Gardening for Better Nutrition

Arnold Pacey

A nutritional approach directed to rural women to encourage them to grow more and better food for their families in areas of widespread malnutrition. Includes details of suitable tools, plant varieties and gardening methods for the tropics and subtropics.

Accounting and Book-keeping for the Small Building Contractor

Derek Miles

First of 3 volumes of self-teaching material for students and entrepreneurs in the building industry. Includes organizing the office, assets and liabilities, bookkeeping, analysis, fixed assets, depreciation, balance sheets and profit and loss accounts. Published in the Small Building Contractor ser...

Technology for a Changing World

John Davis

Roger England

This book has been compiled from John Davis' writings by Roger England in order that a wider group of people at home and overseas may see in simple outlines some of the most significant issues that have emerged in the course of this project - the search for more appropriate ways of meeting the mater...

Towards Village Industry

Liv Berg, K Nimpuno, R Zwananberg

Based on their experience in Tanzania, the authors examine the idea that rural development can become the key to economic stability and growth. The premise is that industrialization of the rural areas in developing countries must go hand-in-hand with mechanization of agricultural methods.

Britain and Latin America 1978

Most Latin American countries are characterised by social injustice, economic repression and widespread violations of human rights. Relations between Britain and Latin America. Although longstanding, are largely unquestioned by policy-makers and are rarely the subject of public debate. In publishing...

Guatemala

Roger Plant

Guatemala is a society of fear. Whilst events in Chile have outraged international opinion, the widespread political violence in Guatemala has gone unnoticed. Over the past ten years there have been an estimated 20,000 political killings, a death toll as high as that inflicted by the savage earthqua...

Small-Scale Cement Plants

Jon Sigurdson

An examination of the criteria for the establishment of mini cement plants in developing countries, specifically comparing the situation in India with that in China, where more than 57 per cent of cement is produced by small plants.

Report on Farm Equipment

John Boyd

A report from Nigeria on farm equipment in a development project

Co-operative Organization

B Youngjohns

A useful introduction describing how co-operatives are formed, how they work, what the legal implications are, and what role they play in development.

Consultancy for Small Businesses

Malcolm Harper

Consultancy for Small Businesses is the result of a six year experiment to provide an economic on-the-spot advisory service to small businesses in developing countries. It provides some solutions to the perennial problems of small-scale entrepreneurs.