The Alms Bazaar

Ian Smillie

Written by an insider, this study of international development agencies ranges from Biafra to Rwanda, from administrative costs to participatory development, from the bright hopes of the 1960s to the implications of the latest Mexican financial crisis. The phenomenon of the transnational mega-charit...

The Survival of the Fitter

John Powell

This book traces the development of Ghana's informal engineering sector through stories of the progress of the actual people involved. The first generation of grassroots engineers are wayside vehicle mechanics, or 'fitters', engaged in repairing machinery. The author argues that the evolution of a f...

Adult Literacy

Paul Fordham, Deryn Holland

Juliet Millican

This is a book for development workers who have no formal training in adult education who have to respond - as planners, trainers or teachers - to requests for literacy skills. It sets out to deepen their understanding of literacy and its importance in the process of development and change. Using ex...

Asian Development Bank

Nihal Kappagoda

Regional development banks have recently come under growing criticism from grassroots organizations, environmental groups and others. Asia and the Pacific is an extremely diverse region, containing both very small and very large nation states - as well as extremes of rich and poor. This volume descr...

Developing Building for Safety Programmes

Yasemin Aysan, Andrew Clayton, Alistair Cory, Ian Davis

Developing Building for Safety Programmes summarizes the basic principles to be considered in the planning and implementation of community-based building improvement programmes for small dwellings in disaster-prone areas. Including case studies illustrating suggestions made. These guidelines for saf...

Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness and Response

David Sanderson

Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness and Response brings together, for the first time, information on the activity of British individuals and organizations working in disaster mitigation, preparedness and response. Over 170 returned questionnaires, interviews, reviews and research form the basis of thi...

Disease Prevention Through Vector Control

Madeleine Thomson

Over the years, Oxfam has been involved in a wide variety of health-related projects. The Practical Health Guides draw on this experience to put forward ideas on best practice in the provision of health care and services in developing countries The number of refugees and displaced persons has increa...

Do It Herself

Helen Appleton

Although women are the majority of small-scale technology users, their technical knowledge and understanding has largely been overlooked. This book investigates the contributions of women to technical innovation at a grassroots level, using 22 case studies of technical innovation by women in 16 coun...

Drying

This book is an introduction to the principles of drying and gives an indication of the range of technologies available, along with case studies examining the use of improved drier designs.

Empowerment Through Enterprise

Malcolm Harper

Based on over 20 years' experience in training NGO staff in enterprise development, this manual provides detailed guidelines for an eleven-day training course whose objective is to enable NGO staff to better assist others trying to start their own businesses. It covers marketing, financial managemen...