http://www.drrlibrary.org/ Recent bookmarks posted to DRRlibrary 60 http://devdata.worldbank.org/atlas-mdg/ ian odonnell Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:07:23 +0000 datasets development education gis health mapping mdgs poverty http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/csi/ ian odonnell Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:03:47 +0000 development poverty social capital social innovation venture http://www.globalclearinghouse.org/Portal/default.cfm Portal providing easy access to enabling information on investment opportunities, risk assessments, and transaction service to increase the capacity of governments, development agencies and donors to mobilize the private sector for development. ian odonnell Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:40:00 +0000 development finance private sector risk financing tools http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/ The Open Architecture Network is an online, open source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design. ian odonnell Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:43:25 +0000 architecture building development housing open technology web 2.0 http://mobileactive.org/ A resource for activists using mobile technology worldwide. ian odonnell Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:51:02 +0000 advocacy communication development mobile phone sms technology http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/7129.htm Global tool that combines each country's performance in three areas specific to children, to produce a score on a scale of 0 to 100, measuring child well-being over 3 periods from 1990. aynurkadi Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:09:48 +0000 children development evaluation global impact index mapping poverty well-being world bank http://www.benfieldhrc.org/disaster_studies/index.htm The Centre's Disaster Studies and Management programme covers socio-economic vulnerability to disasters and disaster management (principally mitigation and preparedness). aynurkadi Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:21:22 +0000 capacity climate adaptation community development disaster preparedness disaster risk drr indicators resilience risk vulnerability http://www.fordia.org/fordia_web/_home.html Organization promoting the strengthening of African civil society advocacy roles for social and economic justice. ian odonnell Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:37:42 +0000 advocacy africa africa campaign civil society development kenya tanzania uganda zambia http://interaction.org/transition Interaction's policy paper for U.S. development assistance developed for the transitional team of Obama. Including policies re. climate change, health, food crises, agriculture, gender aynurkadi Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:36:23 +0000 assistance climate change development development policy food security foreign policy gender mdg obama us http://www.abi.org.uk/display/File/Child/554/Making_Communities_Sustainable_housingsummary.pdf Study looking at new developments in Thames Gateway, Ashford, the South Midlands, and the M11 corridor which could significantly increase the costs of flooding. ian odonnell Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:50:46 +0000 development flood growth housing insurance uk http://www.aes.asn.au/conferences/2008/papers/p26.pdf Critique on the lack of robust measurement frameworks and attention to the dimensions of participation in most participatory development approaches. ian odonnell Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:34:33 +0000 capacity community development evaluation impact participation social capital http://www.kiva.org/ Person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world. ian odonnell Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:56:41 +0000 development funding microcredit social investment venture philanthropy http://microfranchising.blogspot.com/ Blog dedicated to the application of traditional franchising to small businesses in the developing world to streamline and replicate microentreprenuership targeting development issues such as health, sanitation, and energy ian odonnell Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:50:49 +0000 development microfranshising private sector social investment venture philanthropy http://www.gsix.co.za/ Web-based tool to enable investment in selected high-performance development projects with measurable outcomes and an evident social return. ian odonnell Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:47:50 +0000 development funding innovation market ngos social investment venture philanthropy http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/about_us/index.php The Campbell Collaboration is an international research network that produces systematic reviews of the effects of social interventions. Campbell is based on voluntary cooperation among researchers of a variety of backgrounds. Campbell's strategic and policy making body is the Steering Group. aynurkadi Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:47:24 +0000 development evaluation impact review systematic