SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries
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Services for the Urban Poor: Section 3. Action Planning Guidelines for Planners and Engineers
Action Planning Guidelines: Parts 3a, 3b and 3c is aimed primarily at senior local programme managers, including urban engineers and planners. It proposes a framework for action planning to develop local neighbourhood plans and area service plans for networked infrastructure which focuses on the imp...
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Services for the Urban Poor: Section 4. Technical Guidelines for Planners and Engineers
Technical Guidelines: Parts 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e and 4f is aimed primarily at urban engineers and planners. It provides a range of different tools for detailed planning and guidelines for design. The tools cover different technical options for service improvements to urban poor areas, including 'handy...
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Services for the Urban Poor 5 From Action Plans to Implementation
From Action Plans to Implementation is aimed primarily at urban engineers. It provides guidance on taking local action plans forward to the stage of implementing service improvements at the field level, including administrative procedures for technical and financial approval and the different option...
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Services for the Urban Poor 6 Operation and Maintenance
Operation and Maintenance is aimed primarily at urban engineers and planners. It presents different strategies for managing O&M and considers how these can be applied to produce detailed plans for improved operation and maintenance at the neighbourhood, Ward and Municipal levels.
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Success and Sustainability Indicators: A Tool to Assess Primary Collection Schemes. Case Study - Khulna, Bangladesh
This study provides a number of indicators for use in assessing solid waste collection schemes. The approach integrates the perspectives of the different parties involved from the users to the contractors, the municipality to the NGO. It draws from a detailed case study of Khulna city in Bangladesh....
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Theoretical Perspective on Gender and Development
Jane L. Parpart, Jane L Connelly, Patricia Barriteau
Theoretical Perspective on Gender and Development
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Urban Public Transport and Sustainable Livelihoods for the Poor: A case study, Karachi, Pakistan
This book brings together the findings of a case study from Karachi, Pakistan. The aim of the project was to identify problems and possibilities in transport provision for poor urban settlements. The book takes the reader through the history of transport and the present situation in the city. A thor...
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NGOs Engaging with Business
NGOs Engaging with Business presents the findings of INTRAC's inquiry into the changing nature of relationships between NGOs and the Private Sector. By learning the lessons of such engagements, this two year research mainly funded by the Ford and Soros Foundations explores the potential for the two...
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Financial Management for Development
Financial Management for Development is written for non-financial staff and members of governing bodies of NGOs who need to understand financial systems and statements. It shows records and statements used within organisations and how these can be interpreted. The author uses a case study to explain...