Small-scale Mining, Rural Subsistence, and Poverty in West Africa

Gavin Hilson

This book aims to facilitate a radical change in the way in which policies and support services are implemented for ASM by underscoring the importance of improving understanding of the industry’s population and industry dynamics. Focusing upon the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),...

Solar Cooking and Health

Solar cookers are devices that use the energy of solar radiation to cook food. In the rural areas of most developing countries, cooking is usually done on open fires fuelled by wood, but solar cookers are a cleaner and healthier option.

Floating Gardens in Bangladesh

A floating garden is built using aquatic weeds as a base on which vegetables can be grown.

Comanagement of Natural Resources

Stephen Tyler

Comanagement of Natural Resources: Local Learning for Poverty Reduction

Turning off the Lights

Stephen Thomas, Iromi Ruana Rajepakse

The World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) could threaten services and projects specifically aimed at or managed by poor communities. This book explains the nature of that threat, taking community-run electricity schemes in Sri Lanka as an example. It will help to g...

Africa - Up in Smoke?

Andrew Simms

Copies of the Original 2005 Report and the 2006 Update Report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development. This Report finds that concerns about the effects of climate change on rural African societies are more than justified. Climate change is happening, and it is affecting livelihoods...

Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocols Clean Development Mechanism

Margie Orford

Global warming and climate change pose a dire threat to life, demanding urgent global action. The Kyoto Protocol is the United Nations treaty committing signatories to dealing with climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Clean Development Mechanism, Article 12 of the Protocol, is a...

Pumps as Turbines

Arthur Williams

This second edition of the classic title on practical energy provision for isolated houses and remote locations has now been updated with a new chapter. Pumps as Turbine is a practical handbook for engineers and technicians involved in designing and installing small water-power schemes. It concerns...

Small Wind Systems for Rural Energy Services

Smail Khennas, Hugh Piggott, Simon Dunnett

This book provides a concise guide to all the essential steps for setting up wind business services in developing countries. It deals with all the key aspects of promoting wind energy for domestic end uses, as well as giving a guide to needs assessment, resource assessment, the economics of small wi...

Stakeholder Incentives in Participatory Forest Management

Michael Richards

This manual provides practical methodological guidance for the economic analysis of stakeholder incentives in participatory forest management (PFM) situations. It stems from the concern that poor understanding has contributed to the often weak local participation in PFM, and therefore the limited su...