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- International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
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IDRC is a Canadian public corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies. IDRC's mandate, as stated in the International Development Research Centre Act, is: To initiate, encourage, support, and conduct research into the problems of the developing regions of the world and into the means for applying and adapting scientific, technical, and other knowledge to the economic and social advancement of those regions. In doing so, the Centre helps developing countries use science and knowledge to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face.
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- International Foundation for Science
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IFS is an NGO providing support to developing country scientists to conduct, in a developing country, relevant and high quality research on the management, use, and conservation of biological resources and their environment. IFS believes that the interests of both science and development are best served by promoting and nurturing the research efforts of young science graduates, who are at the beginning of their research careers. Since 1974, IFS has provided support, mainly in the form of small research grants, to over 3,200 scientists in 99 developing countries.
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- International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
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- International Institute for Culture, Tourism and Development (IICTD) - The University of North Lond
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The International Institute's research staff offer a broad spectrum of expertise and experience in the cultural industries, tourism, development, hospitality and leisure. Based at the University of North London, IICTD undertakes a wide range of pure and applied research and consultancy, and its work encompasses research commissioned by central and local governments and agencies responsible for tourism, the arts and culture, sport and recreation and related public policy, to industry associations and international agencies and operators.
http://www.unl.ac.uk/celts/iictd1.htm
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- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
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Exists to nurture, sustain and promote democracy around the world. Global in membership and scope, independent of specific national interests, and quick in its response, International IDEA is an intergovernmental organization with a unique mandate - to support the growth of genuine, sustainable democracy.
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- International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR)
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IIRR is an international NGO engaged in rural development throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America. IIRR produces publications on a variety of development themes, aimed at sharing of experiences among development practitioners. Most of the publications are produced through a participatory workshop called a "writeshop". In an IIRR "writeshop", experts and community members work together to write a manual documenting good practices on a particular development issue.
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- International NGO Training and Research Centre INTRAC
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INTRAC is a non-profit organisation working in the international development and relief sector. We support non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world by helping to explore policy issues, and by strengthening management and organisational effectiveness.
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- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.
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- International Peace Research Association (IPRA)
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http://www.human.mie-u.ac.jp/~peace/about-ipra.htm
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- International Relations and Security Network (IRSN)
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- INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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- International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR)
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The International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) assists developing countries in improving the performance of their national agricultural research systems and organizations.
http://www.cgiar.org/isnar/index.htm
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- INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (IWMI)
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- John Snow Inc. Research and Training Institute
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JSI provides an extensive range of research and consulting services in the health care and service sectors. JSI brings creativity and innovation to all our endeavors. We value our partnerships with clients. Our assets include strong working teams on all projects; easy access to a broad range of disciplines; and flexibility and responsiveness to client needs.
http://www.jsi.com/JSIInternet/
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- Mekong Institute
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The Mekong Institute is a unique facility providing specialised training for key public and private sector personnel in the fields of economic and administrative reform,governance and poverty alleviation. Located on the campus of Khon Kaen University in Northeast Thailand, it serves countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) of Asia: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and the Yunnan Province of China. The Institute's major donor partners are the New Zealand and Japanese Governments.
http://www.mekonginstitute.org/html/
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- Michigan State University's Women & International Development Program
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Michigan State University's Women & International Development Program (WID) promotes teaching, research, and action on international development and global transformation as they affect women and gender relations. While WID's primary focus is the Southern Hemisphere, the program recognizes that the "South" is a set of relationships rather than a place. Moreover, development and global change bring costs as well as benefits, which are often not shared equally by men and women of different nations, races, classes, and ethnicities.
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- Millennium Institute
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http://www.millenniuminstitute.net/
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
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NIWA's mission is to provide a scientific basis for the sustainable management and development of New Zealand's atmospheric, marine and freshwater systems and associated resources. Established in 1992 as one of nine New Zealand Crown Research Institutes (CRIs), NIWA operates as a stand-alone company with its own board of directors and its shares held by the Crown.
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- Natural Resources Institute
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- New Zealand Asian Studies Society
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The New Zealand Asian Studies Society is a wholly independent body that since its establishment in 1974 has sought to encourage the spread of knowledge about Asia, its history, its culture and its role in international affairs.
http://www.inter-asia.org/nexus/
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- OECD Development Centre
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Created in 1962 by the OECD, the Development Centre conducts comparative analysis and promotes informal policy dialogue on development issues of mutual interest for OECD Member countries and the emerging and developing economies of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_33731_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
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- One World Volunteer Institute
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One World Volunteer Institue offers programs that provide a unique possibility to learn about living conditions, traditions and culture in distant regions as well as about ourselves and our own role as responsible world citizens. The programs are Development Instructor programs. That means that you as a participant in one of the programs get to travel to a developing country and work there for six months as a volunteer in a community-based development project.
http://www.oneworldvolunteers.org/
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- Overseas Development Institute
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ODI is Britain's leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries. We do this by locking together high-quality applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused dissemination and debate. We work with partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed countries.
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- Pacific Science Association
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The Pacific Science Association (PSA) is a regional, non-governmental, scholarly organization that seeks to advance science and technology in support of sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific. PSA was founded in 1920 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.
http://www.pacificscience.org/
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- Population Council
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An international, nonprofit institution that conducts research on three fronts: biomedical, social science, and public health.
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