Earth Roads

Jack Hindson

John Howe, Gordon Hathway

A practical manual for non-engineers which describes the design and construction of earth roads with a usage of up to 50 vehicles per day. Drainage, road planning, the actual construction and subsequent maintenance operations are all dealt with.

Field Engineering

Ken Marshall

This book aims to meet the needs of all those concerned with development projects involving waht are ineffect, simple engineering works in rural areas. It will be of use to district officers, extension workers and the staff of development agencies and all non-governmental agencies in the development...

The Poverty Brokers

Martin Honeywell

The international debt crisis which hit the headlines in September 1982 has underlined the power that is wielded by the International Monetary Fund. As the ultimate source of credit for heavily endebted Third World countries, it can impose onerous conditions on those nations that need its assistance...

Chile: The Pinochet Decade

Phillip O'Brien, Jacqueline Roddick

General Pinochet came to power in Chile in a coup which cost the lives of over 10,000 people. The coup brought to an end the socialist government of President Allende and inaugurated an experiment in monetarist economics which Time Magazine described as 'a model of what can be achieved in restructur...

Educational Wooden Toys

Drawing and build instructions of an educational wooden toy developed by Tim Godwin, the consultant for the Sri Lankan toy project in establishing the local production of educational pre-school toys. The Threaded Shapes comprise of a circle, triangle and square that can be pushed through the appropr...

Water Treatment and Sanitation

H.T. Mann, D Williamson

The purpose of this handbook is to put together in a simple and logical form various aspects which must be considered when investigating the development of a water supply and sewage disposal scheme for a small community. This could be a rural village or small town, or a school or hospital situated t...

The Harnessing of Draught Animals

Ian Barwell, Michael Ayre

Despite efforts to increase the level of mechanisation, animals remain an important existing or potential source of power in rural areas of developing countries, primarily in agriculture and transport, but also for water pumping, forestry, road construction, etc. This book details the most common me...

Appropriate Technology for Rural Development

Derek Miles

Originally prepared for an Expert Meeting organised by UNESCO in 1980, this paper outlines Intermediate Technology's basic approach to development work; and assesses the lessons learned from 15 years' experience in development activities (Published in the ITDG Occasional Paper series).

Appropriate Technology Institutions

Richard Whitcombe, Marilyn Carr

The pioneers of the appropriate technology movement have, since its first development in the 1960s, brought the concept of AT into broad acceptance and to the forefront of development thinking. A considerable amount of research and development work has been undertaken in specific technologies, and i...

Small Farm Weed Control

J.A.F. Compton

This bibliography is a guide to a range of weed control techniques.