Putting Knowledge to Work

Luc Mougeot

Producing knowledge that is relevant and can be acted upon is essential for international development. There is a renewed urgency for knowledge from the civil society sector, particularly non-academic organizations, to be acknowledged and recorded, to be distilled and leveraged, in order to help the...

Urban Governance in the Realm of Complexity

Meine Pieter van Dijk, Jurian Edelenbos, Kees van Rooijen

The challenge in the face of growing urban complexity is to foster new forms of urban governance through collective action, urban governance networks, and new forms of multi-level governance. New approaches to urban governance are arising to stand alongside technical or management solutions. Governa...

Panorama energético de los pobres 2016

¿Qué necesidades energéticas señalan los pobres de los países en desarrollo como las más acuciantes? ¿Iluminación eléctrica? ¿Cocinas no contaminantes y modernas? ¿Energía para los centros de salud? Aprovechando la información obtenida en las exhaustivas consultas realizadas a las comunidades que vi...

Perspectives énergétiques des populations pauvres 2016

Si on donnait la parole aux populations pauvres des pays en développement, quels besoins en matière d’énergie identifieraient-elles comme les plus urgents ? L’éclairage électrique ? Des fourneaux de cuisine propres et modernes ? De l’électricité pour les cliniques médicales ? En s’appuyant sur une c...

The Barefoot Guide to Exploring the Real Work of Social Change

The Barefoot Guide Writers' Collective

This is a book about social change practices from many countries. It contains a variety of stories, analyses, and ideas. It also has many poems and illustrations to illuminate and enhance the text. For activists, civil society leaders, practitioners and students, this is not a book of easy answe...

Participatory planning for inclusive urban governance

Practical Action Bangladesh have implemented a four-year long (2012 - 2016) multi-country (Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka) project named Integrated Urban Development (IUD)-II project, focusing participatory planning for inclusive urban governance. It came as a follow-up of IUD-I project had been imple...

Rainwater Harvesting in Thailand

An explorative study was done to collect information and analyse the experiences of the promotion of domestic rainwater harvesting (DRWH) in Thailand. A rapid review of evidence was combined with a field trip to collect information from a wide variety of actors. This report summarizes the main findi...

Understanding Equid Welfare Issues

A comprehensive technical guide to understanding and dealing with equid welfare and health issues from The Brooke

What is animal welfare?

Animal welfare refers to the physical and emotional state that is impacted by the environment in which the animal lives and works, human attitudes and practices, and resources available to it. Welfare is an everchanging state in which all of these factors can and will cause welfare to fluctuate betw...

Flood Early Warning System in Practice: Experiences of Nepal

Flood Early Warning System (EWS) is one of the key programmes implemented by Practical Action in Nepal since 2002. We have realised, there is a need of EWS in South Asia regional scale as the disasters are not limited within the political boundary.