Development studies
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Medical and Hygiene Textile Production
Allison Mathews, Martin Hardingham
This handbook offers basic information on all levels of manufacture and small-scale production of medical and hygiene textiles including gauze, cotton wool, bandages, sanitary towels and nappies. Topics range from processing raw materials to packaging (Published in the Small-scale Textiles series).
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New World of Microenterprise Finance
This book argues that it is possible to create sustainable and viable financial institutions that give poor people greater access to financial services. Includes case studies of successful programmes from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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Animal Healthcare Training
John Young, Karen Stoufer, Narayan Ojha, Henk Peter Djikema
Presents the findings of a training project in Nepal which teaches basic animal health care techniques to Nepalese villagers. Ten years later an evaluation was conducted to determine whether there was a continuing need for the courses and to assess their effectiveness. This book describes the course...
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Assessing the Gender Impact of Development Projects
Vera Gianotten, Verona Groverma, Edith van Wilsum, Lida Zuidberg
Gender impact assessment is a way to estimate the expected impact of an intervention, such as a development project, on women, and to what extent the specific interests and needs of various categories of women will be affected. Such assessment provides information relevant to project planning, and s...
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Bangladesh
This book addresses, in the Bangladesh context, the fundamental processes of agrarian structural change and their gender implications, opportunities for wider participation by landless men and women in agricultural growth; the social implications of rural works and fish culture programmes; rural ins...
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The Blacksmith and the Farmer
This book examines the contribution of rural manufacturing in central African economies, particularly as a service to the agricultural base. The author argues that self-sustaining small-scale rural workshops are vital to rural development.
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Building For Safety Compendium
Compendium of key publications, organizations, information sources and funding agencies for building improvement programmes. Over 100 selected publications and institutions.
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Buried Pipelines for Surface Irrigation
This book is a comprehensive guide to the use of low-pressure pipelines instead of canal distribution systems for surface irrigation. Buried pipeline systems offer improvements over canals, without the sophistication and high cost of pressurized sprinkler and trickle irrigation. It is, therefore, an...
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Cereal Processing
Focuses on the processing of four cereals - maize (or corn), rice, sorghum and wheat. A useful guide for those intending to set up a cereal-processing enterprise. Topics include harvesting, threshing, storage, milling, hulling, baking and fermenting.
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Community Assessment
The goal of this introductory text is to assist the reader in identifying causes of ill health in communities, so as to provide more effective and less costly health interventions. Topics explored include basic demographics, water and sanitation, food preparation and nutrition, community resources,...