International Organizations
ADB, a development finance institution owned by more than 50 countries, promotes the economic and social progress of developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.
The African Development Bank Group (AFDB) is a multinational development bank supported by 77 nations from Africa, North and South America, Europe and Asia. Headquartered in Abidjan, Cote dâ Ivoire, the Bank Group consists of three institutions: The African Development Bank (ADB), The African Development Fund (ADF), The Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF).
Established in 1983, the Development Bank of Southern Africa was restructured
in 1996.
It tries to meet the needs of the new South Africa and the SADC region.
Its mandate is to:finance sustainable development in partnership with the
public and private sectors, focus on investments in the area of infrastructure;
and respond to development demands and act as a catalyst for investments.
DEC functions primarily to increase the World Bank's knowledge and databases. Among its organizational units is the Economic Development Institute (EDI).
The site includes a search engine.
EDI is part of the World Bank Group. EDI helps the World Bank by providing educational programs and publications pertaining to what works for development and growth in developing countries.
FAO is a United Nation (UN) organization established to raise the levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to improve the condition of rural populations. Check out this site to find out how FAO achieves its mission.
The site includes a search engine.
Provides information about international organizations headquartered in Geneva.
IBRD is part of the World Bank Group. It assists the bank in fulfilling
its role of strengthening economies and expanding markets to improve the
quality of life for people everywhere, especially the poorest.
This bank gives loans to Latin American and Caribbean countries with
development purposes. Check this site for information on its policies &
mandates, research & statistics, projects, and business opportunities.
Includes a search engine
ICRC's mission is to help all victims of war and internal violence, attempting
to ensure implementation of humanitarian rules restricting armed violence.
Check this web site for more information on the origins of this institution,
its goals and the various humanitarian activities it conducts.
The International Court of Justice, whose seat is at The Hague (Netherlands), is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. At the Web site you'll find information on its statute, background, jurisdiction, membership, and pending cases.
The IMF was set up during the Great Depression that devastated the world economy in the 1930s. Check out this site for information about the organization, operations, exchange agreements, financial assistance, services and its recent activities.
Includes a search engine.
NATO is an alliance of 16 independent member countries. Access additional information on the organization of NATO from this web-site.
Provides information about OECD, its members, activities, statistics, news and events. The site includes a search engine.
Provides information on peace and security, economic and social development, international law, and human rights issues. Includes a search engine.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, which came into being on 29 July 1957, is an independent intergovernmental organization within the United Nations System. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, the Agency has more than 100 Member States who together work to carry out the main objectives of IAEA's Statute: To accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health, and prosperity throughout the world and to ensure so far as it is able that assistance provided by it, or at its request or under its supervision or control, is not used in such a way as to further any military purpose.
ITC is the technical cooperative arm of the WTO and UNCTAD. ITC was established to provide support for the business sector in developing and transition economies. Check out information on ITC's services, products and infobases. Includes a search engine.
The Official Web Site Locator offers a locator service to direct users to U.N.-related organizations. The site provides a list of groups indexed alphabetically, by subject, and by the U.N. classification system. Users can browse information on each organization's conference schedules, library and documentation services, and publication sales.
Check out more details about UNCTAD, the principal organ of the UN General Assembly that was established to maximize trade, investment and development opportunities of developing countries and to help them face challenges arising from globalization and integrate into the world economy, on an equitable basis.
UNDP is part of UN and its mission is to assist countries in their efforts to achieve sustainable human development. Check out this site to discover more about UNDP.
This gateway provides links to other UN and international organizations as well as other related links.
The World Health Organization home page has links to WHO Headquarter's Major Programmes, WHO's Regional and other offices, World Health Report, Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER), WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS), Health Advice Publications, Language, Terminology and Library Services, WHO Library, and more.
This site provides World Bank news, publications, topics on development, the World Bank Group and lots more.
The site includes a search engine.
Provides an overview of WTO, its agreements and how it functions.
The site includes a search engine.
We welcome comments about this web site.
Please send them to Bidhan Chandra
First Release: July 1, 1998
Last Revision: December 20, 2000
Copyright © 1998 - 2000 SUNY Empire State College
URL: http://www.esc.edu/library/ibol/INTORG.HTM
The International Business Online Resource Center has been made possible
by an educational grant from the GE Fund.