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International Organizations and Law

A Ford Foundation Program Paper reviewing the Foundation's longstanding interest in strengthening international organizations and law and outlining areas of future grant making.

Ford Foundation Annual Report 1990

Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees.

Innovations in State and Local Government

Yearly report on the recipients of Innovations in State and Local Government Awards.

Common Good, The

Executive summary of policy recommendation of the Executive Panel of the Ford Foundation Project on Social Welfare and the American Future.

Innovating America

Profiles of eight award-winning projects (1986-1988) in the Innovations in State and Local Government awards Program, which is sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The awards honor exemplary programs and policies addressing important social and economic problems at the state and local levels.

Gender Bias in Testing

A public policy discussion, with particular attention to the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Panelists are Phyllis Rosser (presenter), Susan Brown, Marcia Greenberger, Sylvia Johnson, George Medaus, Maureen Welsh and Leslie R. Wolfe. A publication of the Women's Program Forum.

Innovations in State and Local Government

Yearly report on the recipients of Innovations in State and Local Government Awards.

Men and Women: At Home and in the Workplace

A seminar on the challenge of balancing work and family responsibilities. Includes discussion of some employers' programs to help men and women meet that challenge. Panelists are Charles Brumfield, Arlie Hochschild, Rhona Rapoport, Beth Salerno and Faith Wohl. A publication of the Women's Program Forum.

National Women of Color Organizations

A survey of organizations established and run by Asian-Pacific American, Hispanic-American, and Native American women. A publication of the Women's Program Forum.

Ford Foundation and China, The

A review of Foundation programs in China focusing on legal education, economics training and rural development. In Chinese and English.

Recovering Our Confidence

A speech delivered at the Alumni Association of the City College of New York, Nov. 1, 1990.

Ford Foundation Annual Report 1991

Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees.

Fulfilling America's Promise

A speech delivered at the Chicago Council on Urban Affairs, April 23, 1991. A discussion of programs that are meeting the challenges of renewing American communities and rebuilding lives burdened by poverty.

Investing for Social Gain: Reflections on Two Decades of Program- Related Investments

A handbook on the Ford Foundation's experience with program-related investments, which are loans, guarantees, or equity investments that support the same goals as the foundation's grant programs. Includes nine case histories.

Reproductive Health

Report on a projected $125-million,10-year program in reproductive health, with a focus on the needs of disadvantaged women, particularly in developing countries. The recommended program strategy focuses on social science research, women's empowerment and communications in the areas of policy, ethics and law, and marks a shift away from programs in earlier decades which had focused on population control.

Consultation On Higher Education in Africa, A

A report on universities in English-speaking countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Forty Years: A Learning Curve: The Ford Foundation in India 1952-1992

A thematic history of the Ford Foundation's programs in India 1952-1992.

Violence Against Women

A seminar on violence against women and programs to combat it. Includes discussion of services for battered women and reforms in the criminal justice system. A publication of the Women's Program Forum.

Ford Foundation Annual Report 1992

Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees.

Innovations in State and Local Government

Yearly report on the recipients of Innovations in State and Local Government Awards.

Ford Foundation Annual Report 1993

Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees.

Innovations in State and Local Government

Yearly report on the recipients of Innovations in State and Local Government Awards.

Changing Relations

A report to the Ford Foundation by the National Board of the Changing Relations Project. The board examined the everyday interactions and relations among new immigrants and residents in six communities: Albany Park, Chicago, Illinois; Garden City, Kansas; Houston, Texas; Miami, Florida; Monterey Park, California; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Innovations in State and Local Government

Yearly report on the recipients of Innovations in State and Local Government Awards.

Women in American Politics

Transcripts from "1992: The Year of the Woman in American Politics?" a symposium of the Women's Program Forum presented in 1993. Noted experts, including a newly elected member of Congress and a political journalist, discuss political events of 1992, considered by many a watershed year for women in American politics. Participants include Celinda Lake, Ruth B. Mandel, Linda Tarr-Whelan, Nydia M. Velazquez, Linda Wertheimer, Linda Williams and Harriet Woods.

Ford Foundation Annual Report 1994

Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees.

Works in Progress

Reports on a demonstration program in poor neighborhoods in Detroit, Hartford, Memphis and Milwaukee to involve government, business, foundations, residents, neighborhood organizations and city leaders in community development and empowerment.

Women's Studies

Reviews the status of women's studies and the programs of the Ford Foundation from 1969 to 1995, with particular attention to the mainstreaming of women's studies, the role of women of color, international issues and future directions of the discipline.

Ford Foundation Annual Report 1995

Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees.

Building Bridges

Based on research conducted in 10 urban areas between 1991 and 1993 by Carnegie Mellon University and the Economic Development Assistance Consortium of employment training activities of community development corporations. The study concludes that networks of community organizations are often the best vehicles for employment training activities.

Innovations In American Government

Yearly report on the recipients of Innovations in State and Local Government Awards.

Perspectives on Partnerships

A report on the Foundation's community development partnership strategy, which brought together public and private funders in 17 communities to support neighborhood development in areas where the major community development intermediaries did not operate. Each partnership was composed of local banks, corporations, foundations and government representatives, and this report presents the perspective of these participants.

Ford Foundation Annual Report 1996

Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees.

Innovations In American Government 1986-1996 Tenth Anniversary.

A look back on the first 10 years of the Innovations in State and Local Government Awards program and yearly report on the 10 annual recipients of the award.

Ford Foundation and the United Nations

A report, written by Shepard Forman, that reviews the Foundation's support for the work of the United Nations, its programs, and related activities since 1951. Includes a foreword by Brian Urquhart.

Relinking Life and Work

Reports on the results of research conducted at Xerox, Tandem Computers and Corning, demonstrating that productivity can increase when changes in work practices benefit employees' personal lives. This study is part of the Foundation's efforts to advance understanding of gender and family issues and their impact on important areas of life.

Innovations in American Government

Yearly report on the recipients of Innovations in American Government Awards.

Ford Foundation Annual Report 1997

Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees.

Ford Foundation Annual Report 1998

Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees.

Forestry for Sustainable Rural Development

Describes how woodland communities in Asia are using community forestry to raise incomes and protect the environment.

Ford Foundation Annual Report 1999

Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees.

Fundação Ford No Brasil 1998/1999., A

Overview of the Foundation and its work in Brazil, in Portuguese and English.

Bridging the Divide

A report summarizing a meeting convened by the Ford Foundation on reproductive health and human development issues in Istanbul in 1998. The meeting brought together program officers in an attempt to explore issues and challenges in the areas of reproductive health, sexuality and human development specifically pertaining to the developing world.