Contested Space

Alison Brown

The importance of public space in supporting city economies and in contributing to poverty reduction is rarely recognized. Instead, public space is more often an arena for contest – between municipal governments or other vested interests, and street traders, whose activities are proscribed by restri...

Just One Planet

Mark Smith

The impacts of climate change are being felt all around the world and as they become more damaging and widespread, it is the 2.7 billion people in the world who live on less than $2 a day who will be hit first and hardest. The carbon emissions fuelling the lifestyles of people in the North are causi...

A Networked Research Approach

Kate Czuczman

Despite the rhetoric of bottom-up development, the international development agenda remains dominated by the economic interests and institutional priorities of the North, and supported by knowledge generated through Northern Universities, resource centres and think tanks. One means of addressing thi...

Cassava Processing

This fact sheet describes uses of cassava - a staple crop of particular importance in South America and Africa - how to process it, harvest it and store it.

Water reforms and the poor

This volume consists of two discussion papers that provide insights in addressing pro-poor concerns in water policy.

Picking up the Pieces

Nick Caistor, Susana Villaran

With the sudden flight of its decade-long dictator Alberto Fujimori in 2001 and the apprehension of his eminence grise Vladimiro Montesinos, Peru has in recent years experienced one of the most dramatic turnarounds of any Latin American country. Picking Up the Pieces: Corruption and Democracy in Per...

Solar Cooking and Health

Solar cookers are devices that use the energy of solar radiation to cook food. In the rural areas of most developing countries, cooking is usually done on open fires fuelled by wood, but solar cookers are a cleaner and healthier option.

How to use the DRYIT Semi-continuous Tray Dryer

A comprehensive guide on how to use this tray dryer - you can dry herbs, fruit, vegetables, and even colouring materials and textiles.

A Woodworking Bench

This technical brief shows how a woodworking bench with vice can be made without the use of steel components.

Small-scale Oilseed Processing

Discusses refining oilseed on a small-scale; topics include raw materials, health and safety and processing.