How To Run a Small Development Project

This will help the managers of development projects to design and manage their projects well, in particular by emphasizing the importance of forward planning. Covers both starting up and running projects, and working with Northern partner organizations.

Equipment for Rural Workshops

John Boyd, E Ayok

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.

No Condition Permanent

Ian Smillie

The struggles and successes in achieving acceptance of new, small-scale technologies in Ghana.

Financing Small Enterprise

Malcolm Harper, M de Jong

Proceedings of a Seminar Organized by The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)

Intermediate Technology in Indonesia

Anton Kruft

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...

Entrepreneurship for the Poor

Malcolm Harper

The objective of this book is to provide information about entrepreneurship development programmes whose objective is to help people from the poorer groups in developing countries to create jobs for themselves by starting small enterprises. This information is intended for people who are responsible...

Intermediate Technology in Botswana

Marilyn Carr

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...

Intermediate Technology in Papua New Guinea

Marilyn Carr

This paper is based on a study of the South Pacific Appropriate Technology Foundation undertaken in 1983 as part of an ITDG institutional initiative.

Small Business Promotion

Malcolm Harper

A collection of 28 case-studies from 17 countries, this book describes failures as well as successes, and provides stimulating material for students, teachers, trainers and business people themselves.

Blacksmith, Baker, Roofing-sheet Maker

Marilyn Carr

Using over 50 case studies from 22 countries which show how unconventional projects have developed women's earning power, this book is a source of ideas for all those helping to develop cash-producing work for women in developing countries.