SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries
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The Great Tin Crash
John Crabtree, Jenny Pearce, Gavan Duffy
On 24 October 1985, the price of tin fell by half. The collapse of the international tin market sent shock waves around the world. Despite a gradual recovery, many mines have been forced to close forever. The Great Tin Crash traces the story of tin: from the rise of the tin can, through the collapse...
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Guatemala: False Hope, False Freedom - 2nd Edition
After the installation of a civilian government in 1986, many Guatemalans hopes for a sharp break with the poverty and repression of the past. This updated edition examines the first half of Christian Democrat President Vinicio Cerezo's five-year term in office.
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Nicaraguans Talking
Nicaraguans Talking uses Nicaragua as a case study raising a wide range of development and social justice issues. Since the 1979 revolution, a large proportion of the population has become involved in the search for a way out of the development trap and the Somoza dictatorship's legacy of economic a...
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Microenterprises in Developing Countries
Microenterprises – very small businesses consisting of a single self-employed person, a family, or at the most a few employees – are the main source of livelihood of up to half of the population of most developing countries. In the past this vital sector, often referred to also as the informal secto...
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Farmer First
Robert Chambers, Arnold Pacey, Lori Ann Thrupp
Farmer First presents a new paradigm and methods for agricultural research. Starting with farmers’ own capacity for innovation, contributors from the agricultural and social sciences, ecology, economics and geography make the case for a farmer-first mode to complement the traditional transfer of tec...
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Country Boats of Bangladesh
Eirik Jansen, Anthony Dolman, Alf Morten Jerve, R Rahman
Discusses decision-making in inland water transport, focusing on official policies towards country boats. Describes the river system of Bangladesh and the constraints imposed by natural conditions and the operational environment.
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Wood and Woodworking Tools
This handbook describes a range of hand tools and simple muscle-powered machinery appropriate to developing countries where abundant labour can offset the problems of limited funds or unreliable sources of energy for mechanization.
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Women and the Food Cycle
This collection of articles includes case studies of attempts to improve small-scale food processing, remembering that 'small is beautiful, but difficult'. Case studies cover grain and fruit processing, baking, beekeeping, and small-scale oil production.
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Agricultural Policy Analysis Tools for Economic Development
Written in an accessible manner for development economists and agricultural policy analysts, this book is designed to help researchers.
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Barefoot Book
Barefoot Book explores the potential of `intermediate' services for the rural poor, using examples in the fields of health care, law, administration, economics, banking, management, craft, mechanics, building and geology.