SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries
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Technologies de L'Information et de la Communication Pour le Developpment en Afrique
Technologies de LInformation et de la Communication Pour le Developpment en Afrique.
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Small is Beautiful
Oxford economist E. F. Schumacher provides an enlightening study of our economic system and its purpose, challenging the current state of excessive consumption in our society. Offering a crucial message for the modern world struggling to balance economic growth with the human costs of globalisation,...
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Implementing Labour Standards in Construction: A sourcebook
Globally, the construction sector is one of the largest employers of temporary workers (after agriculture); the development of infrastructure can be a major contributor to poverty reduction and labour rights. Through the International Labour Organisation (ILO) there exist agreed international conven...
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Voices for Change
Voices for Change: Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation in China
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Willingness-to-pay Surveys - A Streamlined Approach: Guidance notes for small town water services
These guidance notes describe good practice for conducting robust 'willingness-to-pay' (WTP) surveys in small towns, using the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), as part of a demand-responsive approach to the supply of services. The urban water sector in low- and middle-income countries requires goo...
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Controlling and Preventing Disease
Improving health is one of the main goals of water and environmental sanitation (WES) interventions. Despite this, many aid and development workers may have only a limited knowledge of the infections they try to prevent. Although the relevant information does exist, it is often scattered in speciali...
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Changing Expectations?
This volume provides an insightful overview both of the concept of civil society and its operationalisation. The book presents comprehensive analyses of practical considerations such as capacity building and monitoring and evaluation of civil society support programmes. It is an edited collection of...
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Beyond Micro-Credit
Micro-finance is one of the fastest growing development strategies, in many ways it is already outgrowing development with several micro-finance institutions becoming banks. But it is becoming clear that the provision of credit for enterprise development is not on its own leading to development. Bey...