Africa Region Findings
www.worldbank.org/afr/findings/default.htm Source: The World Bank
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Valuable poverty-related Findings and Infobrief Best Practices from the World Bank's Africa Region.[Back to top] African Development Bank (AFDB)
www.afdb.org/ Source: The African Development Bank
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The African Development Bank Group is a multinational development bank supported by 77 nations from Africa, North and South America, Europe and Asia. Established in 1964, its mission is to promote economic and social development through loans, equity investments, and technical assistance.[Back to top] Afriline
www.afriline.net/welcome.html Source: Africa Region NGO Working Group
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Afriline is a web site about poverty, conflict, gender, environment and the World Bank organized by the Africa Region NGO Working Group, which includes more than 50 organizations and networks from 22 African countries. [Back to top] Angonet
www.angonet.org/ Source: Development Workshop
Country: Angola
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Angonet is a project supported by Development Workshop, that aims to increase the capacity of non-profit, civic and development organizations working within the context of Angola's humanitarian crisis, through improved communications and information exchange.[Back to top] ASAP Africa
www.asapafrica.org/index.htm Description:
ASAP, A Self-help Assistance Program, is a small not-for-profit organization with a big vision: a world without poverty. Its mission is to enable people living in Southern Africa to rise out of the cycle of poverty by becoming productive and self-reliant. [Back to top] Center for Health Policy and Strategic Studies (CHPSS)
www.expage.com/chpsshomepage Description:
The goal of CHPSS is to improve the quality of life of every Nigerian through health promotion, prevention and information empowerment.Related Sites:Understanding poverty , health and development in Africa[Back to top] Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
www.dbsa.org/ Description:
The Development Bank of Southern Africa was established in 1983. In 1996 the Bank was transformed to ensure that it met the needs of the new South Africa and the SADC region. Its mandate is to finance sustainable development in partnership with the public and private sectors; focus on investments in the area of infrastructure; and respond to development demands and act as a catalyst for investments.
Its countries of operation are: Angola, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Malawi, Tanzania, Mauritius, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[Back to top] Education with Enterprise Trust (EWET)
www.ewet.org.za/index.html Description:
EWET's story began in 1991 with a small group of dedicated teachers, community leaders and educationalists determined to help a community with high unemployment and a growing number of school leavers. EWET initiated in the north-eastern Free State province in South Africa, in Phuthaditjhaba - high country. [Back to top] Ethiopia PRSP
www.mesob.org/prsp.htm Source: InterAfrica Group
Country: Ethiopia
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Website for those interested in understanding the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) process in Ethiopia. [Back to top] HIV Africa
www.hivafrica.org/ Source: Lazarus Foundation
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This site is supported by the Lazarus Foundation, a non-profit, US-based international health organization. The site attempts to collate information on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. AIDS is laying waste to an entire continent, more rapidly than the international community cares to acknowledge. Africa is buckling under the strain of this crisis, with the diversion of scarce resources to health and social systems that are grossly inadequate to deal with the magnitude of the problem.[Back to top] IIED Drylands Programme
www.iied.org/drylands/index.html Description:
IIED's Drylands Programme seeks to promote better and more sustainable livelihoods for people in Africa's drylands. One of its main priorities is to disseminate information, in the form of books, papers, and journals, the majority of which are available free for download from the Programme's website.Related Sites:International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) IIED is an independent, non-profit organization promoting sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, networking and knowledge dissemination. Project work is multidisciplinary and addresses the science, social science, economics and cultural aspects of development problems. Programmes in all of these areas aim to help reduce poverty and manage global resources more equitably and efficiently.[Back to top] Indigenous Knowledge Program
www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/ Source: The World Bank
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The Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Program's website opens a gateway to different sources on IK. It aims to facilitate a multilateral dialogue between local communities, NGOs, governments, donors, civil society and the private sector. The ultimate objective of the website is to help mainstream indigenous knowledge into activities of development partners and to optimize the benefits of development assistance, especially to the poor.[Back to top] Institute for African Development (IAD)
www.einaudi.cornell.edu/africa/ Source: Cornell University
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The Institute for African Development (IAD) fosters teaching, research, and outreach related to food security, human resource development including refugee assistance environmental resource management, economic growth, and policy guidance in Africa.[Back to top] Kabissa
www.kabissa.org/ Description:
The mission of Kabissa is to provide a space on the Internet for the African non-profit sector. Kabissa seeks to support African non-profits in their effort to take advantage of ICT and Internet as a means for achieving their humanitarian objectives.Related Sites:Newsletter Newsletter[Back to top] Kedeco Foundation
www.kedeco.org/ Description:
The mission of the Kedeco Foundation is to reduce poverty in Kenya. Kedeco's strategy is based on two pillars: harnessing the labour resource from Kenya's poor community to boost economic growth and linking this growth to an increase in basic services for those same poor.[Back to top] Khanya: Managing Rural Change
www.khanya-mrc.co.za/ Description:
Khanya - Managing Rural Change is a company which is addressing the challenge of rural poverty. It works in an action-learning partnership with public and private sector organizations, providing facilitation, advice, training and research in change management and rural development. Khanya has worked throughout Southern Africa with poor people, governments, bilateral and multilateral organisations and NGOs.[Back to top] Newsletter
www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php Description:
NewsletterRelated Sites:Kabissa The mission of Kabissa is to provide a space on the Internet for the African non-profit sector. Kabissa seeks to support African non-profits in their effort to take advantage of ICT and Internet as a means for achieving their humanitarian objectives.[Back to top] Poverty in Africa
www4.worldbank.org/afr/poverty/default.cfm Source: The World Bank
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The Poverty in Africa web site includes a Household Survey Databank, with in-depth information on African surveys, and links to document and questionnaires. Also featured are a Survey Navigator and a Document Navigator, which allow, respectively, to perform searches of the data archives and of survey documentation and questionnaires, analytical and working papers, manuals, and yearbooks.[Back to top] South African National NGO Coalition (SANGOCO)
www.sangoco.org.za/ Description:
The South African National NGO Coalition (SANGOCO) is a rapidly growing umbrella body of South African NGOs. The Coalition was formed in August 1995 to co-ordinate NGO input into the Reconstruction and Development Programme. It consists of provincial and sectoral affiliates, working in a wide range of development fields including land, health, urban and rural development. Related Sites:Promoting Pro-Poor Policy in South Africa [Back to top] Tanzania Adult Morbidity and Mortality Project
www.ncl.ac.uk/ammp/ Source: Tanzania Minstry of Health, UK Department for International Development, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Councils of Hai, Ilala, Morogoro, Rufiji, and Temeke
Country: Tanzania
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The Adult Morbidity and Mortality Project, Phase 2 (AMMP-2) is a project of the Tanzanian Ministry of Health, funded by the UK Department for International Development, and implemented in partnership with the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Within the contexts of Tanzania's programme of health sector reform, AMMP-2 provides reliable and regularly updated community based information about the burden of disease. [Back to top] Tanzania Without Poverty
www.hakikazi.org/eng/ Source: Hakikazi Catalyst
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The site presents the "plain language" version of the Tanzania Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). The tone and spirit of the document is true to the original PRSP but cartoons and quotations have been added along with a small section which explains what some of the "big words" mean and a list of ten questions to stimulate heavy thinking. These extras should help readers to dig beneath the surface and mine for deeper understandings. [Back to top] Tanzania: UNDP Country Office
www.tz.undp.org/ Source: United Nations Development Programme
Country: Tanzania
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UNDP supports the efforts of Tanzanians to fight poverty. UNDP draws on global best practices to build national capacity to manage the development process. It supports national aid initiatives by forming strong partnerships and empower the poor to help themselves. A central part of its work is to support aid coordination. In Tanzania, UNDP's focus areas are Poverty reduction strategies, Governance, and HIV/AIDS. Environment, Gender Equality and Information and Communications Technology feature prominently in all these areas. [Back to top] Technical Assistance to Social Fund for Development (TASFD)
tasfd.org/ Description:
The website gives an overview about the 'Technical Assistance to Social Fund for Development' (TASFD) project, which is based in Cairo and Upper Egypt. The project provides investment funds and technical assistance to the Egyptian government's Social Fund for Development (SFD), and has poverty alleviation and capacity building objectives.[Back to top] Uganda Debt Network (UDN)
www.uganda.co.ug/debt/ Description:
UDN advocates for reduced and sustainable debt levels, accountability and effective use of national resources for the benefit of all the people of Uganda. [Back to top] United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
www.uneca.org/ Source: United Nations
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UNECA is the regional arm of the United Nations for Africa, mandated to support the economic and social development of its 53 member States, foster regional integration, and promote international cooperation for Africa’s development. Established in 1958 and based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ECA is one of five regional economic commissions under the administrative direction of the UN Headquarters. [Back to top] World Bank: Zimbabwe Country Office
www.worldbank.org.zw/ Source: The World Bank
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Web Site of the Resident Mission of the World Bank in Zimbabwe. [Back to top] Zambia: Virtual Developing Country
bized.ac.uk/virtual/dc/ Source: Biz/ed
Country: Zambia
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Through this site it is possible to take a series of virtual field trips throughout Zambia visiting a number of places and people. At each stop on the way one will be able to gain access to key data and economic theory, a glossary, pictures and have the opportunity to complete worksheets. [Back to top]
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