Development studies
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Beyond the Headlines
Since the atrocities of September 11th 2001, the leaders of the major international powers have been focused upon confronting what they perceive as the greatest threat to world security: the combination of weapons of mass destruction and international terrorism. At the 2003 G8 summit in France the l...
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Community Water, Community Management
Community Water, Community Management is for all in the water sector who operate at the interface between communities and support organizations. Managers of water schemes and engineers alike will find a wealth of information about how people interact with their pipes and wells, what can go wrong and...
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Practical Microfinance
Modern' or 'new paradigm' microfinancial services are reaching perhaps as many as twenty million people worldwide. These services are being provided by existing banks which have added microfinance to their product portfolio, by specialized microfinance institutions (MFIs) and by non-governmental org...
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Practising Gender Analysis in Education
Providing accessible tools for carrying out gender-sensitive analyses of current situations, this book includes frameworks for analysing systems, institutions and policies allowing the reader to think through the problems clearly and to develop constructive alternatives. This book is a companion vol...
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Pumps as Turbines
This second edition of the classic title on practical energy provision for isolated houses and remote locations has now been updated with a new chapter. Pumps as Turbine is a practical handbook for engineers and technicians involved in designing and installing small water-power schemes. It concerns...
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Shattered Lives
Arms are out of control. Arms kill more than half a million men, women, and children on average every year. Many thousands more are maimed, or tortured, or forced to flee their homes. The uncontrolled proliferation of arms fuels human rights violations, escalates conflicts, and intensifies poverty....
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Small Wind Systems for Rural Energy Services
Smail Khennas, Hugh Piggott, Simon Dunnett
This book provides a concise guide to all the essential steps for setting up wind business services in developing countries. It deals with all the key aspects of promoting wind energy for domestic end uses, as well as giving a guide to needs assessment, resource assessment, the economics of small wi...
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Small-Scale Food Processing
This completely revised and expanded second edition is the essential reference guide for all those involved in food processing on a small- or medium-scale. Extensively illustrated , clearly laid out and easy to use. A vital reference tool for business advisers and trainers, development workers and f...
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Small-Scale Water Supply
Small-scale Water Supply provides non-specialists with an overview of the technologies available for water supply in low-income communities in rural areas of developing countries. Focusing chiefly on point supplies such as wells, boreholes, springs and rainwater catchment systems, the book also intr...
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Stakeholder Incentives in Participatory Forest Management
This manual provides practical methodological guidance for the economic analysis of stakeholder incentives in participatory forest management (PFM) situations. It stems from the concern that poor understanding has contributed to the often weak local participation in PFM, and therefore the limited su...