Rural Transport in Developing Countries

Ian Barwell, Geoff Edmonds

An important and wide-ranging survey of transport policies in developing countries, illustrated by nine case-studies.

Small Hydro Power in China

An account of how the Chinese achieved a long-term programme to provide rural areas with electricity. Contains lessons for other countries faced with energy provision problems.

Solar Water Pumping

Jeff Kenna, Bill Gillet

A 'state of the art' survey, with guides to costs and criteria for choice of pumping methods.

Designing and Producing Artwork

Judith Wilkinson

This book deals with the design and production of artwork. 'Camera-ready' artwork means the material you want printed -completed text and illustrations pasted in position, ready for the printer to make a printing plate. Design and production can involve a wide range of choices and techniques. You as...

Peru: Paths to Poverty

Michael Reid

Peru has changed dramatically over the last twenty years. Industrialisation has further marginalised the Andean peasantry from national life but provided minimal gains for the millions of newly-urbanised poor. The country's economy, historically disadvantaged in the world market, has entered into a...

Educational Wooden Toys in Sri Lanka

Tim Godwin

A case study about the work of IT IS and Sarvodaya, a Sri Lankan development charity, in establishing the local production of educational pre-school toys. Full colour photographs illustrate the production process and end results.

Animal Draught Technology

Jane Bartlett, David Gibbon

An important and useful guide to the widely scattered literature on a subject of increasing importance - over 300 annotated items.

Blacksmith, Baker, Roofing-sheet Maker

Marilyn Carr

Using over 50 case studies from 22 countries which show how unconventional projects have developed women's earning power, this book is a source of ideas for all those helping to develop cash-producing work for women in developing countries.

The Golden Insect

Stephen Adjare

This handbook on tropical beekeeping for beginners is based on first hand Ghanaian experience.

Intermediate Technology in Botswana

Marilyn Carr

This paper looks at the Botswana Technical Centre (BTC), which was set up in 1975, in response to the need for a co-ordinating body for the collection and dissemination of information, and has been one of the few such ventures to be successful. The paper gives a brief account of the Botswana economy...