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[edit] Key articles

• Appropriate technology^W

[edit] Articles needing attention

To be created, or particularly needing work:

• Anything in Category:International development stubs^W needs to be expanded.
• Development aid^W/ Foreign aid^W articles are all a mess. They need to be properly merged or at least cleaned up, and criticisms of foreign/developmental aid should be expanded on.

For more information, visit the articles, their talk pages, and/or Wikipedia:WikiProject International development^W.

[edit] Categories

[edit] International development

See the Development^W category and its subcategories, laid out below:

Main category: Development^W

Concepts, theory, academia:

• Country classifications^W - e.g. Developing country^W
• Development specialists^W
• Development studies^W

Economic & finance issues:

• Debt^W
• Fair trade^W
• Microfinance^W

Institutional topics:

• Development charities^W
• Foreign aid by country^W
• International development agencies^W
• International development multilaterals^W
• Make Poverty History^W
• Supranational banks^W - includes World Bank^W. Would this category be more useful if changed to Category:Development banks^W? Discuss^W.

Technical issues:

• Appropriate technology^W
• ICT and development^W

Some articles in these categories may be relevant:

• Water-borne diseases^W
• Public health^W
• Water treatment^W
• Sewage treatment^W
• Rural community development^W

Taken from Wikipedia:WikiProject International development^W; last updated 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sustainability

• Sustainability^W

[edit] WikiProjects

A WikiProject is a collaboration for the purpose of improving Wikipedia articles. Relevant WikiProjects include:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject International development^W
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment^W
• Wikipedia:WikiProject International development^W
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Disaster management^W
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Environment^W - includes sustainability and renewable energy.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Energy development^W
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Business and Economics^W - some overlap in issues of international trade, labor issues...
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Water and sanitation^W