Practical Action Publishing
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Equipment for Rural Workshops
A guide for anyone who wishes to equip a workshop, from the basic tools required for a one or two person carpentry workshop without power, to the more sophisticated power equipment for both wood and metal working.
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Equity and Efficiency in Economic Development
Eminent development economists tackle the question of how to design, construct and administer an economic system that will function efficiently and assure improved living standards, while respecting individual freedoms and social justice.
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Ethnoveterinary Medicine
This volume contains some 700 abstracts from around the world relating to peoples animal healthcare, otherwise known as ethnoveterinary medicine. Each abstract, many of the substantial, contains where possible detail of the livestocks disease, the name of the treatment, its method of preparation and...
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Ethnoveterinary Research and Development
Constance McCorkle, Evelyn Mathias, Veen van Schillhorn, W Tjaart
From sociocultural, political-economic, and environmental as well as biomedical viewpoints, the book presents reviews and case studies of traditional veterinary knowledge and practice, along with historical perspectives, theoretical discussions and research methodologies. The 23 chapters span 10 maj...
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Every Last Drop
Zhu Qiang, Li Yuanhong, John Gould
Over the past two decades a quiet revolution has been taking place in the countryside of China where hundreds of millions of people have been lifted out of poverty. This book focuses on some of the practical actions and clever use of appropriate technologies which have been at the heart of this posi...
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Expanding Energy Access in Developing Countries
For centuries, water pumping, food processing, and manufacturing , amongst other productive uses, have been enhanced by the application of mechanical power. Recent technological advances in mechanical power have further enhanced productivity and reduced the drudgery of human labour associated with t...
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Expanding the Frontier in Rural Finance
Despite significant innovations in rural microfinance over the years, millions of people around the world still do not have access to financial services. Can linkages and strategic alliances between formal and informal financial institutions and private firms help resolve this problem? Drawing on 12...
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Experience of Poverty
This book turns the standard approach to the poor and poverty upside down by focusing not on the weakness of poor people but on their strengths. The author considers how poor people in three villages in West Bengal experience poverty in its many forms, and battle for both resources and respect. This...
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Export Marketing for a Small Handicraft Business
Written in plain, jargon-free language, this book provides vital information to help producers export more effectively. Keeping the perspective and situation of small-scale exporters in mind, it covers every aspect of exporting that it is important to know.
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Extreme Emergencies
This comprehensive and detailed sourcebook offers humanitarian organizations, for the first time, essential information on how to prepare for the key man-made disasters which they have to face in an ever more dangerous world. The possibility of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or enh...