Empowerment Through Enterprise

Malcolm Harper

doi:10.3362/9781780442082

Empowerment Through Enterprise

A training manual for non-government organizations

Based on over 20 years' experience in training NGO staff in enterprise development, this manual provides detailed guidelines for an eleven-day training course whose objective is to enable NGO staff to better assist others trying to start their own businesses. It covers marketing, financial management, group enterprises, credit and gender.

Published: 1995
Pages: 192

eBook: 9781780442082

Paperback: 9781853393327


Acknowledgements iv
Foreword v
Reading the audit vii
Introduction viii
The audit 1
Overview 2
• Organisations 2
• Areas of work, specialisms and interests 3
Regions of activity 8
Hazard expertise 11
Work and skills 14
• Work content 14
• Skills 17
Education and training courses 20
• UK based academic courses 20
• UK based training courses 22
Networks 24
• Questionnaire results 24
• Professional/technical associations 27
• Development networks 27
• Conclusions: problems and potentials 29
Funding 32
The Overseas Development Administration 32
Other official sources 36
Charitable trusts and foundations 37
Other funders 39
Conclusions 45
Information sources 48
• Libraries and information centre 48
• Bookshops 48
• Journals 49
• Databases 49
• The Internet 50
Summary of organisational activities 53
Current activities 58
The directory 75
Directory of organisations 76
IDNDR focal points 101
Directory of individuals 111
Appendices 129
1. World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction, Yokohama, 1994: Strategy Paper 130
2. Current networks 132
3. Summary of research methodology and audit questionnaire 135