Founded in 1996 by Pacific News Service, New America Media promotes ethnic media ... India West, News Report, Michel Potts, Nov 17, 2008 ...

The Human Development Report (HDR) was first launched in 1990 with the single goal of putting people back at the center of the development process in terms of economic debate, policy and advocacy. Since the first report, four new composite indices for human development have been developed — the human development index, the gender-related development index, the gender empowerment measure, and the human poverty index. Each report focuses on a highly topical theme in the current development debate, providing path-breaking analysis and policy recommendations.

The nation's oldest and largest broad-based industrial trade association, represents 11,000 companies in every industrial sector in every state and the millions of people who make things.

The Viet Nam Literature Project (VNLP) presents compelling works of Vietnamese literature at no charge on the World Wide Web in English translation with supporting materials aimed at young people, especially high school and college students in the United States.Every March, June, September and December VNLP releases attractive and entertaining works of literature by three different Vietnamese authors at our website, where we will provide active support to teachers and students from research specialists on those authors, all without charge. VNLP presents these materials, emphasizing fiction and poetry but including other forms with an eye to existing demand for certain topics, speaking to demand for literature relevant to the war with the United States and to Vietnamese immigration here. VNLP also selects works that can support more generalized teaching related to personal identity and rites of passage in the contemporary, diverse world. VNLP provides annotation, commentary and interactive support to place these materials in a broader Vietnamese, Asian and world context.

the united nations environment programme (UNEP) is the voice for the environment in the united nations system. it is an advocate, educator, catalyst and facilitator, promoting the wise use of the planet's natural assets for sustainable development.