Other Resources |
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Name
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Description
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| CPS Demographic Links |
By this site,
the Centre for Population Studies (CPS) which is a research unit within
the Department of Epidemiology & Population Health of the London School
of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine offers a space with a comprehensive
coverage of population information resources available on-line. |
| ELDIS |
Co-funded by
the Danish development agency (DANIDA), the Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and other agencies, and hosted by the Institute
of Development Studies, ELDIS is a gateway to information sources on development
and the environment. It provides an ever increasing number of descriptions
and links to a variety of information sources, including online documents,
organisation's WWW sites, databases, library catalogues, bibliographies,
and email discussion lists, research project information, map and newspaper
collections. |
| A Guide to Internet Resources on Sustainable Development |
The site is managed
by the Agricultural and Resource Economics Program, Division of Resource
Management, West Virginia University. The purpose of this guide is to
assist researchers and others with the task of locating information on
sustainable development on the internet. |
| Health Net Africa |
HealthNet is
SATELLIFE's computer-based telecommunications system that links health
care professionals around the world and to each other. SATELLIFE focuses
its attention on developing countries, where telecommunication systems
are often unreliable or nonexistent, and where cost or distance limits
access to medical literature and other health information. For people
living in those areas where such conditions exist, HealthNet provides
access to the latest health information, e-mail connectivity, electronic
conferencing, and other services tailored to meet current demands. HealthNet
is also a system of people. HealthNet communication and information services
are used by approximately 19,500 health care workers in more than 150
countries worldwide. |
| IISD - Linkages |
This multimedia
resource for environment and development negotiations is provided by the
International Institute for Sustainable Development, publishers of the
Earth Negotiations Bulletin. The site is designed to be an electronic
clearing-house for information on past and upcoming international meetings
related to environment and development policy. |
| Index on Africa |
Made by the Norwegian
Council for Africa (NOCA), the Index on Africa is a comprehensive resource
site featuring over 2.000 annotated links to resources on Africa, background
information and news on African matters and the interactive community
forum for debate, contact and information exchange. The topics range from
health, development to human rights, indigenous affairs and women. |
| Internet Resources for Demographers |
This site is
designed as a supplement to Thomas Gryn's "Internet Resources for
Demographers" paper, which was published in the Summer 1997 issue
of Population Index
(Vol. 63(2), pgs. 189-204); an online copy of the paper is now available
from the Population Index
website. |
| Netlinks |
A database of
internet resources for public health managed by the Media/Materials Clearinghouse
of Johns Hopkins Population Information Program. Netlinks is a searchable
database of online resource, organizations, companies, and institutions
related to health, population, and international development. |
| POPIN |
The Global POPIN
is established by and within the United Nations Population Division under
the support of UNFPA. As a decentralised community of population institutions
organised into global, regional and national networks, POPIN strives to
make population information from all levels of sources including the United
Nations easily available to everyone. |
| PopNet |
PopNet is produced
and maintained by the Population Reference Bureau with funding assistance
from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the MEASURE
Communication project. It is a resource for population information where
you can browse the most comprehensive directory of population-related
websites available - by organization, by region and country, or by topic
within countries. It presents information on population topics such as
demographic statistics, economics, education, environment, gender, policy
and reproductive health. |
| Population and Demography Information | Maintained
by the Penn State Population
Research Institute , the site provides a wide range of population and
demography related information resources available on the web. http://www.pop.psu.edu/Demography/demography.htm http://www.pop.psu.edu/ |
| Population-Environment Research Network (PERN) |
A project of
the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
and the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP) on Global Environmental
Change facilitating scientific analysis and dialogue about population
and environment relationships. The Population-Environment Research Network
seeks to advance academic research on population and the environment by
promoting on-line scientific exchange among researchers from social and
natural science disciplines worldwide. |
| Reproductive Health Outlook |
The Reproductive
Health Outlook (RHO) is produced by Program for Appropriate Technology
in Health (PATH). It is especially designed for reproductive health program
managers and decision-makers working in developing countries and low-resource
settings to provide up-to-date summaries of research findings, program
experience, and clinical guidelines related to key reproductive health
topics, as well as analyses of policy and program implications. |
| Reproductive Health Online
(REPROLINE) (through JHU) |
REPROLINE is
designed by JHPIEGO, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University for professionals
working in the field of reproductive health. It offers a variety of on-line
tools and information in this field. |
| Sustainable Development Communications Network (SDCN) |
The Sustainable
Development Communications Network (SDCN) is a group of leading civil
society organizations seeking to accelerate the implementation of sustainable
development through broader, integrated information and communications.
The network focuses its efforts on integrating Internet communications
into broader communication strategies. |
| Sustainable Development Gateway |
The Sustainable
Development (SD) Gateway integrates the on-line information developed
by members of the Sustainable Development Communications Network (SDCN).
In addition to over 1,200 documents available in SD Topics, the site provides
services such as a calendar of events, a job bank, the Sustainability
Web Ring, a roster of mailing lists and news sites dealing with sustainable
development. |
| VL on International Development - Africa & the Middle East |
The Virtual Library
(VL) on International Development is maintained by the International Development
Information Centre (IDIC) of the Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA). It is a collection of links to international development-related
sites and documents on the Internet. |
| SOSIG: Demography Resources |
Maintained by
the Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG), University of Bristol,
UK, the site provides gateways to worldwide population resources available
on-line. |
| The World Wide Web of Demography |
Maintained
by the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI),
this site presents an overview of information resources in the field of
demography and population studies on the World Wide Web. |
| Women Watch |
WomenWatch is
a joint UN project to create a core Internet space on global women's issues.
It was created to monitor the results of the Fourth World Conference on
Women, held in Beijing in 1995. It was founded in March 1997 by the Division
for the Advancement of Women (DAW), the United Nations Development Fund
for Women (UNIFEM) and the International Research and Training Institute
for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW). |
| www VL on Demography and Population Studies |
This Internet
guide to demography and population studies hosted by the Australian
National University keeps track of leading information facilities
of value and/or significance to researchers in the field of demography. |
| www VL on Migration and Ethnic Relations |
In
this virtual library you will find a collection of links to major internet
resources in the field of migration and ethnic relations. Hosted by he
European Research Centre on
Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER) |
| www VL Social Policy - Africa |
This
library provides access to a variety of www Databases, Data Archives,
National and International Statistical Offices and other data providers
of interest to social policy researchers. They are classified by geographical
area |
| www VL on Sustainable Development |
A
comprehensive list of internet sites dealing with sustainable development,
including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals,
libraries, references and documents, databases, directories or metadatabases |
| WSSLINKS-Women and Gender Studies Web Sites |
Developed and
maintained by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College
and Research Libraries, the WSS Links aims to provide access to a wide
range of resources in support of Women's Studies. |
| WoYaa! Africa Search | The
African Internet portal, search engine and web sites directory http://www.woyaa.com |
| Yahoo links on Africa | Good
general information source. Particularly useful is the section on Society
and Culture http://dir.yahoo.com/regional/regions/africa http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Regions/Africa/Society_ and_Culture/ |
| Yahoo
links on Population
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A
wide-ranging collection of websites on population, including data centers,
demography, organizations, over population, research institutes, statistics,
web directories and world population counts. |