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Foreign Policy
A Network Sampler
Roll Back Malaria
Founding Date: 1998
Objective: To reduce malaria-related mortality rates,
particularly in Africa, and to help improve affected countries' health
systems.
Membership: The World Health Organization, World Bank, UNICEF,
UNDP, government agencies, development banks, bilateral agencies,
private sector bodies, and NGOs.
Budget and Funding: $20.1 million in 1999.
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
Founding Date: 1971
Objective: To promote food security through innovative and
sustainable agricultural practices.
Membership: 58 members, including 21 developed and 20 developing
nations, foundations, and international or regional organizations.
Partner organizations include NGOs and private corporations.
Budget and Funding: $345 million in 1998. Industrial countries,
specifically the members of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee,
account for more than two thirds of CGIAR financing.
The Global Environment Facility
Founding Date: 1991
Objective: To finance environmental projects for recipient
governments and NGOs seeking to promote biodiversity, improve energy
efficiency, reverse the degradation of international waters, and phase
out the use of ozone-damaging substances.
Membership: 165 governments. The governing council is composed of
16 representatives from developing countries, 14 from developed nations,
and 2 from transition economies.
Budget and Funding: $2 billion pledged toward its trust fund in
1994. An additional $2.75 billion was added in 1998 by 36 developed,
transition, and developing countries. gef collaborates with the private
sector to mobilize project cofinancing.
The World Commission on Dams
Founding Date: 1998
Objective: To undertake a global review of the development
effectiveness of large dams and establish internationally accepted
criteria for dam construction.
Membership: Government agencies, multilateral development banks,
bilateral agencies, domestic river basin authorities, research
institutes, hydropower companies, and NGOs representing persons affected
by dam construction.
Budget and Funding: $9.8 million. Donations have come from member
governments, the World Bank, World Conservation Union, NGOs such as the
Worldwide Fund for Nature, foundations such as the U.N. Foundation, and
private firms such as the ABB Group.
The Global Water Partnership
Founding Date: 1996
Objective: To improve management of the world's water resources.
Membership: Governments of developing and developed countries,
U.N. agencies, development banks, professional associations, research
organizations, private corporations, and NGOs.
Budget and Funding: $6 million. Sponsors include the World Bank,
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and UNDP. The Ford
Foundation and several Western European governments provide additional
support.
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