Connecting the First Mile

Surmaya Talyarkhan, David Grimshaw, Lucky Lowe

This paper summarizes the findings from a research project conducted by ITDG and Cranfield School of Management (Bedford, UK) into using ICTs (like the Internet or mobile telephony) to share information with people at grassroots level - "connecting the first mile".

Electricity Services in Remote Rural Communities

Teodoro Sanchez

This book describes the design and use of a particular management model for electricity services in isolated rural communities. This model was designed with the clear objective of efficient financial and technical management, taking into account the social and economic environment and the committed...

Paying the Price

Arabella Fraser

Bethan Emmett

Progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals has fallen far short of the promises made in 2000. At the current rate, all but one of them will certainly be missed. The cost of failure will be high: 45 million more children will die between now and 2015 than would be the case if the world...

Paying the Price (Summary)

Arabella Fraser, Bethan Emmett

Progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals has fallen far short of the promises made in 2000. At the current rate, all but one of them will certainly be missed. The cost of failure will be high: 45 million more children will die between now and 2015 than would be the case if the world...

Telecentres, Access, and Development:

Sarah Parkinson

The book is based on a review of national policy and implementation strategies, case studies of community ICT-access centres, and an analysis of the links between national strategies and on-the-ground experiences from 1996 through 2003. Over 50 ICT-access centres, from both rural and urban settings,...

You Pay for What You Get

Markus Arbenz

Four case studies from ex-Soviet Union, Asia and Africa illustrate how development projects put their claim into practice.

Small Customers, Big Market

Malcolm Harper

Sukhwinder Arora

This book shows commercial bankers that they can profitably provide microfinance services to the poor. It illustrates, through the experience of particular banks, why banks have become involved and how they have made a success of their involvement. The eighteen case studies all show that banks can...

Energy For Rural Livelihoods

Alison Doig, Yacob Mulugetta, Simon Dunnett, Tim Jackson, Smail Khennas

This manual presents a range of analytical techniques to assist in evaluating and comparing energy technology options from a variety of important perspectives. The work distils experiences and draws lessons from previous rural energy activities, and presents a variety of relevant analysis tools that...

Exploring the Links Between International Business and Poverty Reduction

Jason Clay

Foreign direct investment is recognised to be important for economic development, in terms of wealth creation, employment, skills development, and technology transfer. But there is an on-going debate about the extent to which these contributions translate into real benefits for people living in pove...

Qualitative Research for Tobacco Control

Allison Mathie

Qualitative Research for Tobacco Control:A How-to Introductory Manual for Researchers and Development Practitioners