Carter Center
The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health.
www.cartercenter.org/

Catholic Institute for International Relations
An international charity working for justice and the eradication of poverty in partnership with civil groups and governments all over the world.Their approach combines work to secure equitable policies with the strengthening of community-based organisations that represent the interests of the poor and improve their quality of life (see our core values). Through their skillshare programme, International Cooperation for Development (ICD), they place experienced professionals to share their expertise with partners in 11 countries. Their advocacy programmes currently focus on supporting justice and human security, strengthening civil society and participatory development and tackling the links between international economics and poverty.
www.ciir.org

Centre of African Studies
CAS is an interdisciplinary centre promoting the understanding of Africa through masters and doctoral level teaching and through seminars, conferences, publications and networking across Scotland.
www.ed.ac.uk/centas

Centre for Alternative Technology
The Centre for Alternative Technology an educational charity striving to achieve the best cooperation between the natural, technological and human worlds.
www.cat.org.uk/

Centre for Comparative Labour Studies
The Centre for Comparative Labour Studies was established in 1993 to provide an interdisciplinary focus for the study of questions relating to labour. This includes the study of paid and unpaid labour, the past and the present, the local and the general. The Centre is committed to a consideration of comparative research relating to labour, based on class, race and gender.
www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/complabstuds/complab.htm

Centre for Social Markets
The Centre for Social Markets is in the business of transformation - social, economic, political and institutional - for the public interest. CSM promotes a progressive social and environmental agenda by harnessing the power and potential of markets, entrepreneurs and other economic actors to do good.
www.csmworld.org

Centre for Development Studies, Bath University
CDS aims to contribute to combating global poverty and inequality through critical engagement with development practice and policy making and primary research into the practical realities of global poverty.The University of Bath also offers teaching in International Development at undergraduate masters and doctoral levels. ues more widely in the University and beyond. CDS also aims to raise broader awareness on International Development in the South West region of England, through fostering links with local groups working on International Development issues.
www.bath.ac.uk/Centres/CDS/

The Centre for the Study of African Economies
The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) is one of the largest concentrations of academic economists and social scientists working on Africa outside the continent itself. The Centre produces The Journal of African Economies, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), as well as its own members' Working Paper Series and White Papers .
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/

Changemakers.net
Changemakers.net: Web guide to the rapidly growing profession of social entrepreneurship. Changemakers.net provides resources, inspiring ideas and opportunities for social entrepreneurs and those interested in learning more about innovative social change.
www.changemakers.net/index.html

Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS
Looking for information on state-civil society relations in a specific country? Then search the outputs of this 3-year international project focusing on the character of civil society in 22 countries, its interaction with government, and strategies for promoting good governance and social justice. The civil society country profiles and case studies on various thematic sectors offer a wealth of evidence covering successes and failures, weaknesses and strengths, large episodes and small, and the activities of everything from single civil society organisations to alliances containing many of them.
www.ids.ac.uk/ids/civsoc

Columbia International Affairs Online
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.
www.ciaonet.org

The Communication Initiative
Comminit.com is a news and information gathering portal enhancing communication initiatives regarding Global Development, Health and other international issues. We are an online media resource centre supporting active communication organisations. Partners include: The Rockefeller Foundation, UNICEF, USAID, WHO, UNFPA, Johns Hopkins Center, BBC World Service, CIDA, Soul City and PANOS.
www.comminit.com

CREDIT
CREDITis a centre which coordinates research effort on issues relating to international trade and development economics. In addition to the basic scientific work which the Centre has been engaged in, policy evaluations for some of the leading international agencies have been completed, including the World Bank, UNCTAD, ILO and Commonwealth Secretariat.
www.nottingham.ac.uk/economics/credit/

CRIN - Child Rights Information Network
CRIN is a global network of children's rights organisations seeking to support the effective exchange of information about children and their rights. It is supported by nine international organisations, known as the Facilitating Group and the Coordinator is based at Save the Children (UK)
www.crin.org/

Crisis States Programme
The aim of the Crisis States Programme (CSP), part of the London School of Economics, is to provide new understanding of the causes of crisis and breakdown in the developing world and the processes of avoiding or overcoming them.
ywww.crisisstates.com/index.htm

Danish Centre for International Studies and Human Rights
DCISM carries out research, analysis, and information activities in Denmark concerning international affairs, i.e. the fields of foreign, security, and development policy; conflict; holocaust; genocide and political mass murders; and human rights in Denmark and abroad.
www.dcism.dk

Department of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University
The Department of City and Regional Planning's research ranges over a number of areas : basic innovative areas of planning theory and methodology, areas which are influential in the formation and assessment of public policy, both in the UK and other countries, and the research requirements of planning practice. This focuses on the critical appraisal of planning practice at local, national and international levels underpins much of the research and the teaching of the department
www.cf.ac.uk/uwcc/cplan/

Department of Politics, University of Sheffield
The Department of Politics research and teaching covers a wide range of areas including Political Parties, International Political Economy, European Public Policy, Political Theory, British Politics and Political Methodology. In addition, a variety of area studies are covered including Eastern and Southern Europe and the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean.
www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/N-Q/pol/

Development Gateway
The Development Gateway Foundation is an enabler of development. They aim to help improve people’s lives in developing countries by building partnerships and information systems that provide access to knowledge for development. They exploit powerful and affordable information and communication technologies (ICT) that were previously unavailable to, Increase knowledge sharing, Enable aid effectiveness,
Improve public sector transparency, and Build local capacity to empower communities.
www.developmentgateway.org

Development Studies Courses in the UK and Ireland
This site provides information on development studies courses offered by 36 university centres and departments. Searches can be made by institution or by type of study programme.
www.devstud.org.uk/courseguide

DFID Department for International Development
The DFID (formerly the Overseas Development Administration), is the government department responsible for all aspects of development policy. It works to promote greater coherence between aid and development policies.
www.dfid.gov.uk/

DFID International Trade Department
DFID's International Trade Department provides information on the research and other projects on trade that it undetakes. It alsoprovides a complete list of all its funded trade related research. www.dfid.gov.uk/aboutdfid/organisation/intertradedept3.asp

DFID Energy
DFID's Energy web site provides information on all research and development projects in the energy sector supported by the DFID's Infrastructure and Urban Development Department Knowledge and Research Programme, as well as pdf copies of the DFID Energy newsletter.
www.dfid-kar-energy.org.uk

Development Initiatives
Development Initiatives is an independent organisation concerned with poverty, aid, development cooperation and international relations. It works on policy analysis, NGO management, dissemination of information and academic research, advocacy and government relations, strategic planning and evaluation, stakeholder analysis. DI edits the Reality of Aid (Earthscan), produces DI Update and is managing the dissemination of the DFID funded Finance and Development Research Programme.
www.devinit.org

DPPC
The Development and Project Planning Centre (DPPC) is one of the UK's oldest and largest university centres for development studies, specialising in the planning and management of development projects and current development policy issues.
www.brad.ac.uk/acad/bcid/

DevMedia
The new DevMedia site includes features that allow you to easily access resources related to communication for development and democracy; to contribute documents, reports and web addresses; to browse and add events to a calendar ; and to subscribe to DevMedia Digest to receive a monthly update and review of new information on the site
www.devmedia.org

Different Voices
A not-for-profit online information and media network promoting media access for all, especially through use of the internet. Different Voices is part of a worldwide community working for justice and a voice for all peoples.
www.differentvoices.org.uk

Directory of Development Organizations
The Directory lists 25,000 contacts of International Organizations, Governments, Private Sector Institutions, Development Agencies, Universities, Research and Training Institutes, NGOs/PDOs, Grantmakers, Banks, Microfinance Institutions and Development
Consulting Firms. The organizations promote private sector development and poverty reduction through: the financial sector and microfinance, trade and business development services, rural development and appropriate technology, small enterprise development and policy reforms, community development and social protection, gender and participation, environment and health, research, training and education.
www.devdir.org/