Development studies
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Spurs and Dykes for Flood Protection
Spurs and dykes are structures that protect river banks and contain flood waters. They can be built by communities using stones and wire.
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How to Build a Small Vertical Shaft Lime Kiln
An example of a continuous production, mixed feed kiln from Zimbabwe.
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Solar Thermal Energy in Nepal
Renewable energy practices in Nepal
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Health Care Waste Management in Developing Countries
This brief gives an overview on health care waste treatment options focusing on incineration.
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Value Chains in Development
Value chain development can identify and address the sector-specific bottlenecks that hinder the development of an industry. Value Chains in Development charts the rise of value chain analysis from the sub-sector approach, through classic business development services, and includes how to assess val...
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EMMA: le guide pratique
Markets are a crucial component of how people survive. Understanding how markets are disrupted in emergencies is critical to any analysis of hunger, and to food and livelihood security. The Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis Toolkit (EMMA) is a guidance manual to assist front-line staff to make r...
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Small Farmers, Big Change
David Wilson, Kirsty Wilson, Claire Harvey
Support for smallholder agriculture is seen as increasingly important, both to boost the food security and incomes of the rural poor and to provide food for urban populations. But to achieve scale in agricultural interventions, NGOs must move beyond a project-by-project approach and instead enable f...
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Gender, Faith, and Development
Faith-based organizations have long been involved in charitable and development activities. However, the emerging openness to thinking about and engaging with religion in development raises some important questions. Does religious engagement in development policy and practice risk harming already fr...
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Supporting Rural Water Supply
Collectively, billions of dollars have been invested in the provision of rural water supply systems in developing countries over the past three decades. Although progress is being made and rates of coverage are increasing, users often find that, once installed, water supply systems are poorly mainta...
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Designing and Building Mini and Micro Hydro Power Schemes
Luis Rodriguez, Teodoro Sanchez
Small hydro power installations have the potential to provide a renewable supply of energy to people in remote, hilly communities, far from the national gird. This book is based on the authors' considerable experience of installing hydroelectric schemes that produce up to 500kW for powering small co...