Practical Action Publishing
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Managing Mobility in African Rangelands
This publication shows how land tenure laws, decentralization policies, institutional capacity building, common property management, conflict resolution and participatory development can be made more responsive to the needs of those practising transhumance today, or pastoralists, for ecologically an...
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Managing Resources
The first three books of this series cover research, planning and pretesting of material, the design and production of artwork, and information about different printing processes. All these subjects are relevant to the person running a small printing unit, but this book deals with things that form p...
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Managing the Globalized Environment
This volume considers the complexity of local-global interaction in environmental management; the focus is on understanding resource management as a socio-cultural concept. Interlinkages between resource base, supply, management and needs satisfaction are discussed from different perspectives and pa...
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Manual of Building Construction
This is a practical, illustrated handbook on the construction of small buildings using local materials, suitable for a great variety of ground and climatic conditions. Devised originally for amateur builders, it is based on the author's direct experience, working in the tropics, and is a practical a...
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Manual of Practical Management for Third World Rural Development Associations
Written in a simple and direct style useful for training administrators of small groups or associations and those who manage development projects. Volume 2 of this guide covers all aspects of financing an association. The second volume looks at all aspects of financial management for small developme...
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Manual of Practical Management for Third World Rural Development Associations
This comprehensive and simple guide will clarify management problems for those involved with non-governmental associations in developing countries. With numerous examples and annexes together with a glossary of unfamiliar technical terms.
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Manual of Practical Management for Third World Rural Development Associations
This comprehensive and simple guide will clarify management problems for those involved with non-governmental associations in developing countries. With numerous examples and annexes together with a glossary of unfamiliar technical terms.
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A Manual on the Hydraulic Ram for Pumping Water
Part One contains details of how to make and maintain a small hydraulic ram on a suitable site, whilst Part Two takes a more technical look at ram performances and design considerations and also contains a useful bibliography.
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The Manual Screw Press for Small-Scale Oil Extraction
Manual oil extraction from peanuts or other soft oil-seeds can be a viable enterprise for small businesses. This book describes small-scale processes of oil-extraction for possible use in rural areas, as well as ways to market and distribute the oilcake.
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Mapping the Shift in Business Development Services
Small enterprises not only need credit they also need many other services: training, advice, marketing, supplies, premises, accountancy, materials, technology and many others. Without them, credit alone may do no more than add the burden of debt to all the other problems entrepreneurs have to face....