Subject guides: Development Studies: e-Resources

Development Studies eBooks

Development Studies eBooks held by The University of Sydney Library

International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences by James D. Wright (Editor-In-Chief)
Call Number: 300.3 18 Fisher
ISBN: 9780080970875
Publication Date: 2015-02-17
Fully revised and updated, the second edition of the IESBS, offers a source of social and behavioral sciences reference material that is broader and deeper than any other. Providing authoritative, foundational, interdisciplinary knowledge across the range of behavioral and social sciences fields, it comprises over 3,900 articles, commissioned by 71 Section Editors, and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.
Dictionary of environment and sustainable development by Gilpin, Alan
Call Number: Scitech 363.703 1
ISBN: 0471962201
Publication Date: New York : John Wiley, c1996.

Human Development Reports
United Nations Development Program - Human Development Reports
Includes Country reports and profiles, statistical tables and the ability to Search the Human Development Report Office's Library
World Bank:
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. We are not a bank in the ordinary sense but a unique partnership to reduce poverty and support development.
UN-Habitat
UN-Habitat is the United Nations programme working towards a better urban future. Its mission is to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all.
International Labour Organization
The only tripartite U.N. agency, since 1919 the ILO brings together governments, employers and workers representatives of 187 member States , to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes promoting decent work for all women and men.
The CIA World Fact Book:
The World Factbook, produced for US policymakers and coordinated throughout the US Intelligence Community, marshals facts on every country, dependency, and geographic entity in the world. We share this information with the people of all nations in the belief that knowledge of the truth underpins the functioning of free societies.

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