| Dams - Case studies |
| World Commission on Dams. Focal Dams / River Basin Case Studies |
| Dams - Environmental aspects |
| United Nations Environment Programme Dams and Development Project |
| World Commission on Dams (WCD) |
| Darfur (Sudan) |
| African Union High-Level Panel on Darfur (AUPD) |
| Darfur (Sudan) - Congresses |
| International Donor Conference for Reconstruction and Development in Darfur (2013 : Doha, Qatar) |
| Data protection - Kenya |
| Office of the Data Protection Commissioner |
| Data protection - Law and legislation |
| Data Protection and Privacy Legislation Worldwide UNCTAD site. |
| Data Protection Laws of the World Global Data Protection Handbook |
| Data sets See: Electronic information |
| Datasets - Africa, Southern See:Africa, Southern - Statistics - Databases |
| Debts, Public |
| Public Debt Management Network. OECD-Italian Treasury Network for Public Debt Management in Emerging Markets (PDM Network). |
| World Bank Public Sector Debt Statistics |
| Decent work See:Quality of work life |
| Decentralisation in government - Kenya |
| Devolution Hub "Kenya Devolution Hub provides a comprehensive source of publications on the devolution of government in Kenya." |
| Kenya. County Governance Toolkit "An Information Guide on County Governance for Citizen, County Officials, and Practitioners." |
| Maarifa Centre "a product of the Council of Governors (CoG), was created in 2016 and launched in March 2017 during the 4th Annual Devolution Conference as a hub for Sharing Kenya’s Devolution Solutions." |
| Decentralisation in government - Zambia |
| GIZ. Supporting the Zambian decentralisation process |
| Decentralization in government |
| Decentralisation & Local Governance (DeLoG "DeLoG is an informal network of bi- and multilateral development partners, founded in 2006. The network is a platform for joint learning and exchanging knowledge on decentralization, local governance and the implementation of the SDGs on the subnational level. The secretariat is hosted by GIZ and located in Bonn." |
| UN Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralised Service Delivery (JPLG) |
| World Bank. Decentralization |
| Decentralization in government - Namibia |
| Government of the Republic of Namibia. Decentralisation |
| Decolonization |
| The United Nations and Decolonization |
| Defence expenditure See: Military expenditure |
| Deforestation - Africa, Southern |
| SADC Reducing Emissions from Deforestation & Forest Degradation (REDD) |
| Deforestation - Developing countries |
| The REDD Desk: a collaborative resource for REDD readiness Includes country policies. |
| UN-REDD Programme. The United Nations Collaborative Programme on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries. |
| Democracy |
| Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) "the UK public body dedicated to supporting democracy around the world. WFD works with parliaments, political parties, and civil society groups as well as on elections to help make countries’ political systems fairer and more inclusive, accountable and transparent." |
| Demographic surveys |
| Demographic and Health Surveys |
| Desertification - Control - Africa |
| Action Against Desertification "Action Against Desertification is an initiative of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) to restore drylands and degraded lands in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific to tackle the detrimental social, economic and environmental impact of land degradation and desertification. It is a key partner of the Great Green Wall initiative, Africa's flagship programme to combat the effects of climate change and desertification across North Africa, the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. Action Against Desertification was launched in 2014 and is implemented by FAO and partners with funding from the European Union in the framework of the 10th European Development Fund (EDF)." |
| Desertification - Control - International cooperation |
| UNCCD. Performance Review and Assessment of Implementation System (PRAIS) Country reports. |
| United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD) |
| Developed countries - Economic policy |
| G8 Group France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canda and Rusiia |
| G8 Summit (2012: Canada) |
| Developed countries - Relations - Developing countries |
| Group of 5 (G5) United States of America, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and France. |
| Developing countries |
| Istanbul Declaration and Programme of Action, 2011 |
| Midterm Review of the Istanbul Programme of Action |
| UN Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) |
| Developing countries - Agriculture |
| Cairns Group. " coalition of 18 agricultural exporting countries ... has been an influential voice in the agricultural reform debate since its formation in 1986." |
| Developing countries - Commerce |
| Doha Development Agenda Trade Capacity Building Database (TCBDB) |
| Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) "EIF is the only multilateral partnership dedicated exclusively to assisting Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in their use of trade as an engine for growth, sustainable development and poverty reduction. The EIF partnership of 51 countries, 24 donors and eight partner agencies works closely with governments, development organizations, civil society and academia. EIF Executive Secretariat at the WTO." |
| Developing countries - Commerce - Developed countries |
| Growing Inclusive Markets |
| Developing countries - Congresses |
| Group of 77 (G-77). "established on 15 June 1964 by seventy-seven developing countries." |
| Developing countries - Economic development |
| Midterm review of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) "charts out the international community’s vision and strategy for the sustainable development of LDCs for the next decade with a strong focus on developing their productive capacities." -- http://unohrlls.org/about-ldcs/istanbul-programme-of-action/ |
| Developing countries - Relations |
| Group of Seventy Seven at the United Nations (G77) "largest Third World coalition in the United Nations." Made up of 77 developing countries. |
| Developing countries - Research |
| IDRC Digital Library |
| International Development Research Centre (IDRC) "IDRC was established by an act of Canada’s parliament in 1970 with a mandate “to initiate, encourage, support, and conduct research into the problems of the developing regions of the world and into the means for applying and adapting scientific, technical, and other knowledge to the economic and social advancement of those regions.” |
| Developing countries - Social conditions - Research |
| United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) |
| Development assistance See:Economic assistance |
| Development banks |
| The World Bank |
| Development banks - Africa |
| African Development Bank |
| Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA). "financial institution funded by the Governments of the Member States of the League of Arab States ... created for the purpose of strengthening economic, financial and technical cooperation between Arab and Africancountries." |
| Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) "Established in 1985, the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), formerly the PTA Bank, is a multilateral, treaty-based development financial institution" |
| Development banks - Africa, Eastern |
| East African Development Bank (EADB) |
| Development banks - America |
| Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) |
| Development banks - BRICS countries |
| New Development Bank (NDB) "During the sixth BRICS Summit in Fortaleza (2014), the leaders signed the Agreement establishing the New Development Bank (NDB). In the Fortaleza Declaration, the leaders stressed that the NDB will strengthen cooperation among BRICS and will supplement the efforts of multilateral and regional financial institutions for global development, thus contributing to collective commitments for achieving the goal of strong, sustainable and balanced growth." |
| Development banks - China |
| China Development Bank |
| Development credit corporations - Lesotho |
| Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) |
| Development plans See: [placename] - Economic policy |
| Devolution in government See:Decentralization in government |
| Dialogue - Religious aspects |
| UNESCO’s Interreligious Dialogue programme |
| Diamonds - Political aspects - Africa |
| EU and the Kimberley Process (conflict diamonds) |
| Kimberley Process "joint government, international diamond industry and civil society initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds." |
| Digital divide - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
| IST-Africa. A multi-stakeholder initiative supported by the European Union focused on reducing the digital divide in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| Digital economy See:Electronic commerce |
| Digital health See: Internet in medicine |
| Digital libraries |
| Illinois Harvest Illinois University Library, Illinoise University at Urbana Champaign. |
| LSE Digital Library London School of Economics and Political Science. Collection UKLSE-DL1SA01 - South African Governmental Publications: Census reports for Cape of Good Hope and South Africa to 1960, and Cape of Good Hope education reports. |
| UN iLibrary |
| UNESCO. Memory of the World Programme |
| United Nations Digital Library |
| University of Pennsylvania. The Online Books Page |
| Digital preservation |
| Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access "The BRTF-SDPA is funded by the National Science Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, in partnership with the Library of Congress, the Joint Information Systems Committee of the United Kingdom, the Council on Library and Information Resources, and the National Archives and Records Administration." |
| UNESCO Digital Sustainability UNESCO PERSIST project = Platform to Enhance the Sustainability of the Information Society Transglobally |
| Digital preservation - Europe |
| Digital Agenda for Europe |
| Digital sources - Africa See:Africa - Sources |
| Disabilities |
| Disability Data Initiative (DDI) "DDI is the work of a team of researchers based in East Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. We have a steering committee with various stakeholders, including advocates, international organizations, policy makers and researchers." (https://social.desa.un.org/sdn/data-for-human-rights-the-disability-data-initiative) Partners: The World Bank, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, and Fordham University. |
| Disability Data Initiative Sub-Saharan Africa (DDI-SSA) "The Disability Data Initiative (DDI) was founded by Prof Sophie Mitra at Fordham University. In 2021, the Initiative partnered with nine regional hubs, including the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), which now supports the work in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)." |
| WHO MiNDbank "an online platform providing quick and easy access to international resources and national/regional level policies, strategies, laws and service standards for mental health, substance abuse, disability, general health, NCDs, human rights and development, and more recently children and youth, and older persons. " |
| Disability See: Disabilities; and, People with disabilities |
| Disarmament |
| United Nations Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Resource Centre |
| United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDR) |
| United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs |
| Disaster management See:Emergency management |
| Disaster relief |
| International Recovery Platform (IRP) "established following the Second UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, in 2005 to support the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA)" "it functions as a platform for interested partners to periodically meet to exchange lessons and ideas that will promote recovery best practice and learnings as well as capacity building" |
| Africa Caribbean Pacific (ACP) – European Union (EU) Natural Disaster Risk Reduction (NDRR) Program |
| Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF). Formerly: Central Emergency Revolving Fund. UN fund "administered on behalf of the Secretary-General by the Emergency Relief Coordinator in consultation with humanitarian agencies and the relevant Humanitarian Coordinators." |
| Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR). |
| Inter-Agency Secretariat of the ISDR (UN/ISDR). "focal point in the UN System to promote links and synergies between, and the coordination of, disaster reduction activities in the socio-economic, humanitarian and development fields, as well as to support policy integration." |
| Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction (IATF/DR). "principal body for the development of disaster reduction policy. It is headed by the UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and consists of 25 UN, international, regional and civil society organizations." |
| International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). "The ISDR aims at building disaster resilient communities by promoting increased awareness of the importance of disaster reduction as an integral component of sustainable development, with the goal of reducing human, social, economic and environmental losses due to natural hazards and related technological and environmental disasters." |
| ReliefWeb |
| Disaster relief - Africa |
| International Strategy for Disaster Reduction. Africa |
| Disaster relief - Africa, Southern |
| SADC Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Information Management System |
| Discrimination in financial services |
| Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) " an inclusive platform for all G20 countries, interested non-G20 countries and relevant stakeholders to carry forward work on financial inclusion, including implementation of the G20 Financial Inclusion Action Plan, endorsed at the G20 Summit in Seoul." |
| United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) "Unlocking Public and Private Finance for the Poor" |
| World Bank National Financial Inclusion Strategies Resource Center |
| Discrimination in financial services - Swaziland |
| Centre for Financial Inclusion (CFI) "The Centre for Financial Inclusion (CFI) is a semi-autonomous body under the auspices of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) which is responsible for taking the lead in co-ordinating the implementation of the Financial Inclusion Agenda for the country. " |
| Disease prevention See: Medicine, Preventive and Communicable diseases - Prevention |
| Dissertations, Academic |
| Djibouti |
| Direction de la Statistique et des études démographiques |
| Djibouti 2035 |
| Portail du Ministere de l’economie et des finances charge de l’industrie |
| République de Djibouti |
| Documents See: Public records; Government publications as a subdivision of a place. |
| Doping in sports - Kenya |
| Drought management |
| Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) Partnership between the World Meteorological Organization and the Global Water Partnership, plus others. |
| Drought management - Kenya |
| National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) Government agency. |
| Drought relief - Africa, East |
| IGAD Drought Disaster Resilience Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) |
| Drought relief - Sahel |
| Comite permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Secheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS) = Permanent Interstates Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel |
| Drug abuse |
| United States. Department of State. International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports Information by country. |
| Drug abuse - America |
| Inter-American Observatory on Drugs (OID) |
| Drug abuse - European Union |
| European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) One of the European Union's decentralised agencies. |
| Drug abuse - Zambia |
| Drug Enforcement Commission |
| Drug abuse and crime |
| United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) |
| Drug accessibility - Africa, Southern |
| Southern African Programme on Access to Medicines and Diagnostics (SAPAM) "SAPAM initiated as a support program for the SADC Pharmaceutical Business Plan in 2009, and now continues to operate as a regional program through engagement with various partners and facilitators in the public and private sectors." |
| Drug traffic |
| United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Drug Trafficking |
| United States. Department of State. International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports Information by country. |
| Drug traffic - Afghanistan |
| Paris Pact Initiative "A partnership of more than 70 countries and international organizations, the Paris Pact Initiative is one of the most important frameworks in the fight against opiates originating in Afghanistan. It aims at the reduction of illicit traffic in opiates including opium poppy cultivation, production and global consumption of heroin and other opiates, and at the establishment of a broad international coalition to combat illicit traffic in opiates." |
| Drug traffic - Zambia |
| Drug Enforcement Commission |
| Drugs - Law and legislation |
| . Legal Library |
| United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) |
| Drugs - Standards - Zambia |
| Pharmaceutical Regulatory Authority Established under the Pharmaceutical Act No.14 of 2004 |
| Dutch East India Company See:Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie |
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