Religie en Ontwikkeling

WHAT is the Knowledge Centre Religion and Development?

On line DOCUMENTATION CENTRE with all recent publications about religion and development

[location Oikos]
P.O. Box 19170
3501 DD UTRECHT
(Netherlands) +31 (0)30 236 1500 kenniscentrum
@religie-en-ontwikkeling.nl

The participants of the Knowledge Centre Religion and Development are:

Cordaid, a development organisation with a Catholic tradition, whose work is dedicated to the poorest and marginalised in 40 developing countries.
ICCO, an inter-church organisation for development whose mission is to work towards a world where poverty and injustice are no longer present.
Islamic University Rotterdam, an organisation for Islamic education for life-long learners.
Oikos, an ecumenical organisation which supports activities in the Netherlands that contribute to world-wide, just and sustainable development.
Seva Network Foundation, an international organisation for development co-operation which is inspired by Hindu values.

Relevant links for the Knowledge Centre Religion and Development:

Religion and Development Research Programme,
University of Birmingham, UK An international research partnership exploring the relationships between several major world religions, development in low-income countries and poverty reduction.
Danish institute for international studies: The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) is an independent research institution engaged in research in international affairs. The institute draws up reports and analyses and follows developments in international affairs continuously in order to assess the security and foreign policy situation of Denmark, e.g. aspects of relevance with regard to development policy.
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs
Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA. Katherine Marshall, an expert on questions of religion, ethics, and development with many years of leadership experience at the World Bank, is a Senior Fellow and Visiting Professor at the Center. The website contains a Religion and Development Database which allows users to compare and contrast key scriptural passages across five religious traditions and five themes.
Religion and ecology FORE’s website at www.yale.edu/religionandecology contains enormous detail on the religious traditions of the world and their ecological contributions, including introductory essays, annotated bibliographies, selections from sacred texts, environmental statements from religious communities, and projects of religious grassroots environmental movements. To facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue, the site also addresses environmental issues related to ethics, economics, policy, gender, and evolutionary and ecological sciences.
Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics, World Bank. The Development Dialogue on Values and Ethics - is a small unit at The World Bank whose purpose is to contribute to analytical work, capacity development and dialogue on issues related to values and ethics.