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This guide is essential reading for field staff carrying out assessments after a humanitarian crisis; it should also be read by humanitarian policy makers, students, lecturers and researchers.Author:...

This handbook provides practical guidelines for evaluating water and sanitation related hygiene practices for the purposes of project planning, monitoring or impact assessment. The main focus,...

Indispensable for fieldworkers on projects or programmes aiming to reduce the incidence of water-and sanitation-related diseases, it will also be useful for other relief and development workers,...

ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction presents a conceptual framework to analyse how poverty dynamics change over time and to shed light on whether ICT access benefits the poor as well as the not-so-poor...

INGO PROBLEM : Power, Privilege and RenewalAuthor: DEBORAH. DOANEPublisher: Practical Action PublishingPublication Date: Jul 31, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Into the Unknown reflects on the journey of learning, and encourages readers to learn from observation, curiosity, critical feedback, play and fun. This book will be of interest to development...

Lessons from Aceh successfully incorporates current thinking in the shelter sector, while carrying out a thorough comparison of responses, providing an invaluable resource for all those involved in...

Low-External-Input and Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) technologies are being developed throughout the tropics. This book presents experiences of different forms of networking to promote LEISA...

This second edition of LEGS builds on the first edition by incorporating new experiences and evidence obtained since 2009 as well as user feedback provided as a result of a broad consultation process...

When citizens band together in a civil society organization to effect change for the better, they can be a tremendous force for good. This book is about how to channel people's enthusiasm most...

is aimed at relief workers charged with putting together a programme of action to help people in extreme crisis. It provides humanitarian relief managers with a single comprehensive reference for all...

Centrado en el desplazamiento forzado de mujeres y ni?as venezolanas, este libro examina la dimensi?n de g?nero y su impacto en el desplazamiento forzado y las formas en las cuales las fallas de los...

This is a guide to the use of induction motors for electricity generation in remote locations. It is written as a practical handbook for engineers and technicians involved in designing and installing...

International development interventions often fail because development experts assume that our world is linear and straightforward when in reality it is complex, highly dynamic and unpredictable...

The International Seed Treaty came into force in 2004 was the culmination of over 20 years of negotiation. The need for a treaty arose out of a growing awareness that crucial plant genetic resources...

En la actualidad, MERS est?n consideradas como parte integrante de la Cooperaci?n de Normas Humanitarias, compuesta por el Proyecto Esfera y sus Normas complementarias, que fomentan de manera...

Cada vez m?s, los profesionales y los donantes que responden a los desastres est?n reconociendo la necesidad de proporcionar apoyo r?pido y personalizado para los medios de vida, empresas y econom?as...

The processes of international development often mean that beneficiaries have pre-designed programmes imposed upon them. Even the most well-intentioned development projects are often constrained by...

Based on a three-year project in Kenya, this booklet examines the key features in understanding the development of participatory urban planning strategies and approaches that will assist in...

In the drylands and mountains where pastoralists live, uncertainty is everywhere. In these settings, negotiating access to resources, navigating volatile markets, making use of varying social...

This book represents two great genres of world literature - a kind of propaedeutic 'ABC of Cooperation' and a kind of 'Cooperative Manifesto'. In these insightful works, written and published a...

Provocations for Development is an entertaining and unsettling collection of writings that questions concepts, conventions and practices in development. It is made up of short and accessible writings...

Qualitative Research for Development is an indispensable learning tool for all development practitioners within NGOs and government departments, as well as researchers and students engaged with...

This book aims to show how high standards can be achieved and the criteria on which rammed earth structures and building techniques can be judged. An important guide and resource for those wishing to...

Reflecting Forewords is an unashamedly ambitious book. Full of lessons from the past that are relevant for the future, it is a compilation of inspiring forewords from books written by Robert...

In an emergency the collection, treatment and disposal/reuse of human waste is critical to the health, wellbeing and environment of affected populations. This comprehensive manual will guide...

Maximum transparency, a profitable structure for saving, access to small loans and an annual lump sum of capital are the hallmarks of the Savings Group methodology. The outcome: empowered groups,...

Scaling Up Multiple Use Water Services presents new conceptual and empirical insights in the role of accountability for better performance of the public water services sector. It analyses experiences...

Baseado nas fotografias e depoimentos de mulheres migrantes venezuelanas no Brasil, 'Seguir Adiante / Salir Adelante' oferece uma vis?o sincera e impactante sobre as experi?ncias vividas por mulheres...

Written for readers with an interest in extractive industries, rural enterprise, poverty, migration and West Africa.Author: Gavin HilsonPublisher: Practical Action PublishingPublication Date: Dec 15,...