Practical Action Publishing
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Gender, Business and Enterprise
Caroline Sweetman, Ruth Pearson
Business and enterprise should support gender justice and women's rights, but the reality is most women worldwide barely earn enough for survival. Why are women producers more likely than men to live hand-to-mouth, trapped in the least profitable and powerful parts of the economy? And what strategie...
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How to Build Safer Houses with Confined Masonry
Tom Schacher, Nadia Carlevaro, Guillaume Roux-Fouillet
Low-rise buildings in earthquake-prone areas in many parts of the world are often constructed by self-taught masons and contractors. How to build safer houses with confined masonry: a guide for masons is an essential ‘how to’ handbook bringing together a collected knowledge of earthquake-resistant c...
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Constructing Low-rise Confined Masonry Buildings
The Construction Guide for Low-Rise Confined Masonry Buildings addresses the needs of small-scale contractors, technicians, government staff, architects as well as non-governmental organizations involved in post-disaster reconstruction. The guide has been written with users with various professional...
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Panorama energético de los pobres 2017
El acceso a la energía es la base del desarrollo sostenible, necesario para realizar progresos en la sanidad, educación y empoderamiento de las mujeres, entre otros aspectos. Al reconocer esta importancia, la comunidad internacional añadió en los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible para 2030 el objet...
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Perspectives énergétiques des populations pauvres 2017
L’accès à l’énergie est au coeur du développement durable car il favorise, entre autres, les progrès en matière de santé, d’éducation et d’émancipation des femmes. Forte de ce constat, la communauté mondiale s’est engagée à faire de l’accès à l’énergie l’un des objectifs de développement durable pou...
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Tomato Processing
Tomato processing can be an instrumental skill for farmers who want to convert the tomatoes into various other products besides using it as vegetables. This technical brief contains the varieties of ways a farmer can process the tomato into many other products. Tomatoes are known to be the most impo...
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Compressed Stabilised Earth Block (CSEB) Construction Manual
This technical brief explains about the Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks structure.
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Vermicomposting: A promising technology to turn kitchen waste to organic compost
Vermicomposting is a process of composting that uses earthworm to convert organic waste into humus-like high-quality compost.This technique of converting organic waste into compost manure not only boosts organic production but also helps to effectively manage the household and urban organic waste.
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From south-south comparative research to policy impact
The Evidence and Lessons from Latin America (ELLA) programme promotes evidence-informed policymaking, by facilitating South-South research, exchange and learning on economic, social, governance and environmental issues.
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Gender, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Caroline Sweetman, Kimberly Bowman
How much have development programmes supported women in their daily lives, and in their struggles for equality and justice? Important though it is for development interventions to be accountable to funders, they are equally responsible to the women and men with whom they work. Monitoring and evaluat...