Social Development Portal

We have assembled a set of useful links to internet-based resources in the field of social and community development. The materials referenced here do not constitute 'hart group policy' but may be useful in broadening a policy debate as part of a contribution to developing local solutions to local issues.

NOTE: By including the links here we do not intend to convey that we endorse the content of the respective sites. Users should form their own opinions. Hart Group does not maintain continuous monitoring of the content of the referenced sites.

Institutional Sites


View Site -	UN Gateway to Social Policy and Development
View Site -	IMF: Social Dimensions of IMF policy
View Site -	World Bank / Poverty Reduction Strategies
View Site -	Millennium Development Goals
View Site -	Council of Europe
View Site -	Centre for Economic and Financial Research, Moscow (an independent thinktank)
View Site -	UNESCO Social and Human Sciences
View Site -	EU Education and Training

Subject Area sites


View Site -	Social Capital
View Site -	Fiscal Decentralisation and Social Capital
View Site -	Social Science Information Gateway
View Site -	Social Research Association
View Site -	Joseph Rowntree Foundation
View Site -	ESRC Impact Evaluation

Technical sites


View Site -	UK National Statistics

Sources of Data


View Site -	World Bank data and statistics
View Site -	World Bank World Development Indicators database (query page)
View Site -	Paris 21
View Site -	Official Statistics of Moscow

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