Development Studies: Agencies and networks

The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) is the Australian Government agency responsible for managing Australia's overseas aid program. AusAID is an Executive Agency within the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio and reports to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The Australian Trade Commission – Austrade – is the Australian Government’s trade and investment development agency. Through our global network, we assist Australian companies to succeed in international business, attract productive foreign direct investment into Australia and promote Australia's education sector internationally.

The Australian Council for International Development is the peak Council for Australian not-for-profit aid and development organisations working to attain a world where gross inequality and extreme poverty are eradicated.

The Development Studies Network is a small multidisciplinary organization which encourages discussion and widespread exchange of knowledge of global social and economic development issues, development-related research, and international aid policy and practice. We promote and provide opportunities for open discussion on development issues between universities and colleges, government and non-government organizations, aid practitioners, communities and the private sector.

The Foundation for Development Cooperation is an independent, not-for-profit international development organisation. Through alliances and partnerships, FDC undertakes a range of initiatives which seek to improve the lives of poor people in developing countries.

The Aotearoa New Zealand International Development Studies Network is an interface amongst people and organisations working in or researching international development. It facilitates the exchange of ideas, information and research amongst Development Studies' (and related disciplines') staff, students and other stakeholders in development. These include aid and development NGOs, private sector development practitioners and government (especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade).

The DSA works to connect and promote the development research community in the UK and Ireland. It includes information on development research and training in the UK.

Eldis, part of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex, is a gateway to information on development issues. It provides access to resource guides, country profiles and documents focusing on materials of strategic, policy or practical interest for development practitioners

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is a leading global charity for international development research, teaching and communications. Through hosting Research teams and knowledge services as well as teaching postgraduate courses, they aim to foster new approaches to development policy and practice.

A public corporation created by the Canadian government to help developing countries use science and technology to find solutions to local problems.

The International Institute for Sustainable Development is a Canadian-based, international public policy research institute for sustainable development. IISD champions sustainable development around the world through innovation, partnerships, research and communications.

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 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.

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 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.