Practical Action Publishing
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Intermediate Technology in Papua New Guinea
This paper is based on a study of the South Pacific Appropriate Technology Foundation undertaken in 1983 as part of an ITDG institutional initiative.
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Intermediate Technology Transfer Unit
A highly successful network of Intermediate Technology Transfer Units has been established within Ghana, serving to foster and develop small-scale, informal industry. Since the founding of the first ITTU in 1980 the idea has flourished with such units being set up throughout Ghana. This handbook pro...
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Into the Unknown
Development is about change, and lives immersed in researching international development should be prepared for exploration, for discovering the unexpected, and for questioning the direction that ‘development’ is taking. Robert Chambers reflects on experiences, which led him to examine personal bias...
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Introducing Technology Justice
As national governments, development actors, and businesses negotiate, commit to, and begin to implement Sustainable Development Goals for the next 15 years, Practical Action makes the case for Technology Justice to inform their actions and ambitions. This briefing paper introduces the arguments and...
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An Introduction to Co-operatives
Co-operatives can bring prosperity to those who join them, but only if the members know how a Co-operative works. This book has been written to help you to be an active member of a successful Co-operative.To use the book, work in this way. First read each section in a chapter on your own, testing yo...
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Introductory Technology
A practical classroom and workshop guide for teachers of technology, craft and design subjects in schools. It is based on the comprehensive Nigerian introductory technology curriculum, and encourages an integrated, active learning approach. Published in association with VSO.
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Islamic Microfinance
Malcolm Harper, Ajaz Ahmed Khan
Microfinance institutions are today reaching hundreds of millions of clients throughout the global South, but the special needs of Muslim borrowers and savers, who wish to avoid any form of fixed interest, are badly served. The purpose of Islamic Microfinance is to introduce readers to the tenets of...
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Island Technology
Pacific island countries have united internationally to contest the negative external impacts of Western technology - such as the disposal of poison gas and toxic waste, the transportation of nuclear materials and nuclear testing, as well as the overwhelming prospect of global warming and a rising s...
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Jobs from Housing
Robin Spence, Jill Wells, Eric Dudley
Based on evidence from throughout the developing world this book takes a fresh look at the processes and the problems of income generation through housing.
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Jobs from Junks
Presents a method of creating employment and cleaning up cities in developing countries by dismantling derelict cars. Includes a curriculum for a short training course in cutting up cars and instructions about selling the recovered materials and parts.