Research Guides: Fellowships & Prizes Application Research (SC): Finding Organizations & Sites (Watson)

Researching a Country

World Development Indicators (WDI) Online
Quickly find population, income, health, education, and other statistics for almost any country in the world. World Development Indicators is prepared by the World Bank.
Political Handbook of the World
Find detailed information about a country's government, political party system, and more. (A more authoritative alternative to Wikipedia, for starters.)
Polling the Nations
Find opinion poll results from more than 80 countries. Data ranges from 1986-present, including results from more than 700 polling organizations.

Planning a Watson Itinerary: Identifying Organizations & Other Potential Sites

Not sure which organizations work on the projects you're interested in? Want to see which organizations are active in a particular country? Use these directories to find out.

Worldwide NGO Directory (WANGO)
WANGO is an easy-to-use website for identifying organizations that work on your issue of interest and/or work in a specific location.

Find NGOs by issue: Use the "Search" feature to specify the "Mission," e.g. infant malnutrition

Find NGOs by country/region: Use the Search form and specify the region or country.
Directory of Development Organizations
Each country has a searchable PDF document, listing the following development-related organizations (updated as of 2011, so verify currency!). Here's the directory for Nepal, for example.

(1) international organizations
(2) government institutions
(3) private sector support organizations (including fairtrade)
(4) finance institutions
(5) training and research centres
(6) civil society organizations
(7) development consulting firms (including references to job opportunities and vacancy announcements)
(8) information providers (development newsletters/journals)
(9) grantmakers

Finding Libraries & Archives Abroad

ArchiveGrid
Searches descriptions of primary source collections in archives and libraries around the world. Use this to find archives you could visit.
Example of ArchiveGrid search results (search for ACT-UP, HIV/AIDS activist organization) - note that on the "Summary" page, you can narrow archives locations by city and country
Archives Hub
Searches for descriptions of archival material at more than 220 academic and cultural institutions in the United Kingdom.