Development studies
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Building Maintenance
This book describes the management and administration of building maintenance and the methods or basic technologies. It is aimed at managers of small building units, it describes some common causes of the deterioration of building fabric and suggests some solutions.
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Intercultivation
This book, part of the Tools for Agriculture series, is designed to give a guide to types of equipment available for farming on the small-scale and for small holdings.
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Management of Technological Change
Donnacadh Hurley, Matthew Gamser
This extensively annotated collection of titles aims to guide governments and other decision makers in developing nations in the choices they make in technologies, and also in the development of mechanisms by which these selections can be implemented.
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Multi-purpose Toolbars
This guide provides information on the type of equipment that is available for farming on the small-scale and for small-holdings. It details the relevant characteristics of the different types of multi-purpose toolbars and lists the name and address of the manufacturer.
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Harvesting and Threshing
This manageable guide sets out to answer what harvesting and threshing equipment is available, what are the main characteristics of types of equipment and where can you go for more information and supply.
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Improved Wood Waste and Charcoal Burning Stoves
A manual for those involved in the day-to-day work of stoves projects. The book describes the chief characteristics, both advantages and disadvantages, of 28 types of stoves.
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Seed-bed Preparation
This guide firstly discusses the various methods of seed-bed preparation with a description of hand tools, animal powered cultivation and tillage systems and continues with a listing of appropriate equipment which includes ploughs harrows and cultivators.
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Standards and Specifications for Local Building Materials
Report on the deliberations from a regional workshop on standards and specifications for local building materials, dealing with regional co-operation, methodologies for establishing standards and procedures and quality control.
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Clay Tile Manufacture
A guide to clay tile manufacture, covering tools, factory siting, operations, budgeting and financing the project.
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Guatemala: False Hope, False Freedom
After the installation of a civilian government in 1986, many Guatemalans hopes for a sharp break with the poverty and repression of the past. This updated edition examines the first half of Christian Democrat President Vinicio Cerezo's five-year term in office.