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Gaining access to modern forms of energy remains a crucial but under-recognised aspect of poverty reduction in the Global South. Practical Action has long been recognised as a leading authority on...

Despite the rhetoric of bottom-up development, the international development agenda remains dominated by the economic interests and institutional priorities of the North, and supported by knowledge...

This book provides an approach for promoting citizen participation; separating human rights, rule of law, development, and governance, reconnecting them in order to create an integrated approach to...

Based on extensive field research and in-depth interviews, Achieving Water Security draws conclusions for policy and practice of relevance not just for Ethiopia, but for sub-Saharan Africa more...

Humanitarian crises are growing in length and complexity due to external destabilising pressures including conflict, COVID, and climate change. Marielle Snel and Nik Sorensen call for humanitarian...

The voices of African farmers, activists, scientists, scholars and policy-makers combine in this volume share a dynamic vision of a world where agriculture is productive, diverse and sustainable;...

The voices of African farmers, activists, scientists, scholars and policy-makers combine in this volume share a dynamic vision of a world where agriculture is productive, diverse and sustainable;...

This book explores how international NGOs are navigating these rapid changes, changes that challenge their role and legitimacy, their values, and their overall purpose. It calls for a re-examination...

While NGOs' role in advocacy and agendasetting is fairly widely accepted, their peacebuilding activities are more controversial and have come under increasing scrutiny--not least from the NGOs...

Must Britain sink from riches to rags in two generations? Must we pursue indiscriminate growth through unlimited consumption? The essential purpose of economic development and discriminating growth...

Basic Accounting offers a step-by-step guide to basic accounting and financial management techniques. It is written in plain language for people who have no previous experience of accounting and...

Bridging The Wash Humanitarian-Development Divide: Building A Sustainable RealityAuthor: Marielle Snel|Nikolas SorensenPublisher: Practical Action PublishingPublication Date: Oct 01, 2021Number of...

Building Financial Management Capacity presents practical ways to build financial management capacity in an international development context.It is written for (NGOs), larger community-based...

Candlemaking for Profit covers the various materials and methods used in candlemaking. It includes step-by-step illustrations to explain methods appropriate for small-scale production. It advises on...

Global climate change disproportionately affects rural people and indigenous groups, but their rights, knowledge, and interests concerning it are generally unacknowledged. Shifts in precipitation,...

In spite of the current wave of globalization, the majority of the world's people remain poor, excluded from economic development. The aim of this book is to show that disadvantaged smallholders and...

Community Health and Sanitation presents a community-sensitive approach to the developing world's water supply; for students, trainers and engineers alike. Deals with disease and problems of water in...

As climate becomes less predictable and extreme weather events become more frequent, there is an urgent need for support that will help communities to prepare and adapt to changing conditions. This...

As the number of people affected by disasters has risen, so have the expectations placed on humanitarian agencies by donors, the public and the affected populations themselves. Agencies must now...

This revised manual is an important resource for all involved in humanitarian disaster response and planning and is important reading for development professionals and generally for all who are...

L'accent est mis sur les moyens simples visuelle, graphiques et essentiellement qualitatives de d?crire l'impact de la crise sur les personnes et sur les syst?mes critiques du march? sur lequel ils...

This book focuses on some of the practical actions and clever use of appropriate technologies which have been at the heart of this positive grassroots-driven change in rural Gansu Province. The real...

Fairtrade goods are claimed to empower producers, and promote sustainable livelihoods, and it is these claims that attract consumers who willingly pay a premium for the sake of the benefits that they...

This book returns to the debates about farmer participation in agricultural R & D, looks to the future, and calls for a major rethink, boosting of knowledge and capacities of farmers' organizations...

Feminists in Development Organizations arises from a collaborative project of feminists working inside the head offices of multilateral organizations, government aid agencies and international NGOs...

Agroecology is perhaps the most powerful force that can be unleashed to overcome the interlinking challenges of hunger, poverty, climate change, and environmental degradation. Yet scaling agroecology...

Smallholder farmers, women earners, young job-seekers, people with disability and the entrenched poor often struggle to sustain themselves or contribute to the wellbeing of their households. Despite...

From Infrastructure to Services reveals important breakthroughs in country-led and country-wide monitoring of rural and small towns water supplies; ICT for monitoring sustainable service delivery;...

From Poverty to Power argues that a radical redistribution of power, opportunities, and assets rather than traditional models of charitable or government aid is required to break the cycle of poverty...

Case studies from Argentina, China, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Tanzania, Peru, the Philippines and Vietnam examine how policies have been developed and implemented to encourage innovation, as research...