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International Inter-Governmental & Non-Governmental Organizations: Inter-Governmental Organizations
Introduction
What is an IGO?
- An international IGO is a group of sovereign states, often established through a treaty, with mutual intersests which works toward a unified goal.
- The links you find on this page are a good place to start looking for information from IGOs. Try searching the Intergovernmental Organization Search Engine (see link below) to find IGOs related to a topic (hunger in Africa, for example).
What kind of information do IGOs produce?
- Publications describing their work
- Publications describing and evaluating problems
- Policy suggestions
- Case studies of member nations
- International statistics covering a variety of topics
IGO Search
- Policy Commons: Global Think Tanks This link opens in a new window
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Research from the world’s leading policy experts, think tanks, IGOs and NGOs. - Yearbook of International Organizations This link opens in a new windowDetailed descriptions of non-governmental (NGO), inter-governmental, non-profit, and other international organizations. Find historic editions of the Yearbook here.
- Intergovernmental Organization Search EngineA search engine for those who are doing research in intergovernmental organization topics;searches across hundreds of IGO websites.
- International Documents Task Force (IDTF)Government Documents Round Table, American Library Association webpage. Topical Guides is recommended page.
- International Affairs Resources: Other Intergovernmental OrganizationsBy Wayne A. Selcher, Elizabethtown College; an annotated list of links to English-language IGO sites (does not include the UN or the EU).
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More Focus
...try using one of these IGO-specific pages: