Chenkumbi Lime

John Spiropoulos

Lime is not only an important building material but an essential ingredient in many industrial processes, such as agriculture and sugar manufacture. As a binder in the construction industry, it is simpler and cheaper to produce than Portland cement and yet just as effective for most building require...

Agricultural Trade

Luther Tweeten

A complete coverage of strategic trade theory and application, imperfect competition, market power, and the political economy of agricultural trade. An easy-to-use analysis of trade principles, institutions, and policies.

Breaking the Chains

Bosse Kramsjo

Shows how the landless poor of Bangladesh have worked to determine their own future, independent of the existing power structure. Demonstrates effective organizing by the landless, the results of their action, and thoughts on the way forward.

Cause for our Times

Maggie Black

Oxfam is one of the best-known and most successful charities in Britain. It is also one of the most controversial. This book, published to coincide with Oxfam’s 50th anniversary, describes how a small, local, wartime charity evolved into Britain’s largest overseas agency, in a period of rapid social...

Choosing Research Methods

Brian Pratt, Peter Loizos

Development workers often need to carry out specific research in order to obtain answers to specific questions about projects and programmes. Choosing Research Methods discusses the various ways in which such research can be carried out and how to select the most appropriate method for particular ci...

Culture, Cash and Housing

Maurice Mitchell, Andy Bevan

This book examines the role of cultural tradition and the local environment in determining a community's attitude towards housing and its construction. It offers practical advice to enable planners and implementers of building projects (including development agencies) to assess effectively the commu...

Sailing Against the Wind

Eirik Jansen

Trgve Bolstad

Some of the greatest rivers of the world flow through Bangladesh, and these rivers form what is perhaps the world's most complete system of inland water navigation. Boat operations on inland water play a more prominent role in Bangladesh than anywhere else in the world. The way of life for the 120 m...

Small and Medium Enterprises

A S Bhalla

Technological issues and options facing small/medium enterprises in urban and rural settings in developing and advanced countries. Covers policies, programmes, institutions and the infrastructure that affect small businesses.

The State of World Rural Poverty

Idriss Jazairy, Mohiuddin Alamgir, Theresa Panuccio

A comprehensive study of world rural poverty, with unique rural poverty indexes for 114 developing countries, as well as an invaluable policy guide to issues involving development and poverty.

Development Dialogue

Adrian Cullis, Arnold Pacey

The African Sahel has one of the poorest regional economies in the world. Within it pastoralists are particularly vulnerable because development policy has often failed to address local concerns. By contrast, the Turkana rainwater harvesting project described in this book stands out in its simplicit...