Development studies
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Implementing Labour Standards in Construction: briefing and guidance notes
This series of Briefing and Guidance Notes Implementing Labour Standards in Construction is based on a review of international literature, together with lessons learned from pilot studies carried out in Ghana, India and Zambia. Complementing the sourcebook of the same name, the Notes offer concise g...
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PPP and the Poor: The Real Obstacles to Universal Access to Drinking Water in Developing Countries
The purpose of this article is to provide a retrospective analysis of two drinking water access programmes aimed at populations living in the poor neighbourhoods of (1) Buenos Aires (Argentina) and (2) Port-au-Prince (Haiti). The authors reflect on the real stakes behind these initiatives, based on...
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Qualitative Research for Tobacco Control
Qualitative Research for Tobacco Control:A How-to Introductory Manual for Researchers and Development Practitioners
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Solid Waste Management: A Collection of Synthesis Notes
This set of six synthesis notes on solid waste management is an essential guide to some of the most important issues facing the solid waste sector today.
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Water and Sanitation for Disabled People and Other Vulnerable Groups
The main focus of the book is on facilities for families in rural and peri-urban areas of low- and middle-income countries, but many of the approaches and solutions may also be applied in institutional settings, such as schools and hospitals and in emergency situations.
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Water Safety Plans: Book 1 Planning water safety management for urban piped water supplies in developing countries
This book documents state of the art research designed to compliment the advances being made in the global water quality sector. Book 1 provides guidelines for implementing WSPs in developing countries (see book 2 1843800829)
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Water Safety Plans - Book 2: Supporting Water Safety Management for Urban Piped Water Supplies in Developing Countries
This book documents state of the art research designed to compliment the advances being made in the global water quality sector. Book 2 provides further detail on supporting programmes.
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Trading Away Our Rights
Globalisation and trade have drawn millions of women in developing countries into paid work. Their labour is contributing to rising global prosperity and the profits of some of the world's most powerful companies. But women workers are systematically being denied their fair share of the benefits fro...
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What Men and Women Want
Helen Buhaenko, Vikki Butler, Charlotte Flower, Sue Smith
Based on an actual gendered participatory appraisal in Wales, this guide offers a thorough explanation of why looking at the differences in men's and women's life experiences is an essential part of any participatory work.
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Resilient Family Farm
The Resilient Family Farm is an interdisciplinary primer written for those who are involved in or who support rural development. Part I highlights the economic and ecological realities of the small family farm, while Part II examines the role of the development organization in supporting farm famili...