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 UNDP International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG)
The IPC-IG, formerly the International Poverty Centre, is a partnership between the Poverty Practice of the Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP and the Government of Brazil. IPC-IG facilitates South-South learning with the aim of expanding developing countries’ knowledge and capacities to design, implement and evaluate effective policies towards the attainment of high inclusive growth. Of particular interest may be the IPC-IG's on-line publications. |
World Bank Institute - Social Safety Nets
The World Bank Institute (WBI) is the capacity development arm of the World Bank, and helps countries share and apply global and local knowledge to meet development challenges. WBI's capacity development programs are designed not only to build skills among groups of individuals involved in performing tasks, but also to strengthen the organizations in which they work, and the sociopolitical environment in which they operate. |
World Bank PovertyNet
PovertyNet provides an introduction to key issues as well as in-depth information on poverty measurement, monitoring, analysis, and on poverty reduction strategies for researchers and practitioners. |
World Bank Social Protection
The Social Protection Unit, as part of the Human Development Network, supports the World Bank and client countries to assist individuals, households and communities to better manage the income and welfare risks that affect vulnerable groups. |
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Economic Crisis & Natural Disasters | 
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Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM)
ASEM is an informal process of dialogue and co-operation bringing together the 27 European Union Member States and the European Commission with 16 Asian countries and the ASEAN Secretariat. |
ProVention Consortium
The ProVention Consortium is a global coalition of governments, international organizations, academic institutions, the private sector and civil society organizations dedicated to increasing the safety of vulnerable communities and to reducing the impact of disasters in developing countries. |
World Bank Urban Development - Hazard Risk Management
The World Bank's Hazard Risk Management team aims to reduce human suffering and economic losses caused by natural and technological disasters. They do this by helping the World Bank provide a more strategic and rapid response to disasters, and promoting the integration of disaster prevention and mitigation efforts into the range of development activities. |
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Food-related Programs |
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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
IFPRI's mission is to provide policy solutions that cut hunger and malnutrition. This mission flows from the CGIAR mission: "To achieve sustainable food security and reduce poverty in developing countries through scientific research and research-related activities in the fields of agriculture, livestock, forestry, fisheries, policy, and natural resources management." |
World Bank Health, Nutrition & Population
The World Bank's mission in this area is to assist clients to improve health, nutrition, and population outcomes of poor people and protect people from the impoverishing effects of illness, malnutrition, and high fertility. |
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Gender |
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World Bank Gender & Development
The World Bank views the third Millennium Development Goal—to promote gender equality and empower women—as a central component to its overall mission to reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth. The Bank has an Operational Policy that spells out its responsibilities in this area, and a strategy to implement this policy. This website provides information on Bank policy, strategy and implementation, as well as tools useful for integrating gender issues into analytical work, development operations and capacity building. |
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Microfinance |
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Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Microfinance
Microfinance plays a significant role in ADB's overarching goal to reduce poverty in Asia and the Pacific. Providing access to microfinance can prove to be an effective way of reaching the poor - and improving their lives. |
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
CGAP is a consortium of 28 public and private development agencies working together to expand access to financial services for the poor in developing countries. CGAP was created by these aid agencies and industry leaders to help create permanent financial services for the poor on a large scale (often referred to as "microfinance"). |
Grameen Bank - What is Microcredit?
Grameen Bank provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh without any collateral. |
Latin American Consortium for Training in Microfinancing (COLCAMI) (in Spanish)
COLCAMI's mission is to strengthen the capacity of formal and informal financial institutions to provide high-quality sustainable financial services to microenterprises in the interamerican region. |
Microcredit Summit Campaign
The Microcredit Summit Campaign brings together microcredit practitioners, advocates, educational institutions, donor agencies, international financial institutions, non-governmental organizations and others involved with microcredit to promote best practices in the field and to learn from each other. |
Microfinance Gateway
The Microfinance Gateway is an online resource for the microfinance industry. It includes research and publications, specialized resource centers, organization and consultant profiles, and the latest news, events, and job opportunities in microfinance. |
MicroFinance Network
The MicroFinance Network (MFN) is a global association of leading microfinance institutions committed to improving the quality of life of the poor through the provision of credit, savings, and other financial services. |
Promotion of the Microfinance Sector (ProMiS)
ProMiS is a cooperation program implemented by the Ministry of Finance, Sri Lanka, in collaboration with German Technical Cooperation (GTZ). The overall goal of ProMiS is to enhance and improve in a sustainable manner, the services offered by selected microfinance institutions (MFIs) to the poorer sections of society and to micro and small enterprises. |
UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF Inclusive Finance)
UNCDF's overarching goal is to help reduce poverty. Its particular approach is to invest with the poor, building the productive capacity and self-reliance of poor communities by increasing their access to essential local infrastructure and services. The Fund also works to strengthen these communities' influence over economic and social investments that directly affect their lives and livelihoods. |
WWW Virtual Library on Microcredit
The Virtual Library on Microcredit is a repository of information on alternative, non-conventional financial systems and microfinance/microcredit issues. |
World Bank Social Funds - Microfinance
The World Bank Social Funds Team is committed to fostering innovation and heightening the impact of social fund investments, to improve the well-being of poor and vulnerable groups served by these programs. The Team is comprised of a group of professionals developing knowledge management products on cross-sectoral themes, designing training programs, enhancing the quality of the social fund portfolio, and improving the design and implementation of social fund operations across regions. |
Zunia.org - Microfinance
Zunia provides a space for professional learning and knowledge-sharing among development practitioners worldwide. Users can access and post news, events, best practices and publications that are searchable online and receive e-mail alerts on topics of their interest. |
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OECD |
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
This US-based policy organization works at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals. The site provides online Information about key US Low-Income Benefit Programs. |
European Commission - Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
The EU coordinates and encourages national governments to: combat poverty and social exclusion; reform their social welfare systems; and identifying what policies work best (in the fields of poverty and social exclusion, pensions, health & long-term care). |
MDRC
This US-based non-profit social policy organization works to promote family well-being, child development, and successful transitions to adulthood; improve public education; support low-wage workers and communities; and overcome barriers to employment. |
UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
The DWP works to "promote opportunity and independence for all; help individuals achieve their potential through employment and work to end poverty in all its forms." |
US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
This federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with State governments to administer Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and health insurance portability standards. |
US Department of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
The USDA Food Stamp Program serves as the first line of defense against hunger. It enables low-income families to buy nutritious food with coupons and Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards. Food stamp recipients spend their benefits to buy eligible food in authorized retail food stores. |
US Department of Health & Human Services Office of Family Assistance (OFA)
The Office of Family Assistance administers the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. TANF provides assistance and work opportunities to needy families by granting States the federal funds and wide flexibility to develop and implement their own welfare programs. |
US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. |
Urban Institute - Assessing the New Federalism
The Assessing the New Federalism research policy center tracks how children and families in the US are faring and how program structure, financing, and administration are changing as the federal government transfers authority for health and social welfare programs to states. |
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Orphans & Vulnerable Children |
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CARE International UK - HIV and AIDS
In more than two dozen high-risk countries CARE Internal UK runs 126 projects. With local partners, CARE's working not only to reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS and provide care and support for those affected, but also to find lasting solutions to wider social and economic problems that exacerbate the crisis. |
CARE USA - Children and Poverty Campaign
CARE USA works with poor communities in more than 70 countries around the world to find lasting solutions to poverty. With a broad range of programs based on empowerment, equity and sustainability, CARE seeks to tap human potential and leverage the power of individuals and communities to unleash a vast force for progress. |
Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Children & Orphans
UNAIDS' mission is to lead, strengthen and support an expanded response to HIV and AIDS that includes preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support to those already living with the virus, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV and alleviating the impact of the epidemic. |
PLAN International
Plan supports people to end poverty in their community, so that every child can realise their potential. Its long-term development approach involves working in partnership with people of all ages within communities, to address the causes of poverty. |
UNICEF - Child Protection from Violence, Exploitation and Abuse
UNICEF believes that everyone has a responsibility to see that children are safe. UNICEF works with individuals, civic groups, governments and the private sector to help create protective environments for them. Healthy, nurturing surroundings allow children to resist abuse and avoid exploitation. Caring environments fortify children against harm in the same way that proper nutrition and good health care fortify them against disease. |
US Agency for International Development (USAID) - Child Health
USAID is funding more than 75 activities in 22 countries to help families and communities create and sustain a supportive environment for children affected by HIV/AIDS. USAID activities include material support, such as food, school fees, shelter, and clothing, in addition to economic strengthening, counseling, psychological support, and community care. |
US Agency for International Development (USAID) - Displaced Children and Orphans Fund
USAID's Displaced Children and Orphans Fund supports programs that help families and communities provide the necessary care, protection, and support for children in need. |
World Bank AIDS Campaign Team for Africa (ACTafrica)
ACTafrica supports and coordinates the Bank's multi-sectoral response to HIV/AIDS in Africa. ACTafrica initially focused on supporting the development and implementation of the Bank's Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP), now active in over 30 African countries. |
World Bank Children & Youth - OVC
The World Bank's Children & Youth Team was established within the Human Development Network to guide and foster coordination and partnerships that contribute to more effective children and youth development work. |
World Bank Global HIV/AIDS Program
The Global HIV/AIDS Program was created to support the World Bank's efforts to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic from a cross-sectoral perspective. The program offers global learning and knowledge sharing on approaches and best practices to addressing HIV/AIDS. A key function of the Global HIV/AIDS Program is to lead the monitoring and evaluation efforts of UNAIDS partners at country level. |
World Vision - Child Exploitation
As a child-focused organization, World Vision works to strengthen policies to protect children who are vulnerable to abuse and neglect. |
Zunia.org - AIDS
Zunia provides a space for professional learning and knowledge-sharing among development practitioners worldwide. Users can access and post news, events, best practices and publications that are searchable online and receive e-mail alerts on topics of their interest. |
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Post-conflict |
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Japan International Cooperation Agency - Peacebuilding
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is advancing its activities around the pillars of a field-oriented approach, human security, and enhanced effectiveness, efficiency, and speed. |
Linking Complex Emergency Response and Transition Initiative (CERTI)
The CERTI program aims to prevent and mitigate conflict as well as to improve timely and appropriate response and transition (CPMR) support to populations affected by conflict. CERTI assists USAID and other international organizations in analyzing conflict causes, consequences and the effectiveness of programs to address conflict and complex emergencies; developing tools and training modules to assist implementing agencies in planning and evaluation in the context of conflict/complex emergencies, and disseminating best practices related to CPMR. |
UNDP - Conflict Prevention and Recovery
UNDP is the UN’s global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. |
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. |
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb is the world’s leading on-line gateway to information (documents and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. An independent vehicle of information, designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian community in effective delivery of emergency assistance, it provides timely, reliable and relevant information as events unfold, while emphasizing the coverage of "forgotten emergencies" at the same time. |
US Agency for International Development - Conflict Management & Mitigation
CMM leads USAID's efforts to identify and analyze sources of conflict and fragility; supports early responses to address the causes and consequences of instability and violent conflict; and seeks to integrate conflict mitigation and management into USAID's analysis, strategies and programs. |
World Bank Social Development - Conflict, Crime and Violence
The CCV Team will contribute to the World Bank's mission of reducing poverty and improving economic growth by promoting an improved understanding of the role of CCV within the development context and promoting effective, practical strategies to reduce and prevent CCV through the World Bank's work. |
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Transition to a Market Economy |
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UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) - MONEE Project
The MONEE Project, Monitoring the impact of social and economic policies on children, conducts research on child well-being in the 27 countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The results of this research are presented in the annual Innocenti Social Monitor, periodic Innocenti Social Reports on specific topics, and a variety of Innocenti working papers and other publications. |
World Bank Europe & Central Asia Region
The last decade of the 20th century witnessed a process of change - commonly known as 'transition' - that transformed the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The World Bank has worked with these countries from the earliest phases of transition to the present to improve the living standards of their people, promote economic growth, and ensure that future generations benefit from sound environmental practices and social development. |
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