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MULTI-ISSUE WEB RESOURCES:
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, POVERTY, LOCAL PROBLEM-SOLVING


1. Effective Practices, Policy Ideas, Advocacy

*Technical Assistance Resource Center (Annie E. Casey Foundation) Keywords: children and families, poverty, community development, asset building, community building, evaluation, best practices

*Pew Partnership for Civic Change: A Spotlight on Solutions. Keywords: best practices, poverty, crime, children and families 

*Community Building Resource Exchange (Aspen Institute). Keywords: children and families, poverty, community development, asset building, community building, best practices, theory of change, evaluation

*Community Toolbox (University of Kansas). Keywords: community participation, community development, children and families, poverty, asset building, community building, best practices

* Center for Reflective Community Practice http://crcp.mit.edu/ (MIT). Keywords:

Creating a Theory of Change Keywords: program design, best practices, logic models, pathways, cause and effect, theory of change

*PolicyLink Keywords: community building, equitable development, regions, public safety, race, best practices

KnowledgeBase (Kellogg Foundation). Keywords: best practices, logic model, theory of change, evaluation

PovertyNet (The World Bank). Keywords: poverty reduction, human development, social equity, empowerment, social capital, developing countries, countries in transition

International Development Network Keywords: poverty, human development, social equity, empowerment, developing countries

Development Gateway Keywords: poverty, human development, social equity, empowerment, developing countries

The Communication Initiative (Clearinghouse, social change, communication, development)

Praxis: Resources for Social and Economic Development (University of Pennsylvania). Keywords: poverty, human development, social equity, empowerment, developing countries

Virtual Library on International Development (Canadian International Development Agency). Keywords: poverty, human development, social equity, foreign aid, developing countries

Community Empowerment and Social Inclusion Learning Program (The World Bank). Keywords: poverty reduction, human development, empowerment, developing countries, human resources, training

Eurocities Keywords: Europe, city management, city planning, technology transfer

Social development in Europe (Council of Europe) Keywords: social cohesion, inequality, social policy, human rights

2. Associations and Peer Learning, More Tools

*National Community Building Network Keywords: community building, children and families, poverty, human services, community development

*National Civic League Keywords: civic engagement, community building, local government, facilitation, citizen participation, best practices, healthy communities

*Community Magazine: A Journal of Community Building (United Way of America). Keywords: community building, neighborhood, children and families, human services, grantmaking, evaluation, best practices

* Cambridge College - Community Building Programs www.cambridgecollege.edu/community