SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries
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Cook Stoves in Sri Lanka
Renewable energy practices in Sri Lanka cook stoves.
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Solar Distillation
The technical brief contains the information on solar distillation process that provides clean and safe drinking water to people living in areas with less access to it. Solar distillation is the process of removing salts and other impurities using the energy of the sun to get pure water for drinking...
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Clay Pot Cooler – Cooling Food Without Electricity
This document has been produced based on the experience of Movement Verein working in Burkina Faso, West Africa on the evaporative cooler for food preservation.
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Compost Toilets
This fact sheet describes a compost toilet that has proved to be most effective in water-logged areas where pit-latrines and septic tanks are inappropriate.
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Biogas Energy in Nepal
Renewable energy practices in Nepal
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Stone Arch Bridges - Chapter 2
Design of stone arch bridges.
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Cook Stoves in Nepal
Renewable energy practices in Nepal
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Requirement to demand Organic fertilizer Promotion
Requirement to demand: Promoting Organic Fertilizer in Bangladesh, exploring required Knowledge support for major stakeholders in relation to creating a viable business model for OF production and marketing at scale.
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Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction in Latin America
Bárbara Montoro, Pedro Ferradas
Earthquakes cause devastation, and it is those who are already vulnerable who suffer most from from the repeated destruction of their homes. How can we enable those in disaster-prone areas to both plan for, and recover, in the wake of disasters? This practical manual offers an up-to-date resource co...
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Wellbeing and Quality of Life Assessment
Sarah C White, Asha Abeyasekera
Human development may encompass social, cultural and spiritual facets as well as economic improvement, and development organizations are beginning to recognize this fact. But building into programming a wider understanding of development throws up a number of questions: how do our organizations defi...