International Development

An index of current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications.

Links to Central Banks across the world.

This UN agency is dedicated to ensuring food security. The mandate of this group is to improve nutrition, increase agricultural productivity, raise the standard of living in rural populations and contribute to global economic growth.

The International Development Association (IDA) is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. IDA provides interest-free credits and grants for programs that boost economic growth and reduce inequalities.

An organization of 185 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.

The leading international agency working with governments and civil society to advance the understanding of migration issues, encourage social and economic development through migration, and uphold the human dignity and well-being of migrants. The site's publication section has a number of free reports, country profiles and e-books including annual world migration reports.

An international economic organization of 34 countries founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum of countries committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members.

UNCTD promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy. The UNCTD publications site includes flagship reports, series, and meeting documentation.

UNDP is the UN's global development network. Site includes Millennium Development Goals and Human Development Reports.

OCHA is the part of the United Nations Secretariat responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies. OCHA also ensures there is a framework within which each actor can contribute to the overall response effort.

The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The World Bank is a unique partnership to reduce poverty and support development. The World Bank Group is comprised of five institutions managed by their member countries.

This is the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms.

Publishes a number of working papers series, many of which are available full-text online

A university-wide center involving multiple entities within the Harvard community that provide expertise in public health, medicine, social science, management, and other disciplines to promote evidence-based approaches to humanitarian assistance. Site includes publication page.