Practical Action Publishing
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A Practical Guide to Solar Photovoltaic Systems for Technicians
Solar photovoltaic systems provide an environmentally sustainable source of energy and have the potential to vastly improve the lives of many people in isolated areas of the world. First published in 2008, the first edition has been used to train more than ten thousand engineers and field technic...
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40 Critical Thinkers in Community Development
Peter Westoby, David Palmer, Athena Lathouras,
Who are the great activists, thinkers and writers who can inspire us in our community development work? Environmentalists, poets, philosophers, civil rights activists, trade unionists – all can help us question the assumptions that underlie our international development practice. This book invite...
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Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Save the Children
The 2019 edition of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) is a ‘one-stop shop’ for all the latest resources on child protection. The CPMS aims to strengthen quality and accountability in child protection programming and improve multi-sectoral approaches to children...
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Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action Arabic
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Save the Children
The 2019 edition of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) is a ‘one-stop shop’ for all the latest resources on child protection. The CPMS aims to strengthen quality and accountability in child protection programming and improve multi-sectoral approaches to children...
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Taking Shelter
Patrick McAllister, Daniel Rozas
PUBLISHING NOVEMBER 2020 How do low-income families, representing some 70% of the world’s population, finance home building and improvements – and how is the financial sector, from microfinance institutions and banks to investors and regulators, changing to serve their needs? The practice of h...
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Solar Pumping for Water Supply
Alberto Ibáñez Llario, Asenath W. Kiprono
Solar power for pumping groundwater has a vast potential for improving the sustainability of water supply schemes. However experience also shows that a lack of knowledge, capacity and expertise to design and implement such schemes is holding back their adoption. This book bridges this gap to equip e...
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Normas Mínimas Para la Protección de la Niñez y Adolescencia en la Acción Humanitaria
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Save the Children
La edición de 2019 de las Normas mínimas para la protección de la niñez y adolescencia en la acción humanitaria (NMPNA) es una "ventanilla única" para todos los recursos más recientes sobre protección de la infancia. Las NMPNA tienen como objetivo fortalecer la calidad y la responsabilidad en los pr...
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Standards Minimums pour la Protection de l'Enfance dans l'Action Humanitaire
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Save the Children
L’édition 2019 des Standards Minimums pour la Protection de l’Enfance dans l’intervention humanitaire (SMPE) est un ‘guichet unique’ pour toutes les ressources les plus récentes sur la protection de l’enfance. Les SMPE ont pour objectif de renforcer la qualité et la redevabilité des programmes de pr...
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Islam and International Development
What can we learn from Islamic teachings that will take us closer to addressing today’s most pressing development challenges, including forced migration and refugees, safeguarding and child welfare, gender-based violence, climate change, and peacebuilding and conflict resolution? How can the mec...
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Practical Guides for Organizational & Financial Resilience Set
John Cammack is a highly experienced practitioner, consultant and trainer in the international non-profit sector. He has worked, and delivered both face-to-face and online training, in over 60 countries, and has conducted innovative research with a wide range of trainers and practitioners working in...