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Efforts such as the Community Development Program in the Philippines have demonstrated that transitional societies can work toward balanced national development.

It has entered the Southern African Development Community as a vehicle for improving ties with its largely Anglophone neighbors to the south.

Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, Euro-Atlantic Partnership ; World Health Organization, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ; the Council of Europe, CFE Treaty, the Community of Democracies ; the International Monetary Fund ; and the World Bank.

* Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. ( ABCD ), a Boston, Massachsuetts based non-profit social services agency

* Baver, Sherrie L. " Development of New York's Puerto Rican Community ", Bronx County Historical Society Journal 1988 25 ( 1 ): 1 – 9

In The United Kingdom, Oxford University has led in providing extensive research in the field through its Community Development Journal, used worldwide by sociologists and community development practitioners.

One example of this is the program of the Asset Based Community Development Institute of Northwestern University.

The Community Development Support Fund, sponsored by the International Development Association ( IDA, a World Bank affiliate ) and the Comorian government, is working to improve water supply on the islands as well.

* Community Development Council, Singapore government-led community programs

* Community Development Corporation, any non-profit organization that promotes and supports a community

Geneva offers a Degree Completion Program ( DCP ) for degrees in Human Resource Management, Community Ministry or Organizational Development for adult students mainly at off-campus locations.

On 15 September 2008, the leaders of the 14-member Southern African Development Community witnessed the signing of the power-sharing agreement, brokered by South African leader Thabo Mbeki.

* Southern African Development Community Tribunal

* anon., Food Irradiation: Available Research Indicates That Benefits Outweigh Risks, RCED-00-217, August 24, 2000, Government Accountability Office, United States General Accounting Office, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, Washington, D. C. 20548 " Food Irradiation "

The conclusion of the Langa Commission, a commission appointed by Southern African Development Community ( SADC ) to investigate the electoral process, however, was consistent with the view of international observers and local courts that the outcome of the elections was not affected by these incidents.

It is a member of many regional economic organizations including the Southern African Development Community ( SADC ) and the Southern African Customs Union ( SACU ).

Liberia is a founding member of the United Nations and its specialized agencies and is a member of the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ), Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ), African Development Bank ( ADB ), Mano River Union ( MRU ) and the Non-Aligned Movement.

Madagascar was admitted to the Southern African Development Community in 2004.

In the year 2000 only 10 million visitors came to countries in the region of the Southern African Development Community ( SADC ).

Malawi assumed the chair of the Southern African Development Community ( SADC ) in 2001.

Malawi is a member of the following international organizations: UN and some of its specialized and related agencies ( i. e. UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO ), IMF, World Bank, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ( MIGA ), World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ), Berne Convention, Universal Copyright Convention, Organization of African Unity ( OAU ), Lome Convention, African Development Bank ( AFDB ), Southern African Development Community ( SADC ), the Common Market for East and Southern Africa ( COMESA ), Non-Aligned Movement, G-77, and the World Health Organization ( WHO ).

It also belongs to the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ); Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ( OIC ); Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM ); an associate member of the European Community ( EC ); and African Development Bank ( ADB ).

These include the Community Development Block Grants ( CDBG ), the HOME program, Shelter Plus Care, Emergency Shelter Grants ( ESG ), Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program ( Mod Rehab SRO ), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS ( HOPWA ).

This bill, which was enacted into law, “ amended the Head Start Act, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and the Community Services Block Grant Act ... in order to provide an opportunity for persons with limited means to accumulate assets .”

In September, 1994 the administration was under intense scrutiny over the Community Development Block Grant ( CDBG ) program.

The plan is to demolish several blocks of 19th-century millworker housing, lay new streets with updated infrastructure, construct more owner-occupied, lower-density housing, and build a boulevard through one neighborhood using federal Community Development Block Grant funds provided over a period of ten years.

The new Head Start building, financed by $ 850, 000 in State of New York funding and $ 1 million in U. S. Community Block Grant funding, will be larger than the current 4, 000 sq.

Finally, in the 1980s, a renewal began when the town obtained a Community Development Block Grant to replace an aging infrastructure and improve the appearance of the waterfront area.

* Community Development Block Grant

Political experimentation in providing these residents with semi-permanent housing and structural support, ranging from Section 8 housing * to Community Development Block Grant programs *, have in many cases eased the transition of low-income residents into stable housing and employment.

The Community Development Block Grant ( CDBG ), one of the longest-running programs of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, funds local community development activities such as affordable housing, anti-poverty programs, and infrastructure development.

* Marcus, Seth R. " Community Development Block Grants.

* Community Development Block Grant Program-CDBG-HUD website

* American Youth Hostel – the transformation of this abandoned Richard Morris Hunt landmark into the flagship of Hostelling International USA was propelled forward by the federal Community Development Block Grant funded, Manhattan Valley Neighborhood Strategy Area designation.

Subsequently, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 established the Community Development Block Grant program ( CDBG ) which began in earnest the focus on redevelopment of existing neighborhoods and properties, rather than demolition of substandard housing and economically depressed areas.

The LMDC was funded through the disbursement of Community Development Block Grants-amounting to $ 2. 783 billion — approved by the federal government in the aftermath of the 9 / 11 attacks and resultant destruction of much of lower Manhattan's economic and structural base.

* Hili ( Community development block )-a CD Block in West Bengal, India

The focus of Operation Better Block is to promote and revitalize the Homewood-Brushton Community, which is located in a minority populated section in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In recognition of his contributions, Joe received the Ed Block Courage Award in 2002 and the first Ron Burton Community Service Award in 2003.

On Sept 30, 1981, the Ominibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 transferred functions via the Community Services Block Grant to the states and a small staff in the Office of Community Services in the Dept.

HUD's programs include the Community Development Block Grant Program and the HOME program.

The Block Grant includes State Formula Block Grants, Special Projects of Regional and National Significance ( SPRANS ), and Community Integrated Service Systems ( CISS ) projects.