Impact on Species/Ecosystems: Prepared by Wil Burns, Co-Chair, American Society of International Law, Wildlife Interest Group. Citations only, includes references to the impact on Africa. Covers journal articles, newspaper articles, reports and materials on the Internet. Will be updated http://www.eelink.net/~asilwildlife/wildlife.html

Booker, Salih and William Minter - "Aid--Let's Get Real": Article in The Nation, July 8, 2002. "For a real partnership, the concept of "aid" should be replaced by a common obligation to finance international public investment for common needs. Rich countries should pay their fair share based on their privileged place in the world economy." http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20020708&s=booker

Bretton Woods Project: An NGO "watchdog to scrutinise and influence the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)." Has a special emphasis on environmental and social concerns, also World Bank reform, structural adjustment. See the Country Index. Publishes the bimonthly Bretton Woods Update http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/

Bridge for Africa: "a federal 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting self-sufficiency and the dignity of work in rural Africa. We partner with African artisan groups to design, create, and market unique handmade African items. The artisans are paid a living wage for their work, while additional proceeds and results
from our fundraising efforts are reinvested in community development, training, and job creation in the region. We currently work with artisans in Namibia, South Africa, Kenya,
Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Ghana." Based in San Francisco, California. http://www.bridgeforafrica.org/catalog/

British Council: The British Council promotes educational, cultural, and technical co-operation. Their site will have street maps of major African cities where they have offices. Addresses of their African offices are listed. Entries are arranged under Central & Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, West Africa, Middle East and North Africa. Has a keyword search facility. 40 entries received on an Africa search.
http://www.britcoun.org/

British Library for Development Studies, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK: Information on economic/social development. The library hosts an extensive online bibliography of development information in print, cd-rom, and on-line sources at ELDIS: Electronic Development Information System. It includes an Africa section - http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/afr/afr.htm
and a section on UK development organizations of all types.

http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/eldis.html

The library's online catalog, BLDS, includes journal articles.

Bulletin de Presse de SYFIA (Montpellier, France): In French. SYFIA, is "Un réseau de journalistes francophones africains, canadiens, asiatiques et européens." The e-version of their print bulletin carries news (can be several months old) on current events, the economy, agriculture, the environment, and society for African countries. Has past issues from Juin 1995. Syfia also produces a radio program, Frequence Verte. http://www.syfia.info/fr/index.asp

Cahiers Agricultures: In French. "...sur les recherches agronomiques et le développement rural dans l'ensemble du monde francophone : Afrique noire et Maghreb, Asie du Sud-Est, Canada, France, Bénélux." Has abstracts of articles from 1996 and following. Une co-édition de l' Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) et des éditions "John Libbey - Eurotext." http://www.aupelf-uref.org/revues/Agri/sommfm.htm

Campagne française pour l'annulation de la dette des pays pauvres très endettés: In French, Spanish, English. The French group supporting Jubilee 2000. The Secretariat is at the CCFD, Comité Catholique contre la Faim et pour le Développement (Paris, France.) http://www.dette2000.org/

Canadian International Development Agency, Information & Communication Technologies for Sustainable Development: Two week discussion, ending March 29, 1996, on the impact of information and communication technologies on sustainable development. Send in your thoughts on the use of the internet, radio, TV, satellites, telephones, remote sensing, GIS for development. Input received will be published on CIDA's web site.
http://www.bvx.ca/ict/

Canadian International Development Agency. Internet Resources on International Development - Africa: Extensive information on development organizations and on foreign aid, foreign relations, English and French versions. http://w3.acdi-cida.gc.ca/virtual.nsf

CARE: Describes CARE's projects (water, emergency relief, agriculture, AIDS education, family planning, small business support) in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo, and other African countries. http://www.care.org

CARE - Journey With CARE to Mali, Virtual Field Trip: Attractive site combining history, photographs, everyday life. Describes CARE's projects in Mali, brief accounts of griots, blacksmiths, rice farmers, etc. Has a booklist, short video clips, free screensaver. http://www.care.org/virtual_trip/mali/

Careernation: "Careernation is an international human resources management-consulting firm with a focus on the African continent." Job opportunities in Africa for those with professional degrees. " You must register (free registration) to apply for jobs online. Companies may list jobs online. Based in New York City. Maintained by Victor Madubuko. http://www.careernation.com/site/

Cass (Frank) - Development Studies Journals: Has the tables of contents of the latest issue and some earlier issues of the International Journal of Technical Cooperation, the Journal of Development Studies, the Journal of Peasant Studies, and other development studies journals. Email: info@frankcass.com [Main office in England] and cass@isbs.com [Portland, Oregon office for North America]. List of journals: http://www.frankcass.com/jnls/index.htm

Catholic Institute for International Relations: Conducts development work in Namibia, Somalia/Somaliland, Zimbabwe and work in human rights, peace initiatives, the drug trade. Lists some of their publications. Based in London. http://www.ciir.org/

Catholic Relief Services. Bottom of the Barrel: Africa's Oil Boom and the Poor - by Ian Gary and Terry Lynn Karl: In English, French, Portuguese. Full text, in Adobe pdf. 110 p. Pub. 2003. Covers Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Cameroon. Professor Karl is from the Dept. of Political Science, Stanford University. Site based in Baltimore, Maryland. [KF] http://www.catholicrelief.org/get_involved/advocacy/policy_and_strategic_issues/oil_report_one.cfm

Center for Global Development

"dedicated to reducing global poverty and inequality through policy-oriented research..." Africa Projects and selections from books . Has full text articles such as, How Significant are the Administration’s Proposed Increases in Foreign Development Aid? By Nancy Birdsall, Isaac Shapiro and Brian Deese (2003),11 p. in PDF and "Scaling Up vs. Absorptive Capacity: Challenges and Opportunities for reaching the MDGs in Africa" by Paolo de Renzio (2005), 10 p. in PDF. Based in Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.cgdev.org/

Its Working Papers include -

Addressing the Challenge of HIV/AIDS: Macroeconomic, Fiscal and Institutional Issues
Working Paper 58 -- 04/26/2005. 28 p. in PDF.
By Maureen Lewis

An Aid-Institutions Paradox? A Review Essay on Aid Dependency and State Building in
Sub-Saharan Africa
Working Paper 74 -- 01/10/2006 28 p.
By Todd Moss, Gunilla Pettersson, Nicolas van de Walle.

Autonomous Recovery and International Intervention in Comparative Perspective
Working Paper 57 -- 04/05/2006. 35 p. in PDF.
By Jeremy Weinstein (uses case studies from Uganda, Eritrea, and Somalia)

Business Environment and Comparative Advantage in Africa: Evidence from the Investment Climate Data
Working Paper 56 -- 02/18/2005. 47 p. in PDF.
By Benn Eifert, Alan Gelb and Vijaya Ramachandran

Double-Standards, Debt Treatment, and World Bank Country Classification: The case of Nigeria
Working Paper Number 45 -- 11/01/2004. 36 p. in PDF.
By Todd Moss, Scott Standley and Nancy Birdsall

Centre for the Study of African Economies, Institute of Economics and Statistics, University of Oxford: "...one of the largest concentrations of academic economists and social scientists working on Africa outside the continent itself", located at the Institute and St.Antony's College. Produces the Journal of African Economies published by Oxford University Press (OUP). Has the full text (in Adobe .pdf format) of its Working Papers. Has full text papers from its Conferences. Publishes White Papers (informal research papers). http://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/

Centre francais sur la population et le developpement (Paris): In French. Centre "to study the links between population and development." Publishes research studies on African demography, family planning, internal migration, education, fertility, etc.. Has the full text of its Chronique short studies and articles from its bulletin, CEPED News. Provides abstracts only for its CEPED Series, Chronique, Dossiers, Etudes, Rapports de recherche. Sells data from its program, Enquêtes Démographiques et de Santé, covering African countries. [KF] http://www.ceped.ined.fr/

Centre Technique de Cooperation Agricole et Rurale / Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA): In French and English. "Established in 1983 under the Lomé Convention between the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) Group of States and the European Union Member States. Since 2000, CTA has operated within the framework of the ACP-EC Cotonou Agreement. CTA's tasks are to develop and provide services that improve access to information for agricultural and rural development,..." Promotes rural radio for development, provides CD-ROMs or internet access for rural development. Purchase their publications online. Based in Wageningen, Netherlands. [KF] http://www.cta.int

CGIAR, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research: Jointly sponsored by the World Bank, FAO, UNDP, UNEP. Supports 16 international agricultural research centers including the Internatl. Centre for Research in Agroforestry, the Internatl Inst. of Tropical Agriculture, WARDA. Works to improve productivity of agriculture, forestry, fisheries. http://www.worldbank.org/html/cgiar/HomePage.html

Chemonics: A consulting firm founded in 1975 specializing in agriculture and agribusiness in Africa and Asia. Brief descriptions of their African projects. http://www.chemonics.com

Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) (Bergen, Norway): An independent social science research institute working on issues of development and human rights in developing countries. Has an extensive publications list with some reports online in Adobe PDF. http://www.cmi.no/index.html

CIIR News (London): Newsletter of the Catholic Institute for International Relations, London. Has full text articles on development work / human rights work, events in Zimbabwe, Somaliland, Burundi and other African countries. http://www.ciir.org/news.html

Club du Sahel (Paris): In French and English. An informal network of some OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and West African countries. Full text Annual reports, case studies, country surveys, reports, events. Has the full text of its Newsletter, a 155 page bibliography of CILSS. http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_33711_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

Case studies include...

COMESA, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa: "COMESA [formerly the PTA] exists as an organisation of free independent sovereign states which have agreed to co-operate in developing their natural and human resources for the good of all their people'. With its 19 member states and population of 300 million it forms a major integrated trading block." Information on customs tariffs by country, road/transport including road distances, economic profiles for each country (Angola, Burundi, Comoros, D.R. Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) etc. Has the text of Doing Business with COMESA: the Handbook, legal guides to establishing business, etc. http://www.comesa.int/

Commission for Africa: In English and French. "launched by Prime Minister Tony Blair on 26 February 2004 to generate action for a strong and prosperous Africa." The Commission's report, Our Common Interests, was released March 11, 2005. Full text of the report, press releases, reports, photographs of meetings. [KF] http://213.225.140.43/

Community Aid Abroad (CAA) - Oxfam in Australia: CAA is a independent organization, the Australian member of Oxfam International. It funds development projects. Site has its 1994 program with information on its projects in Africa, an Australian Broadcasting Corp report, Diamond Mercenaries of Africa, on private armies run by corporations in Africa, and extensive information on the Fall 1996 crisis in Eastern Zaire http://www.caa.org.au/world/africa/

Comite Permanent Inter-etats de Lutte contre la Secheresse au Sahel, CILSS: In French and English. " Le CILSS est créé le 12 septembre 1973. C'est une organisation Intergouvernementale qui regroupe neuf (9) pays sahéliens (Burkina Faso, Cap-Vert, Gambie, Guinée-Bissau, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, Sénégal, Tchad). Son mandat actuel est de " s'investir dans la recherche de la Sécurité Alimentaire et dans la lutte contre les effets de la sécheresse et de la désertification, pour un nouvel équilibre écologique du Sahel." Full text documents, statistics (production, imports, exports), the journal, Flash CILSS. Based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. [KF] http://www.cilssnet.org/

Comité Permanent Inter-etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS). Centre Regional Agrhymet (Niamey, Niger): In French. "Centre Régional AGRHYMET est une institution spécialisée du Comité Permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS) regroupant neuf Etats membres qui sont : le Burkina Faso, le Cap-Vert, la Gambie, la Guinée-Bissau, le Mali, la Mauritanie, le Niger, le Sénégal et le Tchad."
"L'objectif majeur du Centre est de s'affirmer comme centre régional producteur et serveur de données brutes et de produits élaborés, et simultanément comme Centre de formation en agrométéorologie, en hydrologie, en maintenance des instruments et en protection des végétaux." Its monthly bulletin is available online, in Adobe pdf. http://www.agrhymet.ne/

Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité / International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity (CIDSE) (Brussels, Belgium): In French and English. "CIDSE is an alliance of 14 Catholic development organisations from Europe and North America." Has an Africa Continental Platform (CACP) which brings together personnel from the member organisations working on Africa; its focus is on peacebuilding, reconciliation and conflict resolution. Has the full text of "Towards True Partnership: EU - Africa Summit" (2000). Is concerned with intellectual property rights such as the patenting of plants, biopatenting. http://www.cidse.org/en/index.html

Copson, Raymond W. - "African Development Bank and Fund": Congressional Research Service Issue Brief. "In the mid-1990s, the Bank faced management problems and difficulties arising from non-performing loans, but reforms launched in 1995 by a new Bank president, Omar Kabbaj, brought new pledges of support from the non-regionals." 5 pp. Updated September 28, 1999. http://www.cnie.org/nle/inter-14.html

CTA (The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Wageningen, Netherlands): Advances "agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries by promoting the transfer, exchange and utilisation of information." Hosts AFAGRICT-L, an electronic forum devoted to ICTs in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in Africa. The forum site has links to related internet sites. http://www.agricta.org/index.htm

Cummings, Robert J.: Articles by Professor Cummings (Howard University) from HUArchivesNet, e-journal of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard Univeresity, Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.huarchivesnet.howard.edu/
2000 (Nov) - Africa's Case For Economic Integration: Arguing for an "Institute on African Regional Integration."
2000 (Feb.) - African Regional Integration and Economic Cooperation - An Introduction. http://www.huarchivesnet.howard.edu/0002huarnet/cummings.htm
1999 (Nov) - Fair Trade or Free Trade? : Establishing a Position.
Discusses the regional impact of the EU-South Africa free trade area agreement. http://www.huarchivesnet.howard.edu/9911huarnet/fairtrade.htm
1999 (Aug) - Accelerating and Sustaining African Development: Continuing the Search for a Dynamic Economic Strategy. http://www.huarchivesnet.howard.edu/9908huarnet/cummings1.htm

DANIDA, Danish International Development Assistance Reports: Many reports (full report and a summary) on Danish development assistance. Includes Cape Verde, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe and the African National Congress (South Africa). http://www.um.dk/english/udenrigspolitik/udviklingspolitik/

DATA: Concerns "DEMOCRACY, ACCOUNTABILITY and TRANSPARENCY and fighting back against the crises of DEBT, AIDS and TRADE." Read success stories and what is working in Africa. Interactive map on HIV/AIDS prevalence. Facts about the economy, debt, AIDS, trade, development aid. Action kit. Offices in Washington, D.C. and London, England. [KF] http://www.data.org/

Debt Relief and Development in Africa: Full text, 99 pages in PDF. Publication issued following a conference on debt relief and development
in Africa, held in Windhoek/Namibia from 5 to 6 December 2005. Published by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Windhoek, Namibia. http://www.kas.de/proj/home/pub/8/1/year-2006/dokument_id-8901/index.html

Democracy and Development in Africa & the Third World - Discussion Group: "Quebec-Canada-Africa Axis is a research group that seeks to establish a link between the North and South and increase the ability of the African continent to become economically independant." To join the discussion (in English and French) send an e-mail summary of your interests and how you would like to get involved to Alphonse Cilumba (President of Quebec-Canada-Africa Axis): aqca@hotmail.com

Development Executive Group: Maintains a database of international development jobs worldwide. Weekly job announcements are sent by email to Individual Members; the service is free. Positions are listed from CARE, Crown Agents, Deloitte Touche, International Foundation for Election Systems, World Bank, Catholic Relief Services, and other organizations. Serves "firms, non-profit corporations, and individual professionals working in the international development market. Based in Washington, DC...with offices in Brussels and Manila. http://www.developmentex.com

Development Gateway: Begun by the World Bank, "the Gateway currently includes the World Bank Group, members of the
public and private sectors, and civil society groups." Operation will be transferred to the Development Gateway Foundation, an independent non-profit organisation. Become a member and receive free topic updates by e-mail. African country gateways include Namibia. Topic gateways include Culture & Development, ICT for Development, HIV/AIDS, Gender & Development, Food Security, Microfinance, Indigenous Peoples, etc. Has full text reports. http://www.developmentgateway.org/

DevMedia, Media for Development: Has annotated directories to international sites on development communication organizations, radio, electronic networking, grassroots groups, women's groups, telecommunications for rural development. A service of the TeleCommons Development Group in collaboration with the Don Snowden Program for Development Communication. http://www.devmedia.org/

DevNetJobs: Site listing jobs in international development, information technology jobs. "DevNetJobs.org is a Voluntary Initiative and aims to cater to the specific needs of Professionals in ICT, KM and Environment and Development Field." Based in the U.K. http://www.devnetjobs.org/

Directory of Development Organizations: Resource Guide to Development Organizations and the Internet - Africa: In English, French, Spanish. Directory covering - (1) international organizations; (2) government institutions; (3) private sector support organizations (including fairtrade); (4) finance institutions; (5) training and research centres; (6) civil society organizations; (7) development consulting firms (including references to job opportunities and vacancy announcements); (8) information providers (development newsletters/journals); and, (9) grantmakers. Country files are in PDF. "Create your own personal directory of development organizations. All files are now enabled for adding pointers and comments to the directory." Copyright by Bert Wesselink. http://www.devdir.org/africa.htm

Drescher, Axel W. - Management Strategies in African Homegardens & The Need for New Extension Approaches: Dr. Drescher is with the Section on Applied Physiogeography of the Tropics and Subtropics, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. From "Urban Agriculture Notes," City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture. http://www.cityfarmer.org/axelA.html#lusaka

Dumelow International Limited: A British company formed in 1996 specifically to supply renovated used tractors and used motor vehicles to Africa. The owner, a British Citizen, formerly worked for ten years as a Lecturer in Agricultural Engineering in various universities in Eastern Africa. http://www.dumelow.co.uk/

ECOWAS, Economic Community of West African States: In English and French. Regional organization to promote economic integration. Members are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Has many full text official documents, the Treaty, communiques, reports, etc. Headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria with offices in Lagos and Lome. http://www.cedeao.org/

ELAND: Find citations and full text reports on development issues (administration, agriculture, culture, education, environment, finance, health, industry/technology information, intl. cooperation, labour, population, society, trade, transport). http://www.1site-europe.net/eland/04/index.html

ELDIS: To retrieve full text articles on many Africa-related topics, search the ELDIS database (on development and the environment) from the British Library for Development Studies at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK. See the Country Profiles page. Has a Jobs in development page. RSS Feed for African news: http://www.eldis.org/newsfeeds/rss/2/abafrica.xml http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/eldsea.htm

Energy and Botswana: Annotated guide to Internet sites with energy related information about Botswana. Covers electricity, solar energy, wind energy, organisations. Maintained by Wim Klunne, who is a Biomass and rural energy modelling specialist and independent consultant in energy and development in the Netherlands. http://www.geocities.com/wim_klunne/botswana/energy.html

Energy and Zimbabwe: Annotated guide to Internet sites with energy related information about Zimbabwe. Cover electricity, biomass, solar energy, hydropower, wind energy, organisations. Maintained by Wim Klunne, who is a Biomass and rural energy modelling specialist and independent consultant in energy and development in the Netherlands. http://www.geocities.com/wim_klunne/zimbabwe/energy.html

Euforic: Euforic, Europe's Forum on Resources for International Cooperation. Includes a section on the Lome Convention, a trade and aid agreement between European Union countries and countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. Has the full-text of articles on aid to Africa, extensive information on aid from European Union countries. Lome Convention: http://www.oneworld.org/euforic/lome_gb.htm EuFoRic: http://www.oneworld.org/euforic

Euforic - Directory of Development Organisations in Africa: http://www.1site-europe.net/onesite_euforic_v4/pages/page.asp?pageid=562

Ezaria.com: "donates 25% of its after-tax profits to charities operating in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East." Sells jewelry, wall art, soap stone chess set, handbags, accessories. Artisans receive a higher portion of the profits than in most craft sales. Company created by Harvard students Alex Captain (Moraga, CA) and others. http://www.ezaria.com/

Fafchamps, Marcel: Dr. Fafchamps, Deputy Director of the Center for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, U. K., has on his web site (in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format) research papers, unpublished writings, lecture notes, etc. For other economists, see a listing of Development Economists' web pages maintained by Dr. Andrew Foster. http://www.economics.ox.ac.uk/Faculty/Members/Fafchamps/

FARM-Africa (London): "FARM-Africa has been working with poor rural African farmers and herders since 1985. We aim to make a lasting difference to their lives by providing practical help, enabling them to produce more food for their families." Works in Ethiopia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania. Based in London, U.K. [KF] http://www.farmafrica.org.uk/

Finca International: "provides financial services to the world’s poorest families so they can create their own jobs, raise household incomes, and improve their standard of living." Micro finance especially for women. Read their stories. Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.villagebanking.org/

FindaJobinAfrica: In English, French, Portuguese, Arabic. To help Africans abroad and others locate jobs in Africa. Established to counter the brain drain. Has interview, resume tips. Based at AfricaServe House, 31 The Grove, Biggin Hill, Kent, TN16 3TA, United Kingdom. http://www.findajobinafrica.com

Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO: http://www.fao.org includes -

Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) - in English, French, and Spanish with information on the food supply situation in sub-Saharan Africa , Sahel weather and crop situation, databases on Western and Central Africa, Southern Africa
The State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture 1996 - Sub-Saharan Africa
searchable database of over 3,000 photos which can be purchased
the 1990 Results of National Censuses of Agriculture which has some land tenure information. See the country section. http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/ESS/census/wcahome.htm
FAOSTAT Database
Forest Resources Assessment - select WAICENT, then Forestry
Systemes d'approvisionnement et de distribution alimentaires, SADA. SADA covers 17 Francophone African countries. http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/agricult/sada/sada.htm

Communication for Development

The FAO's Sustainable Development Dept. has information on the development of rural radio in Africa, the Dept.'s other African projects and a report by Don Richardson on Development Communication and the Internet. http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/CDdirect/CDhomepg.htm

Food Security Project - Michigan State University - USAID: Joint project, since 1992, of MSU's Dept. of Agricultural Economics and USAID to increase food security in developing countries. The projects are described thru Project Fact Sheets; areas covered include Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, the Sahel. Summaries are also available for the project's Policy Syntheses which include Cameroon, Eastern and Southern Africa, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Ordering information for the full reports is available. http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/

FORGE, Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth & Empowerment: "By partnering with refugees [in Botswana and Zambia] to implement community development projects, FORGE offers resources, skills, and opportunities that refugees need to responsibly and sustainably rebuild their countries." Founded by Kjerstin Erickson. An all-volunteer official Operating Partner of the United Nations’ Refugee Agency (UNHCR). Projects include Libraries & Technology Centers - Education, Microfinance - Health & Human Rights - Life Enrichment through Recreation & the Arts. http://www.forgeprogram.org/

Friends of African Village Libraries: A small non-profit whose founders are two Santa Clara University professors, Michael Kevane and Leslie Gray. It is involved in the construction, stocking, and management of village libraries in Burkina Faso and has organized a conference of village librarians. See the 9 page report, in French (Adobe pdf), by the Président de l'Association Bibliotheques de Village de Burkina Faso. Carlotte Vallaeys is program coordinator. Based in San Jose, California. [KF] http://www.favl.org/

G8 2007 Summit: "The G8 is an informal forum of Heads of State and Government. The Group is not an international organisation; it does not have its own administrative structure with a permanent secretariat or office for its individual members." "The G8 members are Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, the United States, Canada (since 1976) and Russia (since 1998). The European Commission is also represented at all the meetings." The 2007 meeting was in Heiligendamm, Germany's oldest seaside resort. http://www.g-8.de/

G8 2005 Summit: Official site: "The UK assumes the Presidency of the G8 on 1 January 2005 with the annual Summit, taking place at Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland from 6-8 July." rme Minister Blair - "I really want to focus on the challenges of Africa and climate change during our Presidency." http://www.g8.gov.uk/
University of Toronto site: Links to past summits. http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/
Canadian Government site: http://www.g8.gc.ca/

G8 Canada (Kananaskis) Summit, 2002: "The Leaders at the Kananaskis Summit are discussing three major priorities: Strengthening Global Economic Growth and Sustainable Development, building a new partnership for Africa's development (based on the New Partnership for Africa's Development, NEPAD), and fighting terrorism." The G8 Africa Action Plan was approved. http://www.g8.gc.ca/

Gapminder: Animated statistical comparisons of world regions and countries - health, education, internet use. Includes 20 minute video demo (2006) of animated statistics. Founded by Prof. Hans Rosling, Karolinska Institute, Sweden. http://www.gapminder.org/

Geo e-Links Africa: "map portal to sustainable rural development experiences" Find case studies through a digital map of Africa. Case study sites can be viewed against base maps, FAO soil maps,and precipitation, agroclimate maps. "Case study topics include parks, wildlife, and biodiversity conservation; forest management and forestation, sustainable agriculture, agroforestry and agroecosystem management; soil and water conservation, and management of grasslands or other grazing resources." Find studies by category, country, environmental context, and other parameters. Maintained by Development Ecology Information Service, Alexandria, Virginia.
http://67.95.153.93/DevecolAfrica/GeoElinks/Intro_GeoElinks/Africa_intro.htm

Geoweb - Food and Agriculture Organization: In English, French, Spanish. Provides "information used by FAO's Global Information and Early Warning System analysts to assess the crop and food supply situation for all countries in the World." For each country provides recent U.N. news, links to other informaion sources. http://geoweb.fao.org/

German Development Service (DED): (DED) is the development service of the Federal Republic of Germany, founded in 1963.; Has projects in Cameroon and Kenya (local government, rural development, training, etc.), and
Tanzania; Has full text reports on projects in agriculture, gender & development, the Commission for Lands and Environment in Zanzibar, a Catholic hospital, civil society support, AIDS projects, wildlife and water conservation, etc. Some publications are in Adobe PDF format. Has the national anthem (audio file, Kiswahli, English text). [KF] http://www.ded-tanzania.de/

Giordano Dell'Amore Foundation (Milan): (former Finafrica Foundation). Offers training to create a managerial class capable of restructuring and reinforcing the banking system. Publishes "Savings and Development", an international review on financial development with a supplement devoted to Africa, "African Review of Money Finance and Banking" and several monograph series. http://www.fgda.org/

Global Coalition for Africa: In English and French. "a North-South forum dedicated to forging policy consensus on development priorities among African governments, their northern partners, and non-governmental groups working in and on Africa." GCA co-sponsored the 1993 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). Meetings concern investment, democracy, journalism, corruption. Based in Washington, D.C. htm http://www.gca-cma.org/mypass.htm

Global Exchange Fair Trade Stores: Sells crafts from African countries (Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Senegal, South Africa). A member of the Fair Trade Federation. Stores in the San Francisco bay area. "Global Exchange is a non-profit research, education, and action center" based in San Francisco. [KF] http://www.globalexchange.org/stores/

Global Fund for Children (Washington, D.C.): Founded in 1994. Publishes books that give children "insight into cultural, social, and environmental diversity," makes grants to small community-based organizations around the world that champion the human rights of children." Grants have gone to Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia. http://www.globalfundforchildren.org/

Global Fund for Women: Provides grants to women's groups in developing countries. Grants range from $500 to $10,000. Targets groups working on female human rights, women's access to communications, and economic autonomy. Based in Palo Alto, California. http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/

Global Issues That Affect Everyone: "looks into global issues....and aims to show how most issues are inter-related." Links to related articles, reports. The Conflict in Africa section compares the response to conflicts in Africa to the response on Kosovo, examines corporate interests in Nigeria and oil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Eritrea, AIDS in Africa. Other topics: Aid is a lever to impose Structural Adjustment policies on the Third World, Myths about Aid, use of children in the military, globalization, corporations, environmental issues, population, and other issues. Maintained by Anup Shah who is based in England. [KF] http://www.globalissues.org/

Global Population Distribution Database: "This project has provided a population database depicting the worldwide distribution of population in a 1X1 latitude/longitude grid system. The database is unique, firstly, in that it makes use of the most recent data available (1990). Secondly, it offers true apportionment for each grid cell....." The database, by Yi-Fan Li, consists of 3 datasets compiled in dBase IV format. It was prepared for the UN Environment Programme. Table with population by country: http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/globalpop/1-degree/results.html
http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/globalpop/1-degree/

Goorgoorlou ou Goor (l'homme en Wolof): In French. Cartoon series on what happens to Goorgoorlou when structural adjustment arrives. [Some libraries have the series of cartoon books about Goorgoorlou's plight. Look under Goorgoorlou for the title.] Based in Dakar, Senegal. http://www.goorgoorlou.com/

Greater Horn Information Exchange: Excellent site with information from FAO, UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, U.S. Geological Survey, etc., as well as USAID. Includes human rights reports. Covers Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda. Has maps, for ex. street map of Addis Ababa, administrative boundaries of Ethiopia. http://www.info.usaid.gov/HORN/

H20 Africa Foundation: Charitable fund focused specifically on clean water initiatives in Africa. H20 is a charitable component of Running the Sahara. Based in Zionsville, Indiana. http://www.h2oafrica.org/

Harvest Help: A non-profit which "works with farmers in Malawi and Zambia, helping them to feed their families, earn a living and work towards self reliance. We promote appropriate and affordable sustainable farming methods which enable farmers to increase food production." Based in the U.K. http://www.harvesthelp.org/

Heeks, Richard, "Building Software Industries in Africa": "This 2,000-word paper looks at different strategies for the development of African software industries: export market- vs. domestic market-orientation; software services vs. software packages. It draws conclusions about the most viable strategy, about the current constraints to development of these industries, and about the need for government policy action." Heeks is at the Univ. of Manchester. An ASCII version of this paper is available. To receive a copy via email, send the message: Software Africa
to: richard.heeks@man.ac.uk

Humanity Development Library (Antwerp, Belgium): "The Humanity Libraries Project of the NGO Global Help Projects is a network project of more than 100 partners...to provide universal free or low-cost information access through co-operation between UN Agencies, Universities and NGO......UN Agencies and NGO are invited to join the Humanity Libraries Project, to share information and publications, to support cd-rom creation and free distribution to developing countries,..." Has many full text books, reports, newsletters online such as "African Agriculture: the Critical Choices." This collection is also sold inexpensively on cd-rom. http://www.oneworld.org/globalprojects/humcdrom/

The Hunger Site: Click on the button labeled "Donate Free Food" to make a free donation of food; sponsors pay for the donation. "The Hunger Site was founded by a private individual as an independent and nonpartisan Internet site to help alleviate hunger in the world....It is not owned by any company or affiliated with any group or organization - political, religious, or otherwise." Based in Bloomington, Indiana. http://www.thehungersite.com

The Idealist - Action Without Borders: Directory of nonprofit agencies in 110 countries, including African countries. Has a database of internships, non-profit jobs. Founded in 1995 and based in New York. http://www.idealist.org/

INASP Rural Development Directory: Database of over 400 organisations, networks and programmes involved in or with an interest in agricultural, environmental and development issues worldwide. http://www.inasp.info/south/index.html

Independent Commission for Africa - African Millennium Project: "The Commission will develop Proposals for Africa in the Third Millennium." Includes full text presentations such as the speech of Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria. Has proposed creation of a Nyerere Prize For Exemplary Ethical Conduct In Public Service. Based in Cotonou, Benin. http://www.milafrica.org/

Institut de recherche pour le développement (Paris): In French. "L'IRD est un établissement public à caractère scientifique et technologique, placé sous la tutelle des [French] ministres chargés de la Recherche et de la Coopération. Depuis cinquante ans [formerly ORSTOM], il conduit des recherches sur les milieux intertropicaux." Has offices in Africa. Has a journal citation database, HORIZON, photo images in their INDIGO database, a database of the map library holdings (maps from the early 1900s), database of mosquito viruses, a database of fish, the Observatoire de la Pêche dans le Delta Intérieur du Niger (Mali). http://www.ird.fr/

Institut für Afrika-Kunde (Hamburg, Germany) - NEPAD: In German and English. A research institute concerned with current political, economic and social developments in sub-Saharan Africa. Has an online bibliographies on - political parties in Africa, in Adobe pdf; New Partnership for Africa's Development, in Adobe pdf; Kindersoldaten in Afrika (Child Soldiers in Africa), in Adobe pdf. Also an online series of short studies, Afrika im Blickpunkt (Africa in Focus). http://www.duei.de/iak/show.php

Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, UK: Information on their academic program, research, publications http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm

Institute for International Cooperation & Development: Participants must pay their own expenses (c. $4,000 for a year or more). IICD is based in Massachusetts. The projects are run by Development Aid from People to People. Sells books prepared by program participants. Also has a Michigan branch (www.iicdmi.org). http://www.iicd-volunteer.org/
Warning, there has been a lot of criticism about the organization and Humana People to People, see Tvind Alert http://www.tvindalert.com/ which also comments on the "Kwazulu Natal Experimental College," and Humana People to People, all based in Denmark.

A June 9, 2003 article in The Guardian (London), p. 6 "Enigma of The Leader" says these are part of a network of bogus charities which include Planet Aid, Teachers Group, Green World.

Institiute of Social Studies, Netherlands: "The ISS is an international institute of higher education on social and economic change with a focus on development processes. It was founded 50 years ago by the Dutch universities to assist in the training and further education of professionals, especially from developing countries." Many ISS Working Papers are in full text online. http://www.iss.nl/; Examples: Contingent identity and socialist democracy in the port of Maputo/ Bridget O'Laughlin - 2002. 39 p. in Adobe pdf. Working Paper, 372.
Private investment and public policy in sub-Saharan Africa : an empirical analysis / Admasu Shiferaw Sioum. 2002.
The decline in primary school enrolment in Kenya / Arjun S. Bedi ... [et al.] - 2002
Proletarianisation, agency and changing rural livelihoods : forced labour and resistance in colonial Mozambique / Bridget O'Laughlin - 2001

Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD): Uses Participatory 3D Modelling (P3DM) to merge "indigenous technical knowledge and traditional spatial information." "Participatory 3-D Modeling (P3-DM) is the community-based tool which merges Geographic Information System (GIS)-generated data and peoples' knowledge to produce a stand-alone relief model." You must register to use the database. Based in Milan, Italy. http://www.iapad.org

InterAction: A coalition of over 150 US NGOs based in Washington, D.C. Links to a huge number of humanitarian organizations. Has a newsletter, Monday Developments, country situation reports (Angola, Burundi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, West Africa). The March 11-96 issue of its Monday Developments has an article on "...can NGOs and business work together in Africa..."
Has an Africa Liaison Project - which fosters cooperation in development projects among U.S. PVOs, African NGOs, and USAID. There is a list of InterAction members with Africa programs. http://www.interaction.org/

InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD): "....the Authority superseding the Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development (IGADD) which was created in 1986 by the six drought stricken countries of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda to co-ordinate development in the Horn of Africa.....Eritrea became the seventh member of IGADD in September 1993 after its independence. IGAD headquarters is in Djibouti." Has communiques and resolutions of Summit meetings, press releases (esp. on Somalia), the Regional Household Energy Programme, the Market Information System. [KF] http://www.igadregion.org/

International Development Exchange, IDEX (San Francisco): "a social change organization, challenging social and economic forces that marginalize people worldwide..." Founded in 1985 to support community based development in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Has projects in Zimbabwe. http://www.idex.org

International Finance Corporation: Part of the World Bank Group. The IFC is "the largest multilateral source of loan and equity financing for private sector projects in the developing world." Assists small and medium African business. Its Sub-Saharan Africa work includes the Africa Business Network which promotes investment in Africa. http://www.ifc.org/

International Food Policy Research Institute: Identifies and analyzes "policies for sustainably meeting the food needs of the developing world." Does research on marketing reforms. The Countries section has full text reports and datasets. http://www.ifpri.org/
: Supplies datasets on topics such as:

Ghana: Accra Urban Food and Nutrition Security, 1997
"information on livelihoods and household food and nutrition security in an urban setting. The questionnaire was administered to 559 households in 16 enumeration areas in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area from January through April, 1997."

Malawi Financial Markets and Household Food Security, 1995
"The questionnaire was administered in three rounds between February and December, 1995, to 404 households in 45 villages in five districts...Topics include household demographics; land tenure, agricultural production, and livestock ownership; asset ownership and transactions; food and non-food consumption; credit, savings, and gift transactions; wage and self-employment income and time allocation; anthropometric status of preschoolers and their mothers. The agricultural data cover the 1993/94 and 1994/95 seasons."

Mali: Zone Lacustre Household Dataset, 1997-1998
Case study in Niafunké in northern Mali. "a four round survey of 275 households in 10 villages within the Zone Lacustre, collected in 1997 and 1998."

South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study (KIDS), 1993-1993
"This dataset combines the KwaZulu-Natal portion of the first South African national household survey, the Project for Statistics on Living Standards and Development (PSLSD), which was undertaken in the last half of 1993."

Social Accounting Matrices for Malawi; 1998, Morocco; 1994, Mozambique; 1994-95
South Africa; 1993, 1998, and 1999, Tanzania; 1992, Tanzania; 1998-2001, Zambia; 1995, Zimbabwe; 1991

International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (London): In English, Spanish, French. The IFRTD focuses on the "introduction and dissemination of intermediate means of transport (e.g. bicycles, pack animals, wheelbarrows, low-cost motor vehicles, etc.) to fill the gap between walking and motorized vehicles." Has articles from its journal, Forum News, an annotated bibliography, photographs of rural transport methods, etc. Includes An Annotated Bibliography on Rural Transport, Edited by Niklas Sieber (1997). http://www.gn.apc.org/ifrtd/

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD): Has press releases on its Africa-related work. http://www.ifad.org/

International Institute for Environment and Development (London): Independent, non-profit whose "...principal aim is to improve the management of natural resources so that communities and countries of the South can improve living standards without jeopardising their resource base." http://www.iied.org/

Its Drylands Programme concerns land rights, land policy in Africa. Full text reports include -
Promoting Land Rights in Africa: : How do NGOs make a difference? By Nazneen Kanji,Carla Braga and Winnie Mitullah. Published 2002. 59 p. In Adobe pdf. Examples described are Kenya and Mozambique.
Implementing Land Tenure Reform in Uganda, by Eddie Nsamba-Gayiiya. 1999. 16 p. In Adobe pdf (English version)

Also online is its bulletin, Haramata (Bulletin of the Drylands: People, Policies, Programmes) and other full text documents (in Adobe PDF) -

Dynamics of irrigated rice farming in Mali
In the Balance? Evaluating Soil Nutrient Budgets for an Agro-Pastoral Village of Southern Mali
Economic Valuation of Communal Rangelands in Botswana
Farmers' Perceptions and Sustainable Land Use in the Atacora, Benin
Farmers' Knowledge of soil fertility and local management strategies in Tigray, Ethiopia
Managing fragile soils: A case study from North Wollo, Ethiopia
Sustainable Livestock Management in the Kalahari
Integrated Soil Fertility Management in Siaya District, Kenya
Participatory Research on Compost and Liquid Manure in Kenya
Policies on the cultivation of vleis in Zimbabwe and local resistance to their enforcement

International Institute for Sustainable Development: Not specifically Africa-oriented. Based in Winnipeg, Canada. "...established in 1990 with continuing financial support from Environment Canada, CIDA and the Province of Manitoba." Has a Sustainable Development Chronology/Timeline from the 1960s to 1990s. http://iisd.ca/contents.htm

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture: The IITA was "founded in 1967 as an international agricultural research institute with a mandate for specific food crops, and with ecological and regional responsibilities to develop sustainable production systems in Africa." It works "...in partnership with African national agricultural research systems particularly on maize, cassava, cowpea, plantain, soybean, and yam." It also seeks to "improve the conservation and utilization of plant biodiversity to contribute in a sustainable manner to food security in sub-Saharan Africa." http://www.cgiar.org/iita

International Livestock Research Institute: "The International Livestock Research Institute began operations in 1995 with the consolidation of two CGIAR-sponsored livestock research centres: the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, in Kenya, and the International Livestock Centre for Africa, in Ethiopia." http://www.cgiar.org/ilri/

International Monetary Fund: Official site. Has information on the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF). Use their Search to find actions by the IMF affecting African countries. Locate full text reports on African countries. http://www.imf.org/

International Monetary Fund - Hoover Institution: Site about the IMF's history, operations, public policy issues surrounding the IMF Includes reprinted articles on IMF financing initiatives in Africa (Nigeria, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, sections on abolishing the IMF, reform proposals, etc.. Contents are based on the book, "The International Monetary Fund -- Financial Medic to the World?" edited by Lawrence J. McQuillan and Peter C. Montgomery, 1999. http://www.imfsite.org/default.htm

International Monetary Fund. "Promoting Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Learning What Works": Full text report by Anupam Basu, Evangelos A. Calamitsis, and Dhaneshwar Ghura. Washington, D.C., 2000. (Economic Issues No. 23). http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/issues/issues23/index.htm

International Organization for Migration (IOM) - Africa Programs: IOM's Return and Reintegration of Qualified African Nationals
Programme (RQAN), with funds from the European Union and in cooperation with participating African governments, offers to eligible candidates assistance in returning to employment or self-employment in target or non-target African countries, in sectors of priority to the recipient country’s development." The IOM also works in Angola and has assisted Rwandans returning to Kigali from Kinshasa. http://www.iom.int/iom/rqan/index.htm

International Rivers Network, Africa Campaigns: Programs in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Uganda. In Lesotho works with NGOs to ensure that the negative impacts of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project on the environment and communities are minimized. Has the full text of Pipe Dreams: The World Bank's Failed Efforts to Restore Lives and Livelihoods of Dam-Affected People in Lesotho, in PDF, 62 pages. Works "to protect rivers from large dam projects, and to press for more sustainable development projects." Full text of its journal, World Rivers Review, is online. Based in Berkeley, California. [KF] http://www.irn.org/programs/safrica/

International Road Federation: An NGO with offices in Geneva, Switzerland and Washington, D.C. Had an African Highways Program which may be inactive. http://www.irfnet.org/

International Social Security Association: Has a database open to Subscribers Only, Social Security Worldwide which "provides access to five social security data banks, with concise outlines of social security systems, recent reforms in social protection programmes, references to relevant legislation, bibliographical references." [KF] http://www.issa.int/

International Trade Centre. Intra-African Trade Promotion Programme (IATP), UNCTAd / WTO: Promote intra-African trade. Has a directory of African regional organizations, of African country trade promotion organizations, of African chambers of commerce. Based in Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.intracen.org/iatp/
Has full text reports such as
"Trading Opportunities in Southern Africa: a statistical analysis"
"African Publishing and Printing Industry" (Buyers/Sellers Meeting 2000) in Adobe PDF, 1998 + 1999 reports are also available

Internships in Africa: A page of web sites offering various kinds of internships in or relating to Africa. From the Stanford University Libraries. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/internships.html

Ishtirak: Nonprofit collaboration between SRI International , a research and development organization, and Visible Hand, Inc., an IT-focused economic consultancy. Promotes sustainable economic development in Africa and the Middle East by: Undertaking applied research on community and economic growth, by Facilitating strategic relationships between U.S. companies and foundations and Muslim community organizations. Working with a DRC project, Congo Livelihood Improvement and Security Project (CLIFS) Innovative Resources Management; see http://www.irmgt.com. http://www.ishtirak.org

Joseph, Richard - "Smart Partnerships for African Development": Concerns the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD). Dr. Joseph "proposes a strategic framework of developmental partnerships based on the realities of contemporary Africa...." A United States Institute of Peace, Special Report. http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr88.html

Jubilee 2000: "an international movement in over 40 countries advocating a debt-free start to the Millennium for a billion people. Jubilee 2000 in the UK is a coalition of over 80 organisations. We are calling for a one-off cancellation of the unpayable debts of the world's poorest countries by the year 2000,..." http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/main.html

Jubilee 2000 South Africa (Pretoria): Has the full text of "Apartheid-caused debt: The role of German and Swiss Finance," related articles, press statements, photographs. http://www.aidc.org.za/j2000/index.html

Jubilee 2000 USA: "part of a worldwide movement seeking to cancel the unpayable international debts of the poorest countries by the new millennium." Includes education packets, a resource guide, the Mozambique crisis. http://www.j2000usa.org/index1.html

Jubilee South: "a coalition of Jubilee Debt campaigns and social movements from Africa, Asia and Latin America." Has full text discussion documents, declarations from meetings in Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, the "Jubilee South Concept Paper" subscribed by the Jubilee South Convening Committee, Johannesburg, and papers presented at the 1999 Johannesburg Summit. Supported by the AIDC and Sangonet. http://www.jubileesouth.net/

Kabissa (London): Site for the African non-profit sector to promote networking, coalition-building and information exchange. Has a directory of African NGOs / civil society organizations by country and type or sector. Provides African non-profits free web space, domain hosting, publications, and workshops. Has an e-mail newsletter. http://www.kabissa.org/

Kiva: "The world's first online lending site for microfinance." "Connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world," receive updates from the business people in Africa. Partners include the Village Enterprise Fund. CNN article, Stanford Business School interview with the co-founder. A Winner of the 2007 World Summit Award in the e-Business category. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area. [KF] http://www.kiva.org/

Knight, Richard - African Development and Political Economy: Articles by Knight such as "Expanding Petroleum Production in Africa" originally published as "Debating Oil Development in Africa," ACAS Bulletin, Association on Concerned African Scholars, Fall 2002, No. 64. 5 pages in Adobe pdf. http://richardknight.homestead.com/africandevelopment.html

Laboratoire d'economie des transports (Lyon, France): It's research group, SITRASS, Solidarite Internationale sur les Transports et la Recherche en Afrique Sub-Saharienne has seminars, publications. Has full text of issues of Echos du SITRASS, bulletin on "les analyses et nouvelles du secteur des transports en Afrique sub-saharienne." The LET library catalog provides citations to books, journal articles, reports, theses. "le LET est rattaché au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique..., à l'Université Lumière-Lyon 2 et à l'Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat." http://www.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr.:8088/LetAcc.html

Life in Africa Foundation: An NGO to promote "an increased international understanding of Africans, and life in Africa," supports microfinance institutions in Africa, "which make credit and savings services available to the poor,...." Offers free email subscriptions to their publications.

Has photos and accounts of living in Uganda, Gabon, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Tanzania by Christina Jordan-Haitsma, an American from California, who moved to Uganda in October 1998 with her Dutch husband, Epko. http://www.lifeinafrica.com/

Live 8 Concert: July 2, 2005 concerts modeled on the 1985 Live Aid concert. Ten concerts (in Europe, North America, Japan, South Africa) to raise awareness on the issues of debt cancellation, increased aid to the least developed countries, dropping agricultural subsidies which hurt the poorest countries. Organized by Sir Bob Geldof. Youssou N'Dour, Angelique Kidjo, Maryam Mursal, Salif Keita, Thomas Mapfumo and others perform. Internet broadcast on AOL Music. Video clips also (street children, message from Nelson Mandela). [KF] http://www.live8live.com/

See also:
Global Call to Action Against Poverty. http://www.whiteband.org/
Make Poverty History: http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/

Madavo, Callisto, "The Evolving Relationship Between Africa and the World Bank:What We Have Learned Together": Madavo is Vice President, Africa Region, World Bank. This 10 page speech presented October 8, 1997 is part of the James S. Coleman Memorial Lecture Series, UCL African Studies Center. http://www.isop.ucla.edu/jscasc/publicat/acspaper/madavo.htm

Make Poverty History: U.K. coalition of "charities, campaigns, trade unions, faith groups and celebrities" 2005 campaign - TRADE JUSTICE. DROP THE DEBT. MORE AND BETTER AID. Timed for the U.K. meeting of G7 Finance Ministers and the G8 gathering of world leaders. Nelson Mandela inaugurates the campaign Feb. 3, 2005. http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/home.html

MBendi Information Services: Enormous resource on the oil, chemical, mining, and other industries in Africa. Some information on regional economic organizations, country profiles for each industry. The mining section includes Canadian mining activities in Africa. MBendi is a South African consulting group.
MBendi - http://mbendi.co.za/index.htm
Oil - http://mbendi.co.za/afoi.htm
Chemicals - http://mbendi.co.za/indy/chem/chemaf.htm
Mining - http://mbendi.co.za/indy/ming/mingaf.htm

Microfinance Gateway: Many full text reports. Microfinance FAQ. Directory of newsletters. Database of consultants, jobs. Financed by the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, USAID, World Bank and others. http://www.microfinancegateway.org/

MicroPlace: "a company that enables everyday people to make investments in microfinance." Started by Tracey Pettengill Turner, a Stanford Business School graduate; now part of eBay. " "Security issuers use your funds to support loans to lending organizations, who then use those funds to provide loans to borrowers. As loans are repaid, security issuers are able to provide you with a financial return." You can select a country (Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, etc.) https://www.microplace.com/

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