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1. Rural Poverty Portal
   Select regions of the world to learn about issues and statistics.
   10-18-2008 : indigenous peoples, poverty, rural development, rural poor
2. Database on Mountain Policy-Related Documentation
   Contains 'relevant documentation (policy studies, partners' experiences, case studies, etc.) concerning social, economic, environmental and institutional policies for sustainable agriculture and rural development in mountain regions.'
   01-12-2007 : agriculture, economic, environmental and institutional policies, governance, institutions, mountain regions, mountains, rural development, social, sustainable development
3. Journey to Forever: Hong Kong to Cape Town Overland
   Search their environment and rural development projects, school project ideas, resources on biofuels and small farms, and more. In English, Japanese, and Chinese. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
   01-11-2007 : africa, asia, biofuels and small farms, cape town, environmentalism: student resources, hong kong, rural development, rural development projects, school project ideas, south africa, sustainable development, teaching resources
4. Natural Resources and Rural Development in Arid Lands: Case Studies from Sudan
   A free online e-book.
   12-09-2006 : arid lands, case studies, natural resources, rural development, sudan
5. Yahoo! Sustainable Development
   A directory of various aspects of sustainable development.
   12-07-2006 : architecture, arid lands, brownfields, commercial planning, corporate accountability, energy, events, forestry, global change, government agencies, green weddings, industrial ecology, institutes, journals, life cycle assessment, mountains, organizations, product stewardship, rainwater collection, renewable energy, rural development, sustainable agriculture, sustainable development, sustainable event planning, voluntary simplicity, water, web directories, xeriscaping
6. Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development
   Covers environment, rural development, social development, country profiles for a few countries, projects, reports, and more. One part of The World Bank Group's web site on sustainable development.
   12-06-2006 : albania, country studies, environment, georgia, romania, rural development, social development, sustainable development
7. Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture
   'For thirty-five years the name Kerr has been associated with progressive ideas in agriculture.' Has publications on Public Policy and Rural Development.
   11-07-2006 : farming, gardening, public policy, rural development, sustainable agriculture
8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
   Search the U.N.'s 'lead agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development.' Mostly in English, but portions in Arabic, Chinese, French, and Spanish.
   11-07-2006 : agriculture, fisheries, food, forestry, rural development, united nations
9. Community Development Journal
   A subscription journal which '... provides an international forum for political, economic and social programmes, which link the activities of people with institutions and government. Dealing with the theory and practice of the policies, programmes and methods employed, [it] covers a wide range of topics....'
   10-21-2006 : community action, community development, community studies, regional planning, rural development, town, village
10. Topics in Development
    A wide range of development topics with links to documents, projects, and resources.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    10-10-2006 : agriculture, aids, anti-corruption, arid lands, avian flu, banking systems, biodiversity, capital markets, child mortality, children, climate change, closure, commodity risk management, community driven development, debt issues, debt relief, debt sustainability, definitions, development and faiths, development goals, development: rural, disclosure, drylands, early childhood, east asia, economic impact, education, energy, environment, evaluation monitoring, faiths and development, fiduciary policies, financial sect, fiscal policy, forests, gender equality, gender studies, girls: secondary, girls: tertiary, global monitoring, globalization, health, hipc, information communication, information technology, infrastructure, insolvency, international development topics, internet, knowledge sharing, land policy, law and justice, macroeconomics and growth, malaria, markets and reform, millennium development goals, mining, monetary policy, motherhood: safe, nutrition, oil gas, outbreak maps, participation, payment systems, policies, population, poverty, rural development, safeguard policies, semi-arid lands, social impact, telecommunications, youth
11. The Amity Foundation
    '... an independent Chinese voluntary organization, was created in 1985 on the initiative of Chinese Christians to promote education, social services, health, and rural development from China's coastal provinces in the east to the minority areas of the west.'
    12-31-1969 : chinese christians, christianity, health, ngo voluntary organization, promote education, rural development, social services
12. Sustainable Development Topics
    Excellent full-text publications on many sustainable development issues.. (Copyright 2006 by Librarians' Internet Index)
    12-31-1969 : aboriginal peoples, children, civil society, corporate social responsibility, disability resources, disaster risk management, education, energy, environment, ethics, ethnic groups, financial markets, gender issues, health, hiv/aids, indigenous peoples, information and communication technology, infrastructure, international development, labor markets, micro, modernization of the state, natural resources, poverty and equity, private sect development, regional initiatives, rural development, small and medium enterprise, social development and inclusion, sustainable development, tribes, urban development and housing, violence prevention, youth

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