Gender, Small-scale Industry and Development Policy

I. Baud, G A de Bruijne

Links the gender perspective on small-scale industry which explicitly concentrates on social groups, with economic questions of higher employment and wider distribution of production.

Getting Down to Business

Uschi Kraus-Harper

A manual designed to assist trainers to organize and conduct more effective courses for women in business. The vital contribution of enterprising women is increasingly being recognized and more institutions are now organizing special training programmes.

Growing Diversity

David Cooper, Renée Velve, Henk Hobbelink

Activists present their experiences of managing plant genetic resources. The contributors document the achievements of farmers in developing crop varieties tailored to their needs, and demonstrate how these approaches can be built upon.

Hydraulic Ram Pumps

T. Jeffrey

Step-by-step instructions on designing, installing and operating water supply systems based on hydraulic ram pumps. With illustrations and diagrams, and details of a pump designed for local manufacture and notes for those developing their own model.

Land is Life

Nigel Dudley, John Madeley, Sue Stolton

Links the issues of sustainable agriculture and land reform. When farmers own their land they are likely to produce more food and to farm sustainably. Large increases in food output occur when farmers are given land under agrarian reform programmes.

Let Farmers Judge

Wim Hiemstra

A collection of reports from researchers and fieldworkers on the effectiveness of innovations in smallholder farming systems. Emphasis is given to farmer participation and assessment and the use of new technologies (Published in the ILEIA Readings in Sustainable Agriculture series).

Lime and Other Alternative Cements

Neville Hill, Stafford Holmes, David Mather

A cement material, or binder, is an essential ingredient in most forms of building construction. Portland cement has become a widely accepted cementitious material, but it is more expensive than other binders and unsuited to small-scale production. In addition, although it is stronger than most alte...

Sailing Against the Wind

Eirik Jansen

Trgve Bolstad

Some of the greatest rivers of the world flow through Bangladesh, and these rivers form what is perhaps the world's most complete system of inland water navigation. Boat operations on inland water play a more prominent role in Bangladesh than anywhere else in the world. The way of life for the 120 m...

Small and Medium Enterprises

A S Bhalla

Technological issues and options facing small/medium enterprises in urban and rural settings in developing and advanced countries. Covers policies, programmes, institutions and the infrastructure that affect small businesses.

The State of World Rural Poverty

Idriss Jazairy, Mohiuddin Alamgir, Theresa Panuccio

A comprehensive study of world rural poverty, with unique rural poverty indexes for 114 developing countries, as well as an invaluable policy guide to issues involving development and poverty.