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ELDIS DEVELOPMENT REPORTER No 9, August 2000 ------------------------------------------------- New services from Eldis: * Microfinance Gateway, produced by ELDIS for the Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) http://www.microfinancegateway.org/ ------------------------------------------------- Here is our selection of the latest additions to ELDIS, the gateway to information on development. All documents are available free on the Internet (or you can try our email-only option). OUR EDITOR'S SELECTION FROM ITEMS ADDED THIS MONTH ------------------------------------------------- Full Internet access details below. Each item includes links to further Internet materials on the same subject. 1. Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture 2. Learning from clients: assessment tools for microfinance practitioners 3. Sustainable use of wild species: a draft guide for decision makers 4. Developing countries: debt relief initiative for poor countries faces challenges 5. Land tenure reform and the balance of power in Eastern and southern Africa 6. Why are there so many civil wars in Africa? 7. HIV/AIDS: status and response 8. Regulating the diamond trade 9. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers 10. Land use, land use change and forestry 11. Livelihoods Connect - sustainable livelihoods resource The links below lead onto the documents. You can also receive these documents by email: see the end of this message for full instructions on how to use this. ACCESS DETAILS: ------------------------------------------------- 1 Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture National Academy Press (NAP) (2000) Getting multinationals to produce GMC's which benefit the poor http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/plants.htm ------------------------------------------------- 2. Learning from clients: assessment tools for microfinance practitioners: draft manual SEEP / Assessing the Impact of Microenterprise Services (AIMS) (2000) Five assessment tools that practitioners can use to gather information about their programs http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/seep.htm ------------------------------------------------- 3. Sustainable use of wild species: a draft guide for decision makers Jenkins, R.W.G.; Edwards, S.R. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), World Conservation Union, (2000) Identifying and reviewing the major issues surrounding the harvesting of flora and fauna http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/wild.htm -------------------------------------------------- 4. Developing countries: debt relief initiative for poor countries faces challenges United States General Accounting Office, 2000 Argues that the HIPC Initiative will not be a lasting solution to debt problems unless accompanied by strong economic growth http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/hipcgoa.htm ------------------------------------------------- 5. Land tenure reform and the balance of power in Eastern and southern Africa Wily, L.W. Overseas Development Institute (ODI), 2000 Is reform designed to deliver greater security of tenure and control over the regulation and transfer of rights? http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/ltenw.htm ------------------------------------------------- 6. Why are there so many civil wars in Africa? Prevention of future conflicts and promotion of inter-group cooperation Collier, P.; Elbadawi, I.; Sambanis, N. Economics of Crime and Violence Research Programme, World Bank, 2000 Politics and poverty cause civil wars, not ethnic diversity http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/civilwar.htm ------------------------------------------------- 7. HIV/AIDS: status and response Four key new reports on infection levels, social effects and policy strategies from UNAIDS, ILO and UNDP's Poverty Elimination Programme http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/aidsresp.htm ------------------------------------------------- 8. Conflict Diamonds Global Witness, 2000 Possible means of regulation for the identification, certification and control of diamonds http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/diam.htm ----------------------------------------------------- 9. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) IMF Official IMF website detailing progress on PRSPs. Includes country papers, policy papers and publicity materials http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/prsp.htm ------------------------------------------------- 10. Special report on land use, land use change and forestry: summary for policymakers Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2000 Reviewing the current understanding of the relationship between land use carbon dioxide emissions and the Kyoto Protocol agreements http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/ipcc.htm ------------------------------------------------- 11. Livelihoods Connect Information resource aimed at worldwide staff and partners of the UK's Department for International Development (DfID) in the development and implementation of sustainable livelihoods approaches http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/lc.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- See the complete list of new additions on our "What's new" page at: http://www.eldis.org Don't forget to look at our Notepad service, containing items of news, job adverts, conference details, etc. http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/notepad/index.htm HOW TO RECEIVE DOCUMENTS BY EMAIL ------------------------------------------------- To help those of you with limited or no access to the Internet, we are testing an automated service to deliver documents by email, making use of the Bellanet web-to-email service. You can request a web document and it will be sent to you as an email message. For full instructions, send an email to: [log in to unmask] You do not need anything in the subject field and the only text of your message should be: get http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/augbul.htm ------------------------------------------------- ELDIS currently includes descriptions and links to over 3000 organisations and over 6000 full-text online documents covering development and environmental issues. It can be searched or browsed free over the Internet. If you would like to publicise ELDIS within your organisation, we have printed leaflets available and an A2-size colour poster. Contact us if you would like copies of these, or any other information about ELDIS. ELDIS is funded by Danida and hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK If you would like to receive this bulletin (or one of our 21 subject focused bulletins) regularly (for free), you can register from our home page, or just email to the address below. Contact details: Tracy Zussman-Kay ELDIS Programme at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex Brighton BN1 9RE, UK Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: +44 1273 877330 Fax: +44 1273 621202 WWW: http://www.eldis.org %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%