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
Detailed descriptions of non-governmental (NGO), inter-governmental, non-profit, and other international organizations. Find historic editions of the Yearbook here.
Created by the Government Publications Library, U. of Colorado Libraries. Note: Some resources and information is unique to the U of Colorado Libraries only.
