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Considering 'gender' involves examining how social norms and power structures affect the lives of, and opportunities available to, different groups of men and women, boys and girls. The GSDRC's new guide is a reference for policymakers and practitioners on this important topic. It introduces some of the best recent literature on a range of gender issues and highlights major critical debates, practical guidance, and lessons learned

GSDRC Topic Guides are designed as flexible thematic knowledge and evidence resources to support decision-makers working in international development and humanitarian assistance

This is the World Bank (WB) webpage dealing with the gender topic

The fourth edition of the Atlas of Global Development is a comprehensive data-driven guide to the most critical issues facing our world today. The Atlas provides a visual guide to global challenges with easy-to-read maps, tables, and charts on every topic. Used for almost four decades by teachers and professors, students and scholars, this new edition provides more ways for readers to access, engage, and interact with the underlying data

UN statistical database with currently 33 databases on all topics inclusive weather

This site is meant to provide all users with improved access to World Bank data and to make that data easy to find and use. Data is available on country, topic and indicator level

The online UN library, catelogue, topic resources, collections, research toolss, databases

USAID's Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) is the largest online resource for USAID funded technical and program documentation, with over 151000 documents available for electronic download. Search USAID's online database of agency-funded technical and program-related documents to download USAID documents in PDF format for free. Search by topic and country

Zunia is an online network for knowledge exchange among development professionals worldwide. Users from all over the world visit the portal to access news, events, best practices, and publications on a wide range of development topics. Members can also find others working in their areas of expertise for partnership and collaboration

This Map Library are assembled by The Afghanistan Team at the Civil-Military Fusion Centre and consists of hundreds of maps of Afghanistan and the surrounding region. The maps in the collection cover varying scopes, from regional and national levels to provincial, district and even city levels. The maps reflect information on a wide range of topics, themes and sectors, including humanitarian aid, infrastructure, natural resources and security, among others. The maps have been collected from credible open-sources, including international organisations, research bodies, governmental agencies and others.

A searchable library of FAO topics of lessons learned , best practices and e-leanring

This new flagship report - eTransform Africa - produced by the World Bank (WB) and the African Development Bank (ADB), with the support of the African Union, identifies best practice in the use of ICTs in key sectors of the African economy