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December 2006
- Urban Environmental Management:
- Energy - Monograph on "Energy Savings in Cities"
- Transportation - WRI Center for Sustainable Transportation
- Tourism - Link to 'Tourism Futures'
November 2006
- Sustainable Development:
- Poverty: Added several links on poverty information resources
- Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands:
- Oceans - Link to World Ocean Observatory
- Urban Environmental Management:
- Disaster management - Expansion of the Special Feature on "Environmental Management
and Disaster Risk Reduction"
- Ecological Footprints - Water footprints: "Virtual water trade between nations"
- NGO Cafe:
- Bungee Jumps - added links to the special section on Human Rights
- Kickstart an NGO - Criteria to evaluate NGOs in India
- Microfinance:
- Microfinance Governance - Micro-Credit Ratings International
- Case Studies (Georgia) - Constanta Foundation
- Case Studies (India) - FAQ: Loans to the other half
October 2006
- All GDRC:
- The telephone number of GDRC has changed to +81-50-5534-5535. The fax number remains the same.
- Index pages of all the 15 programmes were enhanced with some new features.
- Sustainable Development:
- UN-DESD: Added highlights of GDRC's work on sustainability for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development"
- Innovate Communities: Innovativenes > Creativity + Originality
- Poverty: Added several links on poverty information resources
- Oceans, Coasts and Small Islands:
- Oceans - Links were updated and 'Breaking Waves' newsletter added
- Urban Environmental Management:
- Disaster Management: Idea Bank - Japanese Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness
- Microfinance:
- Special announcement: Prof. Yunus is awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize
- Documents and Reports - Islamic Microfinance
- Case studies - South Africa: Center for Microfinance, Univ. of Pretoria
- Informal Sector:
- New look for the main page!
- Poverty alleviation and Job Creation: Training for Work in the Informal Sector
September 2006
August 2006
- All GDRC:
- Environmental Decision-Making:
- Documents and Reports - Added "Community-based Environmental Decision-Making"
- Programmes and Initiatives - Added "Stages of the Collaborative Problem Solving Processes"
- Sustainable Development:
- Innovative Communities - One-Pager on "Bringing 'Innovativeness" and 'Community' together"
- Urban Environmental Management:
- Disaster Management - Created a special feature on "Environmental Management and Disaster Risk Reduction"
- Urban Governance:
- Mediation, Risk and Conflict - Added link to The InterNeg Group
- NGO Cafe:
- Bungee Jumps: Updated links in the NGO Databases page
- Microfinance:
- Newsletter - added link to 'MicroCapital Monitor'
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July 2006
- Sustainable Development:
- Sustained Voices - new Voices were added
- Urban Environmental Management:
- Ecological Footprints - WWF EF Guide for Local Authorities
- Sustainable Torusim - Link to the Responsible Tourism Partnership
- Energy Management - Renewable Energy Policy Network (REN21)
- NGO Cafe:
- Wise Words - Link to stakeholder Forum
- Informal Sector:
- Definitions - Wikipedia article on the informal economy
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March 2006
- All GDRC:
- Index pages of all programmes were enhanced with search tools and other information.
- Urban Environmental Management:
- City Networks - UN Global Compact - Cities Programme
- Sust. Tourism: Association for Tourism in Higher Education
- Ecological Footprints: Added link to Ecological Footprints Standards
- Urban Heritage and Conservation:
- Document Repository - Financing Heritage and Conservation
- Microfinance:
- Bibliographies - Updated Microfinance bibliography with new references, and added new information
- Documents - Making Insurance Work for the Poor
- Access for Women - links updated and added
- Training - Financial Services Training Resource Center
- Sustainable Business:
- Programmes and Initiatives - UNEP Financial Initiaitive
Feb'06
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February 2006
- Sustainable Development:
- Human Security - Bibliography on issues related to human security
- Urban Environmental Management:
- Ecological Footprints - Added "Paper Calculator"
- Urban Heritage and Conservation:
- Created a new 'Document Repository' of all research output from GDRC.
- Microfinance:
- Internet Resources - Addtions made in Microfinance Software
- Microfinance Governance - added "Banking the Unbanked: Technology’s Role in Delivering
Accessible Financial Services to the Poor"
- Disasters - document added, "Livelihoods and Micro-finance in Refugee Camps"
- Environmental Colours - Microfinance and Renewable Energy
- Information Design:
- Information Design - Some definitions
- Three documents added to 'Aricles and Reports' section
Jan'06
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January 2006
- All GDRC: A more user-friendly sitemap, with a better layout was created.
- Sustainable Development: Indicators - Environmental Milestones
- Urban Environmental Management:
- Disasters - DM: A Role for the Private Sector
- Water (Micro Action) - The Water Guide
- NGO Cafe:
- Bungee Jumps - Worldwide NGO Directory
- Kickstract an NGO - Resources added to 'Codes of Conduct' section
- Microfinance:
- Microfinance and Disasters - several links were added and updated.
- Internet Resources - Canadian Gateway to Microfinance
- Intl Year of Microcredit - Added Statement of Advisory Group, IYM 2005
- Sustainable Business: Short document - "Sustainability is Good Business"
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