Oxfam
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Improving Goat Production in the Tropics
Written for both livestock specialists and for development workers who have not been formally trained in animal production, this book explains the theory of goat-keeping using practical, step-by-step guidelines. It also takes into account the social, economic and organizational context in which the...
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Improving the Safety of Civilians
Improving the Safety of Civilians is an innovative tool which strengthens the capacity of humanitarian field workers to improve civilian safety through humanitarian programmes. Designed for use in difficult and sensitive field situations, the pack draws from extensive experience in real protection c...
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Livestock and Land-use Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa
Oxfam carries out original research on various aspects of its overseas programme, as part of a constant monitoring process, and in an effort to gain greater understanding of development programmes and practice. Although primarily a tool for institutional learning, some of the resulting reports are o...
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Mali
This outstanding series provides concise and lively introductions to countries and the major development issues they face. Packed full of factual information, photographs and maps, the guides also focus on ordinary people and the impact that historical, economic and environmental issues have on thei...
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Mainstreaming Men into Gender and Development
Based on research commissioned by the World Bank, this books primary focus is on incorporating men in gender and development interventions at the grass roots level. It draws attention to some of the key problems that have arisen from male exclusion; as well as to the potential benefits of - and obst...
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Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Development and Humanitarian Programmes
AIDS has radically changed the contexts in which development and humanitarian organisations operate, and now they need to adapt their policies and practice accordingly. Sue Holden explains the concept of mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in simple language, with practical guidelines for applying the approach i...
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Mainstreaming Gender in Development
Fenella Porter, Caroline Sweetman
This volume offers a critical review of gender mainstreaming and aims to be enabling and practical, offering ways to help identify solutions and move past dilemmas into action. Articles discuss how gender mainstreaming has been understood in different organisations; provide examples of good work, wh...
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Looking after Our Land
'Desertification' is not the creation of a desert - or very rarely! It is a process of resource degradation. Helping people to acquire the tools, knowledge and confidence the need to reverse this process is one of the major challenges facing development workers in arid and semi-arid Africa. Soil con...
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Loin des caméras
Depuis les atrocités du 11 Septembre 2001, les dirigeants des grandes puissances internationales se sont concentrées sur confronter ce qu'ils perçoivent comme la plus grande menace à la sécurité mondiale: la combinaison des armes de destruction massive et le terrorisme international. Lors du sommet...
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Indonesia
This outstanding series provides concise and lively introductions to countries and the major development issues they face. Packed full of factual information, photographs and maps, the guides also focus on ordinary people and the impact that historical, economic and environmental issues have on thei...