http://www.unpac.ca/gender/- Gender Budget Project is a project based in Manitoba which aims to show how government budgets can either promote women's equality or exacerbate women's inequality.

http://www.gdrc.org/icm/ - this is a phenomenal resource, setup to be a repository for information on microcredit - in the broad meaning of the term to include microcredit, community development, NGOs, poverty, environment, microenterprises etc.

http://www.un.org/esa/ - this is the UN's main site regarding Economic and Social Development.