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Academy for Educational Development (AED)
Founded in 1961, AED is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to solving critical social problems and building the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to become more self-sufficient.
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Eldis: Education
Education Resource Guide
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Eldis: Education
Education Resource Guide.
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School Feeding
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
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Joint Programme for the Promotion of Basic Education for All Malagasy Children in Madagascar
Learning to read and write in a month!


Academy for Educational Development (AED)
Founded in 1961, AED is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to solving critical social problems and building the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to become more self-sufficient.
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Basic Education Coalition
The Basic Education Coalition, a group of 19 development organizations, advocates for greater priority for early childhood and primary education in foreign assistance programs. The objectives of the Coalition are to enhance awareness and knowledge of the fundamental importance of basic education and to increase resources and commitment to quality education.
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Eldis: Education
Education Resource Guide.Millions of children around the world are deprived of the right to education. The result: One out of three children never see the inside of a classroom. UNESCO works with national governments and development partners to achieve universal free primary education and gender equality by 2015.
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Eldis: The Gateway to Development Information
ELDIS is a gateway to information on development issues, providing free and easy access to wide range of high quality online resources. It provides summaries and links to online documents as well as a directory of websites, databases, library catalogues and email discussion lists.
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International Bureau of Education (IBE) - profiles of national education systems
As from 1996, the IBE has undertaken the preparation of profiles of national education systems, using the information included in the reports on the development of education, supplemented with data from other sources.
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International Labour Office (ILO) and child labour
ILO is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.
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MILLENNIUM CAMPAIGN: Voices against poverty
The UN Millennium campaign has launched its global website informing, inspiring and encouraging people’s involvement and action towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
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Millennium Project: Investing in Development
The UN Millennium Project is an independent advisory body commissioned by the UN Secretary-General to propose the best strategies for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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Organisation for Economic and Co-operation Development (OECD)
OECD plays a prominent role in fostering good governance in the public service and in corporate activity. It produces internationally agreed instruments, decisions and recommendations to promote rules of the game in areas where multilateral agreement is necessary for individual countries to make progress in a globalised economy. Sharing the benefits of growth is also crucial as shown in activities such as emerging economies, sustainable development, territorial economy and aid.
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The World Bank e-library
The online, fully cross-searchable portal of over 3,000 World Bank titles - the essential development information resource.
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The World Bank Group
Its mission is to fight poverty and improve the living standards of people in the developing world.
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UN Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI)
Millions of children around the world are deprived of the right to education. The result: One out of three children never see the inside of a classroom. UNESCO works with national governments and development partners to achieve universal free primary education and gender equality by 2015.
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UN Millennium Development Goals
All 191 UN Member States have pledged to meet these goals by the year 2015.The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest.
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UN Millennium Project "Quick Wins"
Although far from comprehensive, some Quick Wins could bring vital gains in well-being to millions of people and start countries on the path to the Goals.
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
UNICEF works towards health, education, equality and protection for every child. UNICEF’s aim is to get more girls into school, ensure that they stay in school and that they are equipped with the basic tools they need to succeed in later life. As part of its on-going efforts to ensure every girl and boy their right to an education, UNICEF’s acceleration strategy is speeding progress in girls’ enrolment in 25 selected countries during the 2002-2005 period.
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United Nations Development Group (UNDG)
UNDG is an instrument for UN reform, created by the Secretary General in 1997, to improve the effectiveness of UN development at the country level.
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The UN's global development network advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources.
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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
UNFPA is the world's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes.
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World Food Programme (WFP)
WFP is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. Among the Millennium Development Goals which the United Nations has set for the 21st century, halving the proportion of hungry people in the world is top of the list.
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