The Design of Bicycle Trailers

Michael Ayre

An illustrated guide to the use and design of cycle trailers in urban and rural areas. Contains new material and updates the information in the earlier edition.

No Condition Permanent

Ian Smillie

The struggles and successes in achieving acceptance of new, small-scale technologies in Ghana.

Equipment for Rural Workshops

John Boyd, E Ayok

A guide for anyone who wishes to equip a workshop, from the basic tools required for a one or two person carpentry workshop without power, to the more sophisticated power equipment for both wood and metal working.

Financing Small Enterprise

Malcolm Harper, M de Jong

Proceedings of a Seminar Organized by The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)

How To Run a Small Development Project

This will help the managers of development projects to design and manage their projects well, in particular by emphasizing the importance of forward planning. Covers both starting up and running projects, and working with Northern partner organizations.

Rainwater Harvesting

Arnold Pacey, Adrian Cullis

This book emphasizes the importance of social, economic, and environmental considerations when planning and implementing projects. For rural development workers, it aims to fill the gap in existing literature on the gathering and storage of rainwater.

Rural Vulnerability to Famine in Ethiopia

Mesfin Wolde Mariam

Prescriptions for rural development abound, but ‘what is frequently lacking is not so much ideas or techniques as the will and the commitment’ to improve conditions. The author describes how, in the complex case of Ethiopia, man can be held responsible for famine –and suggests how he can act to prev...

How to Make a Foot-Operated Workshop Drill

Paul Smith

Describes how to build a drilling machine appropriate for rural workshops, and gives full assembly instructions. The machine, which is a vertical drill for use with either metal or wood, can drill holes up to 12mm in diameter in 12mm steel plates.

How to Make a Hand-Operated Hole-Punch

Ted Stone

Describes the process of building a machine for punching holes in sheet metal, with full dimensions and instructions. Designed for construction from readily available steel sections, this machine can be built by most workshops or blacksmiths.

How to Make a Pipe-Bending Machine

Michael Walsby

Articles such as hospital and school equipment - bed frames, chairs, tables, handrails - all require the bending of pipe. This manual gives full instructions on how to make a pipe-bending machine, which could be made by most workshops or blacksmiths.