Bolivia In Focus

Paul Van Lindert, O Verkoren

Often caricatured in Europe and the US as the land of coups and cocaine, Bolivia is a country full of rich traditions stemming from before the arrival of Columbus. In the most Indian of Latin American nations, pre-Conquest lifestyles, languages and dress have adapted to survive centuries of oppressi...

On The Line

Augusta Dwyer

The US-Mexican border is a unique meeting point of the first and third worlds. Every day thousands of Mexicans run the gauntlet of the US Border Patrol to reach the promised lands of California and Texas. On the Mexican side half a million people, mainly young women, earn a dollar an hour or less, t...

Observations of Solid Waste Management in Bombay, 1992

Adrian Coad

This report is based on information collected by engineers during a training programme in India. It gives a unique insight into actual day-to-day operations in one of India?s largest cities, and demonstrates how this data can be analysed. Subjects include the administrative and legal background, the...

Measuring the Process

David Marsden, Peter Oakley, Brian Pratt

Based on an international workshop which brought together both practitioners and academics, Measuring the Process is a unique attempt to set out guidelines for evaluating social development processes. It is intended primarily as a practical guide for undertaking the evaluation of social development...

The Latin American City

Alan Gilbert

James Ferguson

Since the 19S0s, Latin America has been transformed from a rural to an urban society. The region now contains some of the world's biggest cities, headed by Mexico City with its 20 million inhabitants. In all but five Latin American countries, more people now live in towns and cities than in the coun...

For Richer, For Poorer

Harry Browne, Beth Sims, Tom Barry

Whatever the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the US and Mexico are involved in a rapid and unstoppable process of economic integration. Driven by the changing global production systems of US and other transnational corporations, the two countries' economies are now more cl...

Governance, Democracy and Conditionality

Andrew Clayton

Governance, Democracy and Conditionality is based on the proceedings of the international INTRAC workshop on 'Governance, Democracy, and Conditionality: What Role for NGOs?' which was held in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, from 4-6 June 1993. INTRAC organised the Amersfoort workshop in order to explor...

Half the World, Half a Chance

Julia Mosse

Explains how and why women are disadvantaged not only by social and economic structures but also by many current development initiatives. This book also gives many examples of successful action by women's organizations and offers a message of hope.

Jobs from Housing

Robin Spence, Jill Wells, Eric Dudley

Based on evidence from throughout the developing world this book takes a fresh look at the processes and the problems of income generation through housing.

Land, Food and Rural Development in North Africa

M. El-Ghonemy

This book examines land tenure and food security problems, and evaluates the effects of rural development policies in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia. The author draws on case studies and over 40 years' first-hand experience.