Apologies for any cross-posting
This week the International Development Network at http://www.idn.org/
posts links to this document and supporting information in the "New
Publications" Section of our home page.
The World Population Profile: 1998 is the latest published compendium
and analysis of data on population, fertility, mortality, contraceptive
use and related demographic topics by the U.S. Census Bureau. The
Special Focus section of the report provides an update on one of the
fundamental international health and demographic events of our time--the
worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Graphic versions (PDF format files) of the full report may be
downloaded. The report's appendix tables represent the backbone of the
report. These tables, and supplementary tables, in Lotus WK1 format will
be available from the census bureau individually or can be downloaded
now as a group (as a self-extracting ZIP file 353 KB).
More recent data may be available from the Bureau's International Data
Base (IDB).
Here is what else is new at the IDN Web Site this week:
NEW MEMBERS
The IDN is pleased to welcome as a new member Mr. John Lawrence. Mr.
Lawrence is a Soil Conservationist for the United States Department of
Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation Service and is currently
stationed in Guam. You can download his curriculum vitae at
http://www.idn.org/members/index.htm
Information on how to become a sponsoring member of the IDN may be found
at http://www.idn.org/membership/index.htm
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TOOLS YOU CAN USE
This week's tool is the web site for "Making the Internet Connection
Count : Effective Use of the Internet in Seven Steps"/"Pour que la
connexion à l'Internet compte: Utilisation efficace de l'Internet en
sept étapes", published as part of the USAID Leland Initiative, is
intended for decision makers and staff of NGOs, educational
institutions, and government agencies that currently do not have, or
have very limited, access to the Internet.
You can read this document on-line in either English or French.
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QUICK LINK OF THE WEEK
5 missions humanitaires sur le net
This week's quick link is to the web site for the 5 missions
humanitaires sur le net, jointly sponsored by Médecins
Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), Lotus Corporation (France),
and the French children's magazine Okapi.
As reported in a story by the Lotus Corporation, this site contains
"reports on a diverse world, a world that children who use computers
seldom see: a hungry five year old, in jail for stealing an apple. Or
whole families bitten by the tsetse fly and stricken with sleeping
sickness. Or a team of doctors heading out on a tractor across flooded
rice plantations and overflowing rivers to halt an epidemic in a remote
village of Laos."
Note: This site is an excellent example of Lotus Notes/Domino technology
in action. The IDN has begun making preparations to move to a
Notes/Domino R5 Platform this summer. As part of this move, we will
offer IDN Members and other interested organizations the ability to take
advantage of Notes/Domino Application Technology such as SameTime/Team
Room Global Collaboration, Discussion Forums, Secure Transit of
Data/Information and more, without having to make major investments in
the Infrastructure themselves. We will also provide development support
to organizations currently using this tool.
Some development organizations currently using this platform include:
Canadian International Development Agency - http://w3.acdi-cida.gc.ca/
World Vision - http://www.worldvision.org/
World Vision Canada - http://www.worldvision.ca/
International Committee of the Red Cross - http://www.icrc.org/
SANREM CRSP at the University of Georgia (USAID project) -
http://www.sanrem.uga.edu/
World Travel and Tourism Council - http://www.wttc.org/
Caribbean Development Bank - http://www.caribank.org/
United Nations High Commission for Human Rights -
http://www.unhchr.ch/
It is also used by the World Bank, the USAID Intranet, the Education
Development Center, and more.
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NEW LINKS
BASICS (Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival) - Working
in collaboration with other international agencies, nongovernmental
organizations, health systems, and academic institutions, but especially
with public health officials in developing countries, BASICS provides
technical assistance to countries' priority health programs.
Bellanet -an international initiative with a mission to increase the
impact of development programming. Fosters inter-agency collaboration
through more effective use of information and communication
technologies.
British Columbia Council for International Cooperation - works toward
goal of social justice in our own community, as well as in the
international community.
Center for International Development at Harvard University (CID) - The
CID has been established with one overriding conceptual notion: the need
for cross-disciplinary approaches to the challenges of sustainable
development.
The Communication Initiative - Facilitating essential
communication-for-change information, networks, review and analysis for
the international development community.
Developing Countries Farm Radio Network - helping farm families learn
about simple, proven ways to increase food supplies and improve
nutrition and health since 1979. (English/French)
Dreyfus Health Foundation - efforts are focused on innovative and
flexible approaches that stress individual and group responsibility,
ideas, and action and the optimization of the use of already available
resources for health.
Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank ( PTA Bank)
European Centre for Development Policy Management - an independent
foundation whose capacity building activities aim to improve cooperation
between Europe and countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.
IN COMMON - Global Action Against Poverty - a campaign to make action
against poverty a public and political priority.
information habitat: where information lives - promotes the
understanding and practice of information ecology.
International Development & Refugee Foundation - IDRF is a Canadian
nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the disadvantaged peoples
of the world through emergency relief and participatory development
programs based on the Islamic principles of human dignity,
self-reliance, and social justice.
International Development Enterprises - active in providing the "right
help" to the rural poor through affordable technology.
The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) - an
independent agency of the Canadian government committed to providing
decision makers and opinion leaders with reliable information and
objective views on the current state of the debate on the environment
and the economy. (English/French)
Project Ploughshares - peace research and advocacy organization that
investigates the roots of militarism and proposes alternative measures
for peace and real security.
The Victoria International Development Education Association - a
proactive, community-based organization which informs and educates on
issues of inter-connectedness and social justice.
World Accord - Established in 1980, World Accord promotes self-help
programs and projects in developing countries around the globe.
Links with an (*) are modified links or link descriptions.
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The IDN plans to continue our growth and to expand the depth and breadth
of our information services. If you have not yet thought about a
membership/sponsorship in the IDN, we encourage you to consider becoming
a sponsor/member of the fastest growing, most comprehensive and current
International Development Web Site on the Internet! Information is
available at http://www.idn.org/membership/index.htm
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