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Africa
African Academy of Sciences
African Academy of Sciences was founded on 6 July 1985 in Trieste, Italy, as an autonomous Africa-wide professional, non-political and non-profit organisation.
African Studies Association
The association’s mission is to bring together people with a scholarly and professional interest in Africa.
Codesria
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (Codesria) is headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. It was established in 1973 as an independent pan-African research organisation with a broad primary focus on the social sciences. It is recognised not only as the pioneer African social research organisation, but also as the apex non-governmental centre of social knowledge production on the continent.
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is the premier academic organisation and comprehensive research centre of the People’s Republic of China in the fields of philosophy and social sciences.
National Research Foundation
The Foundation supports and promotes research through funding, human resource development and the provision of the necessary research facilities to facilitate the creation of knowledge, innovation and development in all fields of the natural and social sciences, humanities and technology.
National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences
The scope or application of the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences is to advance and coordinate scholarship, research and ethical practice in the fields of humanities and the social sciences within and through existing public universities and those to be established or declared in future as public universities.
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) is a Nordic research and service institute with an international mandate and a focus on political, economic, business, social and cultural transformations in modern Asia in their historical contexts.
Polity
Polity is involved in policy, law, economics and politics – deepening democracy through access to information.
US Office of Science and Technology Information
Sharing scientific and technical information is integral to the Office’s mission. The body makes research and development findings available and useful, so that science and technological creativity can advance. The aim is to accelerate this process through innovations and initiatives.
The Center for Development Research
The centre is an international and interdisciplinary academic research institute of the University of Bonn, Germany.
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and Aids (UNAIDS)
As the global advocate on Aids, UNAIDS leads, strengthens and supports an expanded response. It is dedicated to preventing the transmission of HIV, reducing the suffering caused by HIV/Aids and countering the impact of the pandemic on individuals, communities and societies.
World Institute for Development Economics Research
The institute undertakes multidisciplinary research and policy analysis on structural changes affecting the living conditions of the world’s poorest people.