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Reference Resources

Collective Resources

• NGO Research Guide, Duke University Libraries
• NGOs, Global Policy Forum
• Links to External Web sites: Search for Category NGO, ILO
• For NGOs, WTO
• Civil Society Initiative, WHO
• Civil Society, World Bank
• Civil Society and Parliamentarians, OECD
• Joseph and Matthew Payton Philanthropic Studies Library, IUPUI
Charities, Non-Profit, ..., Company Information, Electronic Sources and Resources

Bibliographies, Indexes and Abstracts

• International Bibliographical Research Project, Union of International Associations
• Overview of issues from the bibliography on civil society and health, R Loewenson, WHO / TARSC
• Online Library, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
• Search InterAction Documents

Directories

• WANGO, Worldwide NGO Directory
• Non-Governmental Organizations Database, UN Office at Geneva
• NGO Database, UN Office on Drugs and Crime
• Database of Archives of Non-Governmental Organisations, University of Birmingham
• Private Voluntary Organizations Registry, USAID
• Directory of Non-Governmental International Organizations, ILO
• Guide to the UN System for NGOs, UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service
• DPI / NGO Directory, UN
• List of NGOs in Official Relations with WHO
• Directory of Development Organizations, Bert Wesselink
• Union of International Associations, selected links from the Yearbook of International Organizations

Handbooks and Manuals

• A Media Relations Handbook for NGOs, ILGA-Europe
• Monitoring Election Campaign Finance: A Handbook for NGOs, Justice Initiative, 23 November 2004
• Negotiating and Implementing Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs): A Manual for NGOS, UNEP, May 2007
• Fundraising Guide for NGOs, Jane Bradshaw, VOS Working Papers in Development
• Capacity Building of Civil Society dealing with Anti-Discrimination: Training Manual, Human European Consultancy in partnership with the Migration Policy Group, September 2005

Institutes, Centres, Departments ...

• Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
• Center for Civil Society, UCLA
• Centre for Civil Society, LSE
• Center on Philanthropy, IUPUI
• Department of Public Information Non-Governmental Organizations, UN
• International Council of Voluntary Agencies
• International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
• International Society for Third Sector Research
• Non-Governmental Liaison Service, UN
• Voluntary Sector Studies Network

Serials

• Civil Society Observer, 2004 forward, full-text
• Go Between, 1997 forward, full-text
• International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law, 1998 forward, full-text
• NGLS Roundup Series, 1996 forward, full-text

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By Country / Region

Collective Resources

• WANGO, Worldwide NGO Directory
• OneWorld

Africa

• The Operational Environment and Constraints for NGOs in Kenya: Strategies for Good Policy and Practice, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, IELRC Working Paper No. 2000-2
• Repackaging Authoritarianism: Freedom of Association and Expression and the Right to Organize Under the Proposed NGO Policy for Tanzania, Tundu Antiphas Lissu, Lawyers' Environmental Action Team
• Global Partnerships in Tanzania's Marine Resource Management: NGOs, the Private Sector, and Local Communities, Arielle Levine, presented at The Commons in an Age of Globalisation, the Ninth Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, June 17-21, 2002
• Subjectivity, Collective Action and the Governance Agenda in Arumeru East, Tim Kelsall, University of Oxford, QEH Working Paper Series 42, June 2000
• NGO Network Alliance Project, Zimbabwe

Americas

• Civil Society Participation: Secretariat for the Summit Process, Organization of American States
• NGO Project Facility, Canadian International Development Agency
• Handbook on Environmental Assessment of Non-Governmental Organizations and Institutions Programs and Projects, Canadian Partnership Branch, Canadian International Development Agency, November, 1997
• Health Leadership: The Role of the NGO Community - A Canadian Perspective, Madeline Boscoe, Canada-U.S.A. Women's Health Forum
• Bridges or Walls? Making our choices on private sector engagement -- A Deliberation guide for action against poverty, Canadian Council for International Cooperation, February 2001
• Non-Governmental Organizations in Latin America, LANIC
• Nongovernmental Groups Advance Humanitarian Goals, Human Rights, InfoUSA, US State Department
• Non-Governmental Organization Concept Development for Management of International Space Station Utilization, final report, Internal Study Team, NASA, April 2001

Asia-Pacific

• Publications: NGOs, AusAID
• Impact of Government-NGO Initiatives in Community Based Fisheries Management in Bangladesh, Paul M. Thompson, Md. Nurul Islam, and Md. Monjur Kadir, presented at Crossing Boundaries, the seventh annual conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 10-14, 1998
• NGOsIndia
• Human Rights, NGOs, and Foreign Policy: Case Studies of Japanese Foreign Policy Toward Indonesia and Myanmar and Efforts of Human Rights NGOs, Atsuko Yokobori, Master's Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002

Europe

• The Commission and Non-Governmental Organisations: Building a Stronger Partnership, Commission Discussion Paper, European Commission, 2000
• Civil society, Employment and Social Affairs, European Commission
• Confronting Ethnic Chauvinism in a Post-War Environment: NGO's and Peace Education in Bosnia, Laura Stovel, Working Paper Series, Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Bradford, December 2000

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By Major Interest

Arms, Disarmament, Weapons, and Control

• Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security
• Non-governmental Organizations Participation in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Process, Ernie Regehr, International Security Research and Outreach Programme International Security Bureau, September 2003

Development

• Organisations, Sustainable Development WWW Virtual Library
• CARE
• Save the Children

Ecology / Environmental Affairs

• Non-Governmental Organizations, CERES
• Non-Governmental Organizations, LUPIN
• Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Links, Oceans and the Law of the Sea, UN
• Non-Governmental Organizations, Energy CrossRoads, LBL
• Non-Governmental Links, Minerals Management Service
• African Wildlife Foundation
• Green Cross International
• Greenpeace International

Health

• International Red Cross Committee
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Médecins Sans Frontières
• Recent International Trends in NGO Health System Organization, Development and Collaborations with Government in Transforming Health Care Systems: The Case of Finland and Kenya, Richard G. Wamai Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Social Policy / Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki Finland, 2004

Human Rights

• Non-Governmental Organizations, Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota
• Amnesty International
• Human Rights Watch International
• Oxfam International

Intellectual Property

• Links to Non-Governmental Organizations, Intellectual Property Rights, International Information Programs, US Department of State

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By Organization

• Cooperation with Nongovernment Organizations and Civil Society, Asian Development Bank
• Cooperation Between ADB and NGOs, Policy Papers, Asian Development Bank, April 1998
• Australian Council for International Development
• The Commission and the NGOs, European Commission
• The Commission and Non-Governmental Organisations: Building a Stronger Partnership, Commission Discussion Paper, European Commission, 2000
• Civil society, Employment and Social Affairs, European Commission
• Civil Society Participation, Organization of American States
• Civil Society and Parliamentarians, OECD
• ILO and Civil Society
• NGOs Network (at the United Nations)
• DPI / NGO Home Page, UN
• Non-Governmental Organizations, Economic and Social Council, UN
• NGO-ONG, UNESCO
• United Nations and Civil Society
• Intergovernmental Negotiations and Decision Making at the United Nations: A Guide, UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service, November 2007
• NGLS Handbook, UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service
• Civil Society Engagement: Year in Review, UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service
• Working with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: A Handbook for NGOs, OHCHR, ca.2006
• World Bank and Civil Society
• Involving Nongovernmental Organizations in Bank-Supported Activities, GP 14.70, Good Practices, World Bank Operational Manual, February 2000
• Consultations with Civil Society Organizations: A Sourcebook, World Bank, Working Document, May 2004
• Guidelines for arrangements on relations with Non-Governmental Organizations,Decision adopted by the General Council on 18 July 1996, WT/L/162, 23 July 1996

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Law, Legislation and Policy

• Trafficking in Persons: A Guide for Non-Governmental Organizations, Civil Rights Division, US Department of Justice
• Selected Reports, Papers and Studies on International Legal Status of NGOs, UIA
• Principles governing relations with nongovernmental organizations, WHO
• Policy for relations with nongovernmental organizations, Report by the Director-General, WHO, A56/46, 14 April 2003
• Guidelines for arrangements on relations with Non-Governmental Organizations, Decision adopted by the General Council on 18 July 1996, World Trade Organization, WT/L/162, 23 July 1996

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Theory and Concept

Collections

• Civil Society Working Papers, Centre for Civil Society, LSE
• Publications, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
• International Working Paper Series, Centre for Civil Society, LSE
• Voluntary Sector Working Papers, Centre for Civil Society, LSE
• World Bank Publications, Civil Society

Definitions

• Defining NGOs, Global Policy Forum
• Criteria, Department of Public Information Non-Governmental Organizations, UN
• Arrangments for Consultation with Non-Governmental Organizations, ECOSOC Resolution 1996/31
• Defining Civil Society: The Elusive Term, Thomas Carothers and Marina Ottaway, WorldBank: Development Outreach, Winter 2002
• Defining Civil Society, Overview of the World Bank and Civil Society, World Bank
• What is civil society?, Centre for Civil Society, LSE

Papers, Studies, Reports ...

• NGOs and Their Role in the Global South, Monsiapile Kajimbwa, International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law, Volume 9, Issue 1, December 2006
• The Cardoso Report and Related Documents, DPI/NGO, UN, 2003
• The Role of NGOs in Human Security, Sarah Michael, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations Working Paper No. 12, November 2002
• Non Governmental Organizations and Civil Society Engagement in World Bank Supported Projects: Lessions from OED Evaluations, Lessons and Practices no. 18, 28 August 2002
• Accountability, Strategy, and International Non-Governmental Organizations, L. David Brown and Mark H. Moore, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations Working Paper No. 7, April 2001
• Protecting American Interests Abroad: U.S. Citizens, Businesses, and Non-Governmental Organizations, Bruce Hoffman, Rand CT-176, April 2001
• The Non- Governmental Organization Coalition for an International Criminal Court: A Case Study on NGO Networking, Amy Jeanne Bann, Master's Thesis, Virginia Tech, May 2000
• Globalization, NGOs and Multi-Sectoral Relations, L. David Brown et al., Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations Working Paper No. 1, July 2000
• International Non-Government Organisations and Peacebuilding: Perspectives from Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Nick Lewer, Working Paper Series, Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Bradford, October 1999
• An Emerging Partnership in Regional Economic Development: Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Local State and the World Bank. A Case Study of Planafloro, Rondônia, Brazil, Marcos Antonio Pedlowski, PhD Dissertation, Virginia Tech, May 1997
• Globalization and Civil Society: NGO Influence in International Decision-Making, Riva Krut, et al., UNRISD, Discussion Paper No. 83, April 1997

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