Technology: general issues
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Puncture Prevention Techniques
Describes techniques to reduce the incidence of punctures on low-cost, slow-speed vehicles used in rough terrain. The techniques are suitable for handcarts, wheelbarrows, bicycles, cycle trailers, animal drawn carts and motorized vehicles.
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Equipment for Rural Workshops
A guide for anyone who wishes to equip a workshop, from the basic tools required for a one or two person carpentry workshop without power, to the more sophisticated power equipment for both wood and metal working.
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Tech and Tools Book
A research manual of appropriate technologies used throughout the world in women's projects. Includes sections on support systems, credit training, and technology transfer.
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Intermediate Technology in Indonesia
This paper covers the history of the Development Technology Centre (DTC) of the Institut Teknologi, Bandung, over a period of nearly ten years. It gives a brief account of the Indonesian economy, and the policies, programmes and agencies concerned with technology development and application. The pap...
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Intermediate Technology in Papua New Guinea
This paper is based on a study of the South Pacific Appropriate Technology Foundation undertaken in 1983 as part of an ITDG institutional initiative.
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Intermediate Technology in Botswana
This paper looks at the Botswana Technical Centre (BTC), which was set up in 1975, in response to the need for a co-ordinating body for the collection and dissemination of information, and has been one of the few such ventures to be successful. The paper gives a brief account of the Botswana economy...
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Better Tools for the Job
These simple specifications, although originally applied to the Kenya road program, are equally applicable to labour-intensive projects in other countries.
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A Manual on the Hydraulic Ram for Pumping Water
Part One contains details of how to make and maintain a small hydraulic ram on a suitable site, whilst Part Two takes a more technical look at ram performances and design considerations and also contains a useful bibliography.