Outside the U.S.

RESEARCH RESOURCES

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
www.arnova.org
Founded in 1971 as the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) is committed to strengthening the research community in the emerging field of nonprofit and philanthropic studies. ARNOVA publishes the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Abstracts of published articles are available on line.

Coady International Institute
www.stfx.ca/institutes/coady/ie_index.html
Established by St. Francis Xavier University in 1959, the Coady International Institute is world-renowned as a center of excellence in community-based development. The Institute was named in honor of Rev. Dr. Moses Coady, a prominent founder of the Antigonish Movement—a people's movement for economic and social justice that began in Nova Scotia, Canada, during the 1920s.

Complementary Currency Resource Center
www.complementarycurrency.org
The Complementary Currency Research Group is a network of researchers, writers, authors, academics and students working on complementary currency systems; network, chain and cluster economic systems; community currency and local currency systems; micro-financial initiatives and other types of appropriate economic systems. Its purpose is to encourage increased co-development and collaboration in order to further advance the field of complementary currency systems.

Enterprise Web, “Microfinance and Microcredit”
www.enterweb.org/microcre.htm
ENTERWeb is an annotated meta-index and information clearinghouse on enterprise development, business, finance, international trade and the economy. The main focus is on micro, small and medium scale enterprises, cooperatives, and community economic development, both in developed and developing countries. ENTERWeb lists and rates Internet resources in these areas, and complements search engines by providing shortcuts in identifying important sources of information.

Global Development Research Center
www.gdrc.org
GDRC aims to consolidate disparate issues, themes and topics into one umbrella to highlight their interconnectedness and interdisciplinary nature. It started as a 'homepage' focusing on just one issue - Informal Credit Markets (ICM) - in April 1995. Since then many more sections have been added, and the Informal Credit Markets section itself has been greatly expanded, including many country links and case studies.

Institute of Development Studies
www.ids.ac.uk
The Institute of Development Studies, based at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England, conducts research, teaching and communications on international development. Founded in 1966, in addition to its considerable alumni base, the Institute is home to approximately 100 researchers, 70 knowledge services staff, 65 support staff and about 200 students at any one time.

International Co-operative Information Centre
www.uwcc.wisc.edu/icic
This site contains links to reports, documents, and studies of both international cooperative organizations and case studies of cooperatives and cooperative sectors in many individual countries.

International Society for Third Sector Research
www.istr.org
Founded in 1992, the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) promotes research and education in the fields of civil society, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector. The organization publishes a number of working papers that are available on this web site, as are abstracts of articles published in the organization's official journal, Voluntas.

Journal of Microfinance
marriottschool.byu.edu/esrreview/archives.cfm
The Journal of Microfinance publishes original research, essays, case studies and book reviews by practitioners, academics, government officials, donors, and development specialists. The Journal's purpose is to influence practice by focusing on experiences and lessons learned from the field. and aims primarily to appeal to practitioners and practitioner organizations.

Microfinance Gateway
www.microfinancegateway.org
Managed by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), the Microfinance Gateway is a public forum for the microfinance industry at large that includes resource centers on specific topics in microfinance, a searchable library of electronic documents, a consultant database, a jobs listing service, a news bulletin board, and specialized discussion groups. The Gateway features more than 3,000 online documents and over 900 listings of microfinance institutions.

Microfinance Matters
www.uncdf.org/english/microfinance/newsletter/index.php
Microfinance Matters is a monthly periodical, established by the United Nations' Capital Development Fund, that highlights issues of interest regarding microfinance across the world.

Microfinance Report Database
www.infiniste.org/sites/www.mireda.org
MIREDA is an online database through which one can access hundreds of documents (mostly in PDF form) about a wide range of microfinance issues.

New Economics Foundation
www.neweconomics.org
The new economics foundation (nef) is a London-based “think-and-do tank” that promotes economic well-being by innovating the intersection of economic, environmental, and social issues. Founded in 1986 by the leaders of The Other Economic Summit (TOES) to promote issues like green taxes, alternative economic indicators, ethical investment, and social auditing, nef conducts original research and provides consulting and training services. Key projects include The Happy Planet Index and alternative measurement tools like Social Return on Investment.

Power Cube
www.powercube.net
Seeking to provide a better understanding of power relations in organizations and wider social and political spaces, Powercube.net presents practical and conceptual materials on power relations in efforts to bring about social change.  A collective effort, Powercube.net offers practical guides for workshops and resources for how to turn strategies into action and encourages individuals to contribute and share content.

Social and Enterprise Development Innovations
www.sedi.org
Based in Toronto, Canada and founded in 1986 with a mission to promote self-employment as a pathway out of poverty, Social and Enterprise Development Innovations has grown to become a leading research and policy advocacy organization in the asset building field in Canada.

UK Worker Co-operatives Blog (Manchester, UK)
workerco-operatives.blogspot.com
UK Worker Co-operatives is a blog by Co-operatives UK aimed at promoting and uniting co-operative enterprises. This blog for worker co-operative issues and activities in the UK was started in 2008. The blog provides resources to start a co-operative, while highlighting interesting co-ops and their projects.