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1. Globalis - an interactive world map
   "Globalis is an interactive world atlas where you decide what is to be displayed on the map. Globalis aims to create an understanding for similarities and differences in human societies, as well as how we influence life on the planet. This is primarily do
   03-03-2008 : agriculture, climate, economy, education, environment, gender equality, health, human development, land use, maps, population, poverty gap ratio, statistics, technology, water
2. CEPALSTAT: Latin America and The Caribbean Statistics
   Has the Social Indicators and Statistics (BADEINSO) database. After selecting criteria, at the bottom right of the window, click on either Excel (for a chart you can save and open) or HTML (which will show on the screen).
   03-03-2008 : caribbean, demography, economy, education, employment, health, housing, income distribution, latin america, millennium development goals (mdgs), poverty, statistics, wages
3. United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)
   “UNCDB provides selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas.”
   03-03-2008 : agriculture, balance of payments, communication, construction, consumption, culture, development assistance, disabilities, distribution of population, economics, education, energy, environment financial statistics, families, fertility, fishing, forestry, geography, health, health services, households, housing, human settlements, impairment, income, industrial production, intellectual property, international finance, international tourism, international trade, marital status, men, migration, millennium development goals (mdg), mining, national accounts, nutrition, population composition, prices, public order, quarrying, safety, science, services industries, social mobility, social security, socio-economic groups, statistical yearbook (syb), statistics, technology, transport, wealth, welfare services, women
4. East African Development Library
   A virtual library in which you can browse by subject or organization or also search by particular words, title, subject or organization.
   03-03-2008 : africa, agriculture, breeding, communication, community development, culture, economic development, education, energy, environment, financing, fishing, food, health, history, human development, indigenous knowledge, marketing, natural resources, ngos, science, social development, state and civil service, technology, water
5. Intergovernmental Organizations Search
   “... a search engine for those doing research into topics of interest to Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs). The IGO Search searches across hundreds of IGO websites,...”
   02-21-2008 : education, environment, european union, health united nations, hiv/aids, human rights, international development, organization for economic cooperation and development (oecd), organization of american states, the asian development bank, un development program (undp), world bank
6. EL@ND: Research for Development
   “EL@ND provides a single search to 11 catalogues of development information. It has multilingual support to retrieve articles in resources catalogued throughout Europe.”
   02-21-2008 : administration, africa, agriculture, america, asia, central america, culture, education, environment, europe, finance, health, industry/technology, information, international development, intl. cooperation, labour, north america, pacific islands, population, society, south, trade, transport
7. Eldis Resource Guides
   A development gateway divided into subjects. “The aim of our resource guides is to bring together information from our databases and to present it for quick access. Each of the guides is overseen by an editor or editorial team.”
   02-20-2008 : ageing populations, agriculture, biodiversity, children, climate change, corporate social responsibility, debt, debt relief, education, finance policy, food security, forestry, gender, globalization, governance, health, health systems, hiv/aids, humanitarian aid, ict for development, influencing policy, international development, international monetary fund (imf), ipr, participation, pastoralism, questioning development, tourism, trade policy, world bank, young people, youth
8. Transforming Teachers
   Resources for Christian teachers. The Visual Valet has free online articles and downloads.
   02-15-2008 : education, teaching resources
9. Revised Curricula for Nigerian Polytechs
   “... contains the 24 documents of the project Revitalizing Technical and Vocational Education in Nigeria that was implemented by UNESCO with sponsorship from the Government of Japan through its Funds-in-Trust Programme.”
   02-15-2008 : africa, development, education, nigeria, technical training, vocational education
10. Humanity Development Library 2.0: For Sustainable Development and Basic Human Needs, by Human Info NGO, HumanityCD Ltd, and Participating Organizations
    “The Humanity Development Library is a large collection of practical information aimed at helping reduce poverty, increasing human potential, and providing a practical and useful education for all.” Contains 1,230 publications.
    02-14-2008 : agricultural practice, cultures, disaster mitigation, economic policies, education, human development, manufacturing, micro-enterprises, sanitation, society, sustainable development, water
11. Librarians’ Internet Index: Statistics
    A well-organized starting point for reliable, librarian-selected Internet resources.
    02-14-2008 : adoption, aeronautics, agriculture, almanacs, automobiles: statistics, bankruptcy, cancer, censuses, children, computers, crime, demographic surveys, design statistics, dictionaries, disabled, economic conditions, economics, education, geography, health, internet design and management, labor, library libraries, mathematics, media, military statistics, population trends, power resources, quality of life, ratings of cities and towns, religion, sampling, school districts, statistics, television, transportation, u.s. states, united states, violence, youth
12. Women's History
    Contains Links by categories, with a frequently-updated list of current issues.
    02-14-2008 : current issues, education, feminism, gender studies, history: women, medicine, religion, sports, women's studies
13. Human Info NGO's Education and Development Library by UNESCO
    “The collection consists of a wide range of pedagogical material as well as educational content for basic needs, designed to be of use in both teacher training and school learning environments.” Contains 1263 documents.
    05-01-2007 : appropriate technology, community development, development, education, environment, teacher training
14. Academic Leadership
    A free online journal.
    03-01-2007 : education, leadership
15. Peru
    Covers academic research resources, arts and culture, the economy, development, education, environment, government, human rights, news, portals and directories, travel and tourism, and more.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    02-11-2007 : academic research resources, arts and culture, development, directories, economy, education, environment, government, human rights, news, peru, portals, south america, tourist information, travel
16. Librarians' Internet Index: College and University Education
    A well-organized starting point for reliable, librarian-selected Internet resources.
    02-10-2007 : colleges, education, universities
17. Brazil
    Covers academic research resources, the African diaspora, agriculture and ranching, the economy, education, environment and sustainable devleopment, government, health, history, immigration and migration, indigenous peoples, news, portals and directories, religion, travel and tourism, and much more.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    02-10-2007 : aboriginal peoples, academic research resources, african diaspora, agriculture and ranching, brazil, directories, economy, education, environment and sustainable devleopment, ethnic groups, government, health, history, immigration and migration, indigenous peoples, news, portals, religions, south america, tourist information, travel, tribes
18. CompletePlanet: The Deep Web Directory
    'Discover over 70,000+ searchable databases and specialty search engines.' Search the deep (invisible) web or browse by subject.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    02-09-2007 : agriculture, arts design, business, computing internet, deep web, education, energy, engineering, environment, family, finance economics, food drink, games, government, health, hobbies, home garden, humanities, internet, invisible web, jobs careers, law, literature, living, magazines journals, media entertainment, military, music, news, newspapers, people, places, politics, products technology, recreation, references, regional, religions, science, sciences, search engines: deep web, shopping, social, sports, things, transportation, travel, weather
19. Global Issues on the UN Agenda
    A long list of issues with links.
    02-08-2007 : africa, aging, agriculture, aids, antarctica, atomic energy, children, climate change, crime, culture, decolonization, demining, development cooperation, disarmament, disaster relief, drugs, education, elections, energy, environment, family, finance, food, global issues, governance, health, human rights, human settlements, humanitarian aid, indigenous people, information communications technology, intellectual property, international finance, international law, iraq, labor, law of the sea, least developed countries, outer space, palestine, peace, persons with disabilities, population, refugees, science and technology, security, social development, statistics, sustainable development, terrorism, trade, united nations, volunteerism, water, women, youth
20. Quia
    Many interactive quizzes and games different subjects and languages taught in schools.
    02-08-2007 : education, interactive quizzes and games, languages

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