Guides: ECO 4334/INB 4334: Economic Development: Organizations

International Organizations

International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries. Seventy-five per cent of the world's poorest people - 1.05 billion women, children and men - live in rural areas and depend on agriculture and related activities for their livelihoods.
International Labor Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity.

International Monetary Fund This link opens in a new window
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 187 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.

International Trade Centre
The goal of the International Trade Centre is to help developing countries to achieve sustainable development through exports; activating, supporting and delivering projects with an emphasis on competitiveness.
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
The Organisation provides a setting where governments compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice and coordinate domestic and international policies.
United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics (UNU-WIDER)
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research provides economic analysis and policy advice with the aim of promoting sustainable and equitable development for all.

World Bank e-Library This link opens in a new window
Searches the World Bank's full-text collection of books, reports/working papers, journals, and other documents on social and economic development.This resource brings together, in PDF format, a fully indexed and cross-searchable database of over 5 500 titles, as well as every new title as it becomes available in print. The e-library consists of over 1 600 World Bank publications and over 2 400 Policy Research Working Papers in addition to new books and papers as they are published. E-Library is fully searchable by subject, region, keyword, title, author, abstract, or year of publication.

World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

Council of Europe Development Bank
The CEB represents a major instrument of the policy of solidarity in Europe, in order to help its 40 Member States achieve sustainable and equitable growth. In doing this, it contributes to improving the living conditions of the most disadvantaged population groups.
European Central Bank
The European Central Bank, along with the national central banks, forms the central banking system of the euro area. Its mission is to provide price stability for the area and to safeguard the value of the euro. The statistics area of this website provides useful information concerning the monetary condition of the euro area.
European Commission - Development
The mission of this organization is to help to reduce and ultimately eradicate poverty in the developing countries through the promotion of sustainable development, democracy, peace and security. Furthermore, it sets Commission development policy and federates European development policy across the globe.
European Investment Bank
The task of the Bank is to contribute towards the integration, balanced development and economic and social cohesion of the EU Member States.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe : UNECE This link opens in a new window
Provides selected documents and publications, including statistical, on the activities and policies related to economic cooperation and integration, environmental policy, gender equality, population issues, sustainable energy, trade, transport, and climate change of 56 European countries.

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean This link opens in a new window
Provides information and selected publications, including statistical, on the activities and policies related to economic and social development of 44 member states.

Inter-American Development Bank
The largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Inter-American Development Bank supports efforts by Latin America and the Caribbean countries to reduce poverty and inequality and to do this in a sustainable way.

Asian Development Bank
ADB is an international development finance institution whose mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people.

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia This link opens in a new window
Provides documents and selected publications, including statistical, on the activities and policies related to sustainable development & productivity, social development, economic development & globalization, and information & communications technology of 17 member states.
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific : UNESCAP This link opens in a new window
Provides documents and publications, including statistical, on the activities and policies related to macroeconomic policy and development, trade & investment, transport, social development, environment & sustainable development, information & communications technology, and disaster risk reduction of 62 member states.

African Development Bank Group
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s mission is to help reduce poverty, improve living conditions for Africans and mobilize resources for the continent’s economic and social development.

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) This link opens in a new window
Provides information and selected publications, including statistical, on the activities and policies related to macroeconomic policy, regional integration and trade, social development, natural resources, innovation and technology, gender equality, and governance of 54 member states.

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
The principal purpose of the Arab Fund is to contribute to the financing of economic and social development projects in the Arab countries.
Arab Monetary Fund
Arab Monetary Fund is a Regional Arab Organisation. Founded in 1976, and operational in 1977, it provides statistics on member nations.
Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND)
AGFUND seeks to Contribution to human development efforts through the support of development programs and projects initiated by AGFUND and/or its partners and implemented by the United Nations development organizations, international and regional organizations, governmental and NGO’s bodies all over the developing world, without discrimination.