Aid and Development (Society and Culture)

Aid and Development Sites:

U.S. Bilateral Food Assistance to North Korea Had Mixed Results U.S. Bilateral Food Assistance to North Korea Had Mixed Results: The U.S. General Accounting Office analyzed the success of a bilateral food assistance program in this June 2000 report to Congress. (Aid and Development)[PDF] http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=gao&docid=f:ns00175.pdf Caritas Hong Kong: North Korea Caritas Hong Kong: North Korea: Describes the food and health assistance being given to the people of North Korea by this Catholic charity. (Aid and Development) http://www.caritas.org.hk/northkorea/ Humanitarian Development Resource Centre for DPR Korea Humanitarian Development Resource Centre for DPR Korea: UN-managed agency collects and provides information for use by humanitarian organizations working in North Korea. Features agency directories, contact lists, meeting schedules, reports, news, Web links and maps. Some PDF files. (Aid and Development) http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/DPRK/ U.S. Assistance to North Korea U.S. Assistance to North Korea: March 2003 report describes and assesses U.S. food and energy aid programs to North Korea. Prepared by the U.S. Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service. (Aid and Development)[PDF] http://www.fcnl.org/pdfs/03march17nkaid.pdf United States Institute of Peace: Overcoming Humanitarian Dilemmas in the DPRK (North Korea) United States Institute of Peace: Overcoming Humanitarian Dilemmas in the DPRK (North Korea): Report analyzes obstacles to cooperation between aid organizations and the North Korean government as they responded to famine in the country in 1995. (Aid and Development) http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr90.html American Friends Service Committee: North Korea American Friends Service Committee: North Korea: Information of this Quaker organization's humanitarian activities in North Korea. (Aid and Development) http://www.afsc.org/asia/nkorea.htm ReliefWeb: Democratic People's Republic of Korea ReliefWeb: Democratic People's Republic of Korea: News and reports on humanitarian aid issues in North Korea, with a searchable archive going back to April 1994. Has many external links for background information on the country. Site is a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affa (Aid and Development) http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/ByCountry/Democratic+People's+Republic+of+Korea?OpenDocument&StartKey=Democratic+People's+Republic+of+Korea&Expandview UNDP in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) UNDP in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK): Describes assistance activities of the United Nations Development Programme. (Aid and Development)[PDF] http://www.undp.org/dpa/journalists/DPRK.pdf Campus fur Christus: Helping People to Help Themselves Campus fur Christus: Helping People to Help Themselves: Describes an agricultural development project to promote dairy farming, undertaken by the Swiss-based group Campus fur Christus. In English and German. (Aid and Development) http://www.cfc.ch/nordkorea/en/ World Food Programme: World Hunger: North Korea World Food Programme: World Hunger: North Korea: Information on agriculture and hunger in North Korea and WFP activities in the country. (Aid and Development) http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/indexcountry.asp?country=408# EC-Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK): Country Strategy Paper 2001-2004 EC-Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK): Country Strategy Paper 2001-2004: Outlines European Union strategy for providing technical assistance to North Korea. (Aid and Development)[PDF] http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/north_korea/csp/01_04_en.pdf International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: Democratic People's Republic of Korea International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Information on the North Korean Red Cross Society. Includes a PDF archive of appeals, reports and news. In English, French and Spanish. (Aid and Development) http://www.ifrc.org/where/country/cn6.asp?countryid=193