Development studies
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How to Make a Pipe-Bending Machine
Articles such as hospital and school equipment - bed frames, chairs, tables, handrails - all require the bending of pipe. This manual gives full instructions on how to make a pipe-bending machine, which could be made by most workshops or blacksmiths.
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How to Make a Treadle-Operated Wood-Turning Lathe
This machine would be a useful addition to any woodwork shop, enabling new products to be made without the use of electricity. It could be the basis for a village industry, and can be built by most small metal workshops and blacksmiths.
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How to Make Twelve Woodworking Tools
Step-by-step instructions on how to make a: Try square, Bevel square, Marking gauge , Cutting gauge, Mortise gauge, Panel gauge, Mallet, Bow drill, Bow saw, Coping saw, Fret saw and Hack saw.
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Scrap Metal Recovery
A case study of the development of a small business in Papua New Guinea involved in recovering a range of scrap, non-ferrous metals. An income-generating opportunity for hundreds of shanty town dwellers.
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Rainwater Harvesting
This book emphasizes the importance of social, economic, and environmental considerations when planning and implementing projects. For rural development workers, it aims to fill the gap in existing literature on the gathering and storage of rainwater.
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Rural Vulnerability to Famine in Ethiopia
Prescriptions for rural development abound, but ‘what is frequently lacking is not so much ideas or techniques as the will and the commitment’ to improve conditions. The author describes how, in the complex case of Ethiopia, man can be held responsible for famine –and suggests how he can act to prev...
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Equipment for Rural Workshops
A guide for anyone who wishes to equip a workshop, from the basic tools required for a one or two person carpentry workshop without power, to the more sophisticated power equipment for both wood and metal working.
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Financing Small Enterprise
Proceedings of a Seminar Organized by The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
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Modern Stoves for All
Revised edition of this practical survey of low-cost stoves for use in developing countries. Prepared for skilled technicians who will be able to use the drawings as a basis for building stove models, for testing and adaptation to local conditions.
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Hand Pump Maintenance
A guide to the technical and social problems involved in community well projects, with an extension and evaluation of the different types of hand pumps available.