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Education

UNESCO's Early Childhood and Family Education Unit

UNESCO's Early Childhood and Family Education Unit coordinates research, activities and initiatives undertaken by UNESCO in early childhood care and education, parent and family education, and early childhood research. The organization carries out its projects with the help of its specialized services, roster of consultants, partnerships with United Nations agencies, other major institutions and NGOs.

Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)

The mission of the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI) is to promote and support the optimal education and development of children from birth through early adolescence, and to influence the professional growth of educators and the efforts of others who are committed to the needs of children in a changing society.

Knowledge Loom

The Knowledge Loom is an online teaching and learning community for educators worldwide. The site provides users with information on international best practices, real life applications of teaching methods and processes for replicating successful pilot projects, and the opportunity to share knowledge and participate in a range of online activities. The site also provides information on partner organizations and other resources.

Child Welfare

“Our nation's future depends on the opportunities we provide our children.” The focus of Child Welfare has historically been on ensuring that all children are given opportunity, meaning that all children should have a fair start in life. The primary concern of the organization is to continue that tradition by examining the opportunities available to children and to enrich public discussion of this issue.

Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development

The Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development is a consortium of government agencies, donors, NGOs and foundations that links with regional-based Early Childhood Care and Development networks. It is composed of individuals and organizations involved in programming, research, policy-advocacy, monitoring and evaluation for young children (ages 0-8) considered to be at risk in the Majority World, namely those countries that are often referred to as South countries, developing or Third World countries.

World Bank Group's Education Website

The World Bank's website on Education provides information on the Bank's Education Strategy, the various products and services of the Bank in the sector including the ongoing projects under lending and non-lending categories.

SERP-P or SocioEconomic Research Portal for the Philippines

SERP-P is an online electronic database of completed, ongoing and pipeline research studies related to economic development and policymaking in the Philippines. It links various socioeconomic studies implemented by various research institutions such as the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), government agencies and the academe. At present, only PIDS studies and selected studies of a few universities and research institutions are contained in the SERP-P.But the database will be regularly updated to include the studies of other institutions. All pertinent data from abstracts, authors, focus of study, geographical coverage, and availability can be found in the SERP-P. Most of all, researchers can leaf through some of the studies' full text.

Development Gateway

The Development Gateway is an interactive portal for information and knowledge sharing on sustainable development and poverty reduction.

SOSIG Social Science Information Gateway

SOSIG provides thousands of selected high quality Internet resources on social sciences, business and law.

Eldis Gateway to Development Information

Eldis is a gateway to online information on development in countries of the South. Hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, its coverage areas include social, economic, political and environmental issues. Eldis makes a qualititative selection of materials and structures it for easy access.

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