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The Tree is a powerful tale of sacrifice, suffering, and the resilience of the human spirit. At i...

The phenomenon of the transnational mega-charity is examined as are the threats to the independen...

This guide is essential reading for field staff carrying out assessments after a humanitarian cri...

Strong financial management skills are essential to promote high standards in international devel...

Examines the management and use of common-property forests, groves and trees on southern Mount Ke...

This book provides a concise guide to all the essential steps for setting up wind business servic...

The result of a review of the literature on infrastructure design for urban low-income housing. C...

Elder George states that Western thought suffers from a gender imbalance - specifically from a la...

Development in Latin America explores the contemporary development and resistance dynamics of cap...

This selective review looks at case studies where NGOs have been involved in rural agricultural t...

This book deals with a wide range of current development issues relating to subjects including co...

Provocations for Development is an entertaining and unsettling collection of writings that questi...

Development professionals now need new approaches and methods for interacting, learning and knowi...

Much research on urban development is supply-led - generated by the interests of donors and resea...

A collection of short stories, poems and creative essays chronicling funny, inspirational and sca...

This book is not intended to advise parents on what to do and what not to do when it comes to par...

ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction presents a conceptual framework to analyse how poverty dynamics...

Written for the owners or managers of small construction businesses, the ROMAR books provide both...

As climate becomes less predictable and extreme weather events become more frequent, there is an ...

Presents the findings of a training project in Nepal which teaches basic animal health care techn...

Poor people bear the brunt of climate change since they live in those regions most affected by fl...

This book is divided into two main parts. Part I contains details of the wide range of materials ...

This book describes the management and administration of building maintenance and the methods or ...

The goal of this introductory text is to assist the reader in identifying causes of ill health in...

This handbook provides practical guidelines for evaluating water and sanitation related hygiene p...

This book explores conceptual, methodological, institutional and policy issues which need to be a...

Into the Unknown reflects on the journey of learning, and encourages readers to learn from observ...

The book draws on the experience of farmers' own enterprises, combining superior production along...

The authors illustrate how a micro-economic grassroots approach, rooted in the self-help capabili...

Must Britain sink from riches to rags in two generations? Must we pursue indiscriminate growth th...

This book seeks to contribute to the lively debate on the impact of fairtrade schemes by showing ...

Confronts the paradox of mass poverty coexisting with vast resource potentials in rural India, su...

This survey of the current, and likely future extent of, biomass energy shortages in Sri Lanka se...

Community based approaches to improving animal health have been evolving for many years. Numerous...

From Poverty to Power argues that a radical redistribution of power, opportunities, and assets ra...

The construction industry pattern of most industrialized countries is often unsuited to the needs...

Engineering in Emergencies is a hugely successful practical handbook for all relief workers invol...

This book describes the design and use of a particular management model for electricity services ...

Presents the principles of communicating the information needed for building improvement. Covers ...

It presents case studies with numerous examples from around the world which will help anyone inte...

This paper summarizes the findings from a research project conducted by ITDG and Cranfield School...

A guide on how to carry out a wealth ranking exercise. The technique allows researchers to unders...

This book presents cases from some of the poorest parts of Asia to illustrate how local innovatio...

Indispensable for fieldworkers on projects or programmes aiming to reduce the incidence of water-...

This book focuses on some of the practical actions and clever use of appropriate technologies whi...

This book explores how international NGOs are navigating these rapid changes, changes that challe...

This is a collection of interviews with leading microfinance practitioners and specialists discus...