Current Journals held in the Global Focus Library
Online subscription journals
- Development (Society for International Development)
- Participatory learning and action
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
(o) Online subscription journal (w) web only * Free online access (these may not be held in the Library)
*ADB Review - an electronic digest of activities of the Asian Development Bank. Asian Development Bank
(w)AfricaFocus bulletin - contains information on current African issues, with a particular focus on topics of continent-wide concern with implications for international policy. AfricaFocus
*Africa Renewal (formally Africa Recovery) - contains feature articles, books and events. UN Department of Public Information
African Business - monthly publication with views and matters affecting Africa. IC Publications
*Aid/Watch : monitoring aid & trade Aid Watch Action on Aid, Trade, Debt
Anglican Taonga Anglican Church
Appropriate Technology - monthly journal produced by a team of experts giving latest news, methods, events and techniques. Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG)
*Asia-Pacific Population Journal - focuses on policy and programme implications of population research in the Asian and Pacific region. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia Pacific Viewpoint - reports on research in East and South East Asia, as well as the Pacific region, particularly in the field of geography. Wiley-Blackwell
*Asian Forum Newsletter - news on population and development issues. Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development
Australian Volunteers International magazine Australian Volunteers International
*Beche-de-mer : information bulletin - special interest bulletin on sea cucumbers. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Coastal Fisheries Programme
*Boiling point - a practitioner’s journal for those working with household energy and stoves. Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG)
*Bretton Woods Update Bretton Woods Project
*Bridges Between Trade and Sustainable Development - provides information, analysis, and views on trade and sustainable development. International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Burma Issues Burma Support Group
*Caritas Update Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand
*CEPAD Report Council for the Evangelical Churches of Nicaragua
*CIRDAP Development Digest (CDD) - news from this rural development and poverty alleviation network. Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific
*Climate update National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA)
(w)Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative newsletter Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
*Commonwealth People Commonwealth Foundation
*Contours Ecumenical Coalition on Tourism (ECOT)
*The Corner House briefings The Corner House
*CRDA news Christian Relief and Development Association
*Cultural Survival Quarterly Cultural Survival Organization
*Currents NZAID = Nga Hoe Tuputupu-mai-tawhiti
*CWS Update Christian World Service
*CWS @ world Christian World Service
*Developing Alternatives - provides a forum for DAI's professional staff to share their ideas in some depth and address issues of topical interest. Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI)
(o)Development - provides alternative perspectives on civil society, development policy and community based strategies for livelihoods, gender and social justice. Society for International Development (SID)
*Development and Cooperation - provides a forum of debate, involving governments, civil society, the private sector and academia at an international level. InWent - Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung (Capacity Building International, Germany)
Development Bulletin Australian Development Studies Network (ceased)
*Development dialogue - reflects the outcomes of the Foundation’s seminars, but is also a forum for contributions to the ongoing debate. Dag Hammarskjold Foundation
Development in Practice - offers analysis and research relating to development and humanitarianism, providing a worldwide forum for the exchange of ideas and practical experiences among practitioners, scholars, policy shapers, and activists. Oxfam - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
*Developments: The International Development Magazine- designed to increase awareness of development issues in UK. Department for International Development (DIFD)
Devforum Council for International Development (CID)
Drop it! A debt campaigner's handbook Jubilee Debt Campaign
*Endogenous development magazine - provides information for organisations working from the endogenous development perspective. ETC Ecoculture, The Netherlands
*Environz (previously Environment Update) Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand
*ETC Group Communique - supports conservation and sustainable advancement of cultural and ecological diversity and human rights. Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration
Farming Matters ( previoulsy LEISA: Magazine) - provides information for small-scale farmers in the South through identifying promising technologies and enabling the involvement of the farmers themselves in development. Centre for Research and Information Exchange in Ecologically Sound Agriculture
Fiji Food and Nutrition Newsletter National Food and Nutrition Committee
*Fisheries, education and training information bulletin Secretariat of the Pacific Community
*Fisheries newsletter Secretariat of the Pacific Community
*Focus Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
Food First: Backgrounder Institute for Food and Development Policy
Food First: News and Views Institute for Food and Development Policy
Forced migration review Refugees Study Centre
*Forum : specialising in sexual and reproductive health FPA New Zealand
Future Times: Journal of the New Zealand Futures Trust New Zealand Futures Trust
Gender and Development - focuses on a topics of key interest to all involved in promoting gender equality through development. Oxfam International
*Global Perspectives : promoting global awareness amongst youth workers : working towards creating a socially just world. Education Services, Global Focus Aotearoa
*Global future - a World Vision journal of human development. World Vision
*Global issues - provides secondary school students with nformation and ideas for exploring global issues. Education Services, Global Focus Aotearoa
*Global Poverty Research Group newsletter Global Poverty Research Group (GPRG)
The Guardian Weekly
*HPG briefing papers Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
HPG research reports: Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
*Humanitarian exchange Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Human development report United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
*Id21 education - Insights provide different perspectives and alternative sources of information on development issues. Eldis
*Id21 health Eldis
*Id21 Insights Eldis
*IDS Policy Briefing - explores research and analysis from different research teams at the Institute of Development Studies. Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
In Touch Leprosy Mission New Zealand
*Indigenous Affairs - focused on indigenous issues and is written by indigenous and non-indigenous experts, scholars and activists. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
*Indigenous world International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
*INFACT Canada Newsletter Infant Feeding Action Coalition (INFACT)
*Inform'Action Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN)
*International review of the Red Cross International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC)
International social science journal United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
Journal of peacebuilding & development Centre for Global Peace (discontinued 2010)
*Journal of sustainable development Canadian Center of Science and Education
*Just change Global Focus Aotearoa
*Kasarinlan : Philippine journal of Third World studies - gives perspectives on the Philippines and the Third World with special reference to political economy. University of the Philippines
Latinamerica Press Latinamerica Press (discontinued 2010)
(w) Linkages update - a bi-weekly newsletter with the latest information on international environment and sustainable development issues. international Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
* Links - a newsletter on gender - reports on Oxfam GB's gender and development work in its programme in over 70 countries worldwide. Oxfam GB
Live reef fish information bulletin Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Minerals & Energy - raw materials report Taylor & Francis
NACLA: Report on the Americas North American Congress on Latin America New African (discontinued)
New African - provides the latest information on politics, business and culture in Africa. IC Publications
*New Internationalist - provides information on a range of world issues, from the cynical marketing of babymilk in the Majority World to human rights in Burma. New Internationalist
New Zealand International Review New Zealand Institute of International Affairs
(w)Newsletters Jubilee Debt Campaign
*NewZAID : update New Zealand Agency for International Development (nzaid)
*NGLS Go Between - promotes and develops constructive relations between the United Nations and civil society organisations. United Nations Non-Government Liaison Service (NGLS)
*NGLS Roundup United Nations Non-Government Liaison Service (NGLS)
*ODI Briefing paper Overseas Development Institute
*ODI Natural Resource Perspectives Overseas Development Institute
One Country: Newsletter of the Baha'i International Community
*OnTrac International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC)
Oxfam New Zealand news Oxfam New Zealand
*Pacific connection Pacific Cooperation Foundation
*Pacific Ecologist - PIRM is an organisation dedicated to sustainable use of the earth's resources and this magazine supports their mission. Pacific Institute for Resource Management (PIRM)
*Pacific economic bulletin Australian National University
*Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN) digest - digest of Pacific environment news and developments . Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Pacific Journalism Review School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology
*Pacific Leprosy Foundation: newsletter Pacific Leprosy Foundation
(o)Participatory learning and action (formally PLA Notes) -a journal on participatory learning and action approaches and methods. International Institute for Environment and Development
*Partners in Research for Development Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
*PASA, Pacific AIDS alert bulletin Secretariat of the Pacific Community
*Peace news for non violent revolution Peace News Trustees (discontinued)
Peace Review: a journal of social justice (discontinued) Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Ltd
*Peaceworks The Peace Foundation
*People in Aid news People in Aid
*Policy & practice: a development education review Centre for Global Education
*Policy brief South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment (SAWTEE)
*Policy quarterly Institute of Policy Studies
*Population Briefs Population Council
*Population Headliners Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
*Population reports Information and Knowledge for Optimal Health (Info) Project
*Red Cross Red Crescent International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Refugee Family Reunification Trust newsletter. Refugee Family Reunification Trust
*Refugee newsletter United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Regional Office for Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific
*Rural development news (previously Beraterinnen News) Landwirtschaftlichhe Beratungszentrale (LBL)
*School of Human Rights Research newsletter School of Human Rights Research, Utrecht School of Law
*Sea safety information bulletin Secretariat of the Pacific Community
*Seedling Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN)
*SMEC Review Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (SMEC) Group of Companies
Solidarity Partnerships - The newsletter of APHEDA-Union aid abroad. Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad (APHEDA)
*State, society and governance in Melanesia discussion papers Australian National University Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Suara Demokrasi Indonesian Human Rights Committee
*Sustainable mountain development in the greater Himalayan region International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
*Te Waha Nui School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology
Tear Fund NZ Tear Fund
Third World Economics: trends and analysis Third World Network
*Third World Resurgence Third World Network
*Threads: Clean Clothes Newsletter Clean Clothes Campaign
*Tiempo : a bulletin on climate and development International Institute for Environment and Development
*Tok Blong Pasifik Pacific Peoples' Partnership
*Tourism in Focus Tourism Concern
*Trade insight South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment (SAWTEE)
*Traditional Marine Resource Management and Knowledge Information Bulletin Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Vietnam , Cambodia and Laos Support Network Newsletter Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos Support Network
*Vista Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA)
*Vital Trade Aid
Volunteer Wellington news Volunteer Wellington
The Wire Amnesty International
*Women in Fisheries Information Bulletin Secretariat of the Pacific Community
*World Rivers Review International Rivers Network (IRN)
World Watch World Watch Institute (ceased)
World watch Christian World Service
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