Web Links - Chapter 5 Development Geography

Website Description

Links to animations based on the Human Development Report.

Information on every country in the world. Includes Population data and the Geography of the country.

This page provides colour graphs and images relating to literacy around the world.

This website provides statistics on countries, demographic and social statistics, environmental statistics and economic statistics.

An alphabetically organised links page to various economic and social development topics.

Links to resources and information on many development themes.

A website specifically designed by the United Nations for school student and has a lot of information on all topics including development geography.

The website for the World Bank Group, which is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. It works in more than 100 developing economies with the primary focus of helping the poorest people and the poorest countries.

A page dedicated by the World Bank Group to teachers and students with many resources.

Information on all aspects of China.

Current News in China in a wide range of topics. As well as links to some good sites.

The website for USAID, which "supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting economic growth, agriculture, trade, global health, democracy, conflict prevention". USAID provides assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Near East, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe.

The website for the Canadian International Development agency, which "supports sustainable development activities in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable and prosperous world." This website provides information on CIDA, news articles, current and relevant development statistics.

This website provides much information on sustainable development, including an archive of over 100 documents on the subject.

The Global Development Network (GDN) is a global network of research and policy institutes working together to address the problems of national and regional development. Data, journals and other information on the topic of development is accessible through this site.

PRAXIS provides access to a vast array of archival resources on international and comparative social development.

A collection of links to international development resources on the Internet.

The United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women Homepage. It provides information about the division, various country's data on the issue and related news articles.

The Sustainable Development Department (SD) serves as a global reference centre for knowledge and advice on biophysical, biological, socio-economic and social dimensions of sustainable development.

Generate graphs or spreadsheets of data for single countries, or comparing countries.

A huge database of key indicators and statistics for labour and other indicators of economic development in Asia

Website Name

Human Development in Animation

CIA - The World Factbook

Literacy Graphs, Charts and Pictures

United Nations Statistics Division

UN - Economic and Social Development

World Vision Australia Conference

United Nations Cyber School Bus

The World Bank Group

World Bank Teachers and Students Page