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This text considers a wide range of interreligious institutions and groups, including the ideals and programmes of some of the persons who have founded and encouraged the growth of interfaith organizations during the 20th century. ... Read more

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An extensive and unequalled one-volume guide covering over 1,700 international and regional organizations, this title provides detailed and accurate information on a wide spectrum of international organizations from the UN to the International Council for Science.
Features include:
* Introductory articles: An Introduction to International Organizations and Challenges Facing the International System in the 21st Century
* A chronology charting the historical development of international organizations
* Texts of significant international charters, treaties and documents
* Lists of key UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, plus information about peace-keeping activities
* A who's who of leading officials within international organizations
* A directory and further information on each organization including contact information, details of membership, leading officials, activities, finance, publications and subsidiary organizations
* An extensive, alphabetically-arranged index. ... Read more

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This unique directory is designed to provide women with resources to help them with their education and careers. It includes programs to help high school and college students complete their education or to enter graduate or professional school.

More than 4,000 organizations are listed which can assist women in reaching their career and educational goals. Included are foundations, government agencies, colleges and universities, minority organizations, and community groups. ... Read more

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A "Must-Have" book
As a Fulbrighter and educator teaching management practices in evolvingmarkets, I am constantly on the look out for books I can donate to mycolleagues' foreign libraries.This book meets all my criteria for usefuland user-friendly. It is an excellent example of American ideals andaspirations. I'm buying my third copy; my own young daughter, a junior inhigh school, is ready to start the big search for a school.Thank you forthis fine work. ... Read more

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Global Economic Financial and Development Organizations Directory (World Business Intelligence Library) ... Read more

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Definitive reference book for voluntary organizations
This massive volume, some ten years in the making, draws together every institution in Philadelphia and its environs that enrich the city through volunteer effort.Editors Toll (yes, the name is Toll, not Tool,) and Gillam persuaded some of Philadelphia' s leading organization heads to contribute brief histories of their groups' commitment to the city and its people. Will serve as an outstanding reference book for community outreach for many years to come. ... Read more

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This title deals with the funding of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) by international organizations, and the joint projects undertaken by the two. The International Organizations Funding Directory is an invaluable guide to the booming third sector, as well as a record of the undertakings of the major international organizations.

Each major international organization is profiled in its own chapter, where its subordinate sections, institutions, departments and directorates will feature, along with the projects they run in partnership with important local, national or international NGOs.

Projects included are those run in collaboration with local, national or international NGOs, which are influential on a national or international scale.

Projects are included in any area of NGO activity, including: development aid; rural development; environment and conservation; women's empowerment; civil society promotion; medicine and health; culture and art; economic reform; education and human rights.

Each entry, where relevant, includes information on the following: name and aims of the organization, department or project; activities; geographical area of activity; financial information (grants disbursed); restrictions (e.g. project run in certain area, no grants to individuals, grants made through a specific NGO, etc.); how to apply for funding; publications; and principal staff. These details are supplemented by full contact details, including internet and e-mail addresses.

In addition, the directory contains comprehensive index sections detailing the geographical area covered by projects, and the type of activity funded. ... Read more

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"The single most comprehensive source of think tank listings, and the one upon which I depend most, is [the] Think Tank Directory." -- Andrew Rich, in Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise (referring to the first edition)

"The Directory will be of evident use to anyone working in any aspect of policy analysis." -- American Reference Books Annual (review of first edition)

"[T]he directory will quickly become the most widely used reference source on think tanks in America . . . . [A must for those] who seek to understand and influence how public policy is made in America." -- James G. McGann, author of Comparative Think Tanks, Politics and Public Policy, in a letter to the publisher (referring to the first edition)

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A comprehensive, informative, 'user friendly', 414-page compendium
As the policy role of political parties and government agencies has diminished, think tanks have been created to fill the void. In today's political climate is likely to be the think tank that highlight's public policy problems and suggest solutions. Now in a newly expanded and updated second edition, the "Think Tank Directory" continues to be a premiere reference guide to independent nonprofit public policy research organizations or 'think tanks'. Profiling more than 1,100 independent think tanks (of which some 500 were not in the first edition published ten years ago) "Think Tank Directory" is organized alphabetically with each entry including the organization's mission statement; website address; chief executive officer; alternate and former names; board members; the year it was established; research policy areas; titles of recent and representative studies, books or reports; types of funding sources; methods of operation; number of staff members; approximate budget size; mailing address, telephone and fax numbers; and email addresses. "Think Tank Directory" is enhanced with the inclusion of indexes for alternate names, budget categories, geographic locations, public policy areas, and subsidiary organizations. A comprehensive, informative, 'user friendly', 414-page compendium, "Think Tank Directory" is an essential, cornerstone addition to personal, professional, community, academic, and governmental library reference collections. ... Read more

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