Development studies
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Rainwater Harvesting During Reconstruction
Overview of rainwater harvesting technologies and how they can be considered in the reconstruction process.
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Natural resource management and the importance of gender
Taking into account the different roles and responsibilities of men and women is critical to the sustainable management of natural resources as well as the success of NRM policies and programmes. We need to be aware that NRM programmes may affect women and men differently due to their rights, roles...
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Pumpkin Growing using Sandbar Cropping
This brief describes a way of growing crops on the sandbars, created by river deposits in Bangladesh, and how this can be used to increase crop production for marginalised famers.
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Small-scale Off grid Solar PV Installation Manual
A complete installation guide for Solar PV systems up to 235W (or one solar panel.) Written in collaboration with Quetsol, primarily for applications in Guatemala.
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Biogas Digest: Volume II
Important factors, providing a checklist for the planning and procedure for product development of a biogas plant.
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Metalworking
Making a living from small-scale metalworking depends on being able to make products that customers want. This is partly based on technical skills and partly on understanding customers.
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Water Supply During Emergencies
Overview of options for water supply in an emergency context, with relation to people-centred reconstruction principles.
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Poor People's Energy Outlook 2012
Access to energy is essential for poor people to earn a decent living, to work their way out of the vicious cycle of poverty and subsistence. Whether you earn off the land, from a small business, through a job in a larger enterprise or through the supply of energy itself, energy is important. Poor P...
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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.