Development studies
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Rights Now!
One thousand million people in the world live in poverty. They are denied basic rights such as access to clean water, a home or enough to eat. This work explains why so many people are poor and powerless. It shows what some of them are doing about it, how ordinary people in Britain can support them...
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Rural Building Course Volume 1
Contains information on tools, maintenance of tools, rural building materials, rural building products, tables of figures and a glossary.
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Rural Building Course Volume 3
From foundations, walls, doors and windows, to roofs, plaster and render, locks and painting.
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Rural Building Course Volume 4
A training book for drawing techniques related to the subjects covered in the other volumes of the Rural Building Course, and general drawing training.
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Adult Literacy
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...
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Asian Development Bank
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...
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Agroecology
This revised edition of a classic text re-emphasizes the importance of agroecology as the discipline that provides the basic ecological principles of how to study, design and manage agroecosystems. By separating myth from reality, Miguel Altieri extracts the key principles of sustainable agriculture...
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Appropriate Paper-based Technology (APT)
Appropriate Paper-based Technology (APT) is a comprehensive survey of the technologies for making a wide range of products from chess-men to armchairs, from trays to solar cookers, using paper. It is a revised and updated edition of the Manual of APT published by IRED, Harare, 1989 and 1991. The rev...
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Hot-dip Galvanizing
The demand for more durable fasteners to extend the life of equipment such as fishing vessels makes this illustrated introduction to hot-dip galvanizing an invaluable addition to the bookshelves of works managers, engineers, government officials and field project officers. Hot-dip galvanizing is...
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The Survival of the Fitter
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...