The Golden Insect

Stephen Adjare

This handbook on tropical beekeeping for beginners is based on first hand Ghanaian experience.

Educational Wooden Toys in Sri Lanka

Tim Godwin

A case study about the work of IT IS and Sarvodaya, a Sri Lankan development charity, in establishing the local production of educational pre-school toys. Full colour photographs illustrate the production process and end results.

Low Cost Wooden Duplicator

D. Elcock

Construction details for a stencil duplicator that can be built using simple woodworking tools, and is easy to use and maintain. Includes templates for use in construction.

Rice Husk Ash Cement

Ray Smith

A state of the art review of rice husk ash cement technology in the Indian subcontinent, highlighting its effectiveness as an alternative low-cost binding material. Includes case studies of field-testing in local institutions.

Small-scale Recycling of Plastics

Jon Vogler

This book looks at how to create employment by recycling plastics. It describes the collection of plastic waste that can be collected and processed for return to the factory and remoulded for a second service life.

Intermediate Technology in Botswana

Marilyn Carr

This paper looks at the Botswana Technical Centre (BTC), which was set up in 1975, in response to the need for a co-ordinating body for the collection and dissemination of information, and has been one of the few such ventures to be successful. The paper gives a brief account of the Botswana economy...

Intermediate Technology in Papua New Guinea

Marilyn Carr

This paper is based on a study of the South Pacific Appropriate Technology Foundation undertaken in 1983 as part of an ITDG institutional initiative.

Just for Starters

Michael Edwards

A practical and detailed survey of opportunities in the UK market. A general review of start-up possibilities, including statistical surveys of nearly 100 industry sectors, is followed by profiles of about 30 industries.

Grenada

Fitzroy Ambursley, James Dunkerley

The US invasion of Grenada in October 1983 was a flagrant and direct violation of international law. The Reagan government's determination to suppress the Grenadian people's right to sovereignty and the shallowness of its justification for this position indicate a preparedness to escalate further vi...

Guyana: Fraudulent Revolution

Guyana is on the verge of economic collapse and a profound social crisis. The socialist rhetoric of President Forbes Burnham's regime contrasts strikingly with the ugly details of his personalist and authoritarian rule. Burnham supports progressive third world views internationally, yet his party is...