Linking up

Linking up to the world (wide web) of Business and Development. Here you can find links related to the field 

→ this page is in constant development. All contributions are mostly welcome.

Academic Departments and Institutes

• Centre for Business and Development Studies of Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)
• Department of Society and Globalization of Roskilde University (Denmark)
• Government Department of Uppsala University (Sweden)
• Faculty of Social Sciences of University of Lund (Sweden)
• Department of Academic Affairs of Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway) 
• Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Switzerland)
• Development Studies Institute of London School of Economics (UK)
• Institute for Development Policy and Management of University of Manchester (UK)
• School of International Development of University of East Anglia (UK)
• International Development Department of University of Birmingham (UK)
• Department of International Development of University of Oxford (UK)
• Development Studies of University of Sussex (UK)
• Institute of Development Studies (UK)
• Centre for Development Studies of Swansea University (Wales)
• School of Development Studies of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)
• Chr. Michelsen Institute (Norway)
• United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
• World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University
• …do you know of any other? Use the comment section below!

  

Think Tanks

• McKinsey Global Institute (MGI)
• …do you know of any other? Use the comment section below!

 

International Organizations

• United Nations Development Group (UNDG) / UNDG members
• United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• World Bank (WB)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• …do you know of any other? Use the comment section below!

 

Development Banks

• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• African Development Bank (AfDB)
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
• China Development Bank (CDB)
• …do you know of any other? Use the comment section below!

 

Development Finance Institutions

• European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) Group of 16 bilateral institutions which provide long-term finance for private sector enterprises in developing and reforming economies. Denmark’s IFU or Portugal’s SOFID are among them.
• …do you know of any other? Use the comment section below!

 

NGO’s

• Bank Information Centre (BIC) Monitors the policies and projects of the World Bank, IMF, etc…
• …do you know of any other? Use the comment section below!

 

Entrepreneurial Initiatives

• MyC4 (Denmark) Innovative online microfinance project
• FanMilk (Denmark) Selling dairy products to BOP markets in Africa
• …do you know of any other? Use the comment section below!

 

Competitions

• IdentiPlast 2009 (Essay) Award of 3000€
• EADI Prize for Development Studies 2009 (Essay) Award of 1000€
• …do you know of any other? Use the comment section below!