SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries
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Panorama energético de los pobres 2017
El acceso a la energía es la base del desarrollo sostenible, necesario para realizar progresos en la sanidad, educación y empoderamiento de las mujeres, entre otros aspectos. Al reconocer esta importancia, la comunidad internacional añadió en los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible para 2030 el objet...
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Perspectives énergétiques des populations pauvres 2017
L’accès à l’énergie est au coeur du développement durable car il favorise, entre autres, les progrès en matière de santé, d’éducation et d’émancipation des femmes. Forte de ce constat, la communauté mondiale s’est engagée à faire de l’accès à l’énergie l’un des objectifs de développement durable pou...
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Tomato Processing
Tomato processing can be an instrumental skill for farmers who want to convert the tomatoes into various other products besides using it as vegetables. This technical brief contains the varieties of ways a farmer can process the tomato into many other products. Tomatoes are known to be the most impo...
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Vermicomposting: A promising technology to turn kitchen waste to organic compost
Vermicomposting is a process of composting that uses earthworm to convert organic waste into humus-like high-quality compost.This technique of converting organic waste into compost manure not only boosts organic production but also helps to effectively manage the household and urban organic waste.
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From south-south comparative research to policy impact
The Evidence and Lessons from Latin America (ELLA) programme promotes evidence-informed policymaking, by facilitating South-South research, exchange and learning on economic, social, governance and environmental issues.
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Compressed Stabilised Earth Block (CSEB) Construction Manual
This technical brief explains about the Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks structure.
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Healthy Lives for Vulnerable Women and Children
Sue Godt, Irene Agyepong, Walter Flores, Gita Sen
Tremendous challenges remain to ensure that the most vulnerable populations, including women, children, and adolescents, are able to enjoy the healthy lives and well-being promised in the Sustainable Development Goals. Much of their poor health is caused by poverty, gender, lack of education, and so...
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Gender, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Caroline Sweetman, Kimberly Bowman
How much have development programmes supported women in their daily lives, and in their struggles for equality and justice? Important though it is for development interventions to be accountable to funders, they are equally responsible to the women and men with whom they work. Monitoring and evaluat...
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Agroecology: Science and Politics
Peter M Rosset, Miguel A Altieri
Our global food system is largely based on unsustainable industrial agricultural practices, is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, is controlled by a handful of large corporations and produces unhealthy food. Agroecology is a solution to these increasingly urgent problems. After decades of b...
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Le Guide des PMP
Ces dernières années, les partenariats multipartites (PMP) sont devenus populaires pour s’attaquer aux défis complexes que pose le développement durable. Ce guide offre un cadre pratique pour la conception et la facilitation de ces processus collaboratifs qui décloisonnent le monde des affaires, des...