Organizations ordered by alphabet: T to V

A-C * D-F * G-I * J-L * M-O * P-S * W-Z

T

• Talking about Development / Hablando de Desarrollo "'Talking about Development' is an interview series where seasoned professionals, politicians, grassroots activists, and others, talk about what is "development". Topics include: health, human rights, Platform for Action, women's rights, reproductive rights, education, economic, and social rights, foreign relations, international and national politics, citizenship and democracy, the environment, etc. These current interviews mix personal and macro politics experiences to delve into the complex dynamics of the world we live in. Interviews are in their original language (English, Spanish, or Portuguese). Bilingual translations (Spanish/English) to follow in 1997."
• The Uruguay Round and Beyond: The Final Report from the Ford Foundation Project on Developing Countries and the Global Trading System (Whalley, John)
• Third World Development: Foreign Aid or Free Trade?
• The Environmental Health Project
• A Battle Plan for fighting tuberculosis
• TOOL Foundation " consists of a group of Dutch organizations dedicated to the advancement of the socio-economic conditions of underprivileged groups in developing countries. To achieve this aim, the TOOL organizations promote technology transfer to many countries throughout the world. With the promotion of technology transfer, TOOL encourages the South-South exchange of knowledge. For this purpose TOOL is an active member of a large number of technology networks in the South. Our activities are principally directed at local capacity building and exchange and dissemination of technical information."
• A TRIBUTE TO TIBETAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
• Thailand Geography and Demographics

U

• USAfrica Online
• UNIFEM - United Nations Development Fund for Women
• UN Population Fund
• UN Population Commission
• Welcome to UNICEF, an advocate "for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential." and to "establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behaviour towards children."
• UNDP - United Nations Development Programme "promotes human development. We seek to create opportunities through which people's abilities, talents and creativity can find full expression. We aspire to a world where people can better their lives in a manner of their own choosing. We recognize that development today must safeguard the options of future generations."
• UNESCO's main objective is "to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations."
• US Agency for International Development "is an independent federal government agency that conducts foreign assistance and humanitarian aid to advance the political and economic interests of the United States."
• UNIDO, "the specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to bringing a better life through industrial development to the people who live in developing countries and countries in transition to market economies."

V

• The Virtual Institute of Caribbean Studies This new website aims to become a major forum for the academic discussion of development, politics, and culture in the Caribbean. It features downloadables, a discussion forum, newsletter, and a guestbook.
• Virtual Sri Lanka

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