Agro-pesticide use in Sri Lanka

This study examines the present situation of pesticide use and the changes and trends over the past ten years with the objective of highlighting the issues that need to be addressed by policies.

Chimney Stoves and Smoke Hoods

Nearly half the world cooks on three-stone fires or basic stoves causing indoor air pollution. This brief looks at ways to reduce the pollution by using chimney stoves and smoke hoods to let the smokey air escape outdoors.

Stoves for Institutional Kitchens

Institutional stoves are used where large amounts of food need to be cooked. Typical examples are schools, hospitals, prisons and refugee camps.

Sustainable Small-Scale Brick Production

Increasing efficiency in small-scale brick production without reducing quality or under-firing.

Biogas

Biogas is a fuel used for cooking and lighting, made from dung and other organic waste.

Clove Processing

Cloves are the unopened flower buds of the evergreen tree and are used to flavour foods and drinks. They are also used to produce essential oil used in dentistry and as a cleaning agent in microscopy. The steps in obtaining and processing it are shown here.

Promoting Local Innovation in Sudan

The aims of this publication are to focus on the collection and classification of Sudanese local innovations using a "bottom-up" approach, to take into account the historical depth and the potential use that may highlight the continuity and changes in local innovations as indicators of society trans...

Good Governance and Provision of Affordable Housing in DKI Jakarta, Indonesia

Danang Widoyoko

M Sohail

The sustainability of the livelihoods of the poor in low- and middle-income countries is compromised by corruption in the delivery of infrastructure services. Such services include water supply, sanitation, drainage, the provision of access roads and paving, transport, solid waste management, street...

Pastoral Livestock Marketing in Eastern Africa

John McPeak, Peter Little

An in-depth, evidence-based investigation of livestock marketing in Eastern Africa which approaches the issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives including anthropology, economics, geography, and rangeland ecology. Editors John G. McPeak and Peter D. Little present current findings on ho...

Policy Entrepreneurship for Poverty Reduction

Julius Court, Simon Maxwell

International development is characterized by a concern for praxis, the union of theory and practice. But bridging research and policy is harder than it looks. This book focuses on two key questions: What factors affect the influence research has on policy and practice in international development?...