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 URBAN DEVELOPMENT
SERIES
URBAN MANAGEMENT
Series Editor: Nick Hall
By 2015 more than half the world's population will be living
in towns and cities. The Urban Management Series focuses on
the impacts of demographic change in developing countries.
The series offers a platform for practical, in-depth analysis of
the complex institutional, economic and social issues that have
to be addressed in an increasingly urban and globalized world.
The books are designed for all practitioners, academics and
students concerned with urban management.
ISSN 1476-7325
Communicating for
Development
Experience from the Urban Environment
Edited by Catalina Gandelsonas
Communicating for
Development reflects
current thinking on com-
municating knowledge
to achieve development
in the urban environ-
ment. The contributors
examine communication
from a variety of per-
spectives, offering criti-
cal analysis and new
ideas in relation to com-
munication methods,
and suggesting ways of overcoming gaps and barriers in
the communication process. They highlight the role of
social networks as social capital, intermediaries and differ-
ent types of media suitable for a community's culture. They
also show how specific communication tools can best be
used to transfer knowledge to to communities located in
different geographic contexts and with different cultures,
values, beliefs and reference systems.
Moreover, the book questions conventional participa-
tory methods for relating to the needs of urban poor com-
munities and explores the application of new communica-
tion and knowledge management methods currently used
in business management. These methods encourage the
generation of new knowledge through face-to-face horizontal
contacts which promote the transfer of knowledge through the
dynamic combination of ‘tacit’ (embedded community
knowledge) and ‘explicit’ (or researcher’s) knowledge.
The first part of the book considers the theoretical
issues related to communicating for development. The sec-
ond part includes case studies that illustrate the application
of these theoretical concepts in an urban context.
This excellent book supplies new ideas to challenge
old methods, and provides case studies to illustrate the new
thinking. A key text for policy makers, urban managers,
NGOs, researchers and communications specialists.
ISBN 1853395420, 2002, 296pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Planning in Cities
Sustainability and Growth in the
Developing World
Edited by Roger Zetter and Rodney White
Globalization and the neo-liberal economic development
paradigm are the driving forces of urbanization in the
developing world in the 21st century. These processes
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question the extent to
which the increasingly
rapid scale and speed of
city growth is sustainable:
they present profound
challenges to the design
of effective urban plan-
ning policies and manage-
ment strategies. This book
is an innovative study
which bridges theory and
practice to explore these
conflicting challenges.
Part I explores the changing paradigms of development
and environmentalism and how these have impacted on the
process of urbanization and the emerging debates on the
sustainability of cities. These chapters review and elabo-
rate the discourse on sustainability, setting it firmly within
the context of urbanization and development. The increas-
ing disjuncture between these concepts and the challenge
this presents to the planning of cities in the developing
world is highlighted.
Part II shifts from discourse to practice. Case studies
drawn from different countries and different urban policy
sectors – land delivery in Lesotho, water supply in Bolivia,
community enablement in Mexico, development and pub-
lic service provision in Colombia, sanitation in India –
investigate the design and implementation of planning
policies and ways of improving urban governance to sup-
port sustainable urban growth. The studies assess the chal-
lenges and limitations to capacity building in the urban sec-
tor. Lessons learned from different practical approaches are
demonstrated and critiqued.
This book is essential reading for urban planners, envi-
romental engineers and development professionals.
ISBN 1853395439, 2002, 264pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Governing Cities
New Institutional Forms in Developing
Countries and Transitional Economies
Edited by Meine Pieter van Dijk, Marike
Noordhoek and Emiel Wegelin
This unique collection
of essays offers scholars
and practitioners inter-
ested in urban manage-
ment a fresh view on
how new institutional
forms have developed in
recent projects and pro-
grammes. The case
studies give readers up-
to-date practical insight
into the development
activities of govern-
ment, the private sector and communities.
Readers will benefit from the geographical coverage
offered in the book. Case studies from Asia, Latin
America, Africa and Eastern Europe are described in
detail, allowing the critical reader to analyse the differ-
ences in regional approach. The book looks at the changing
role of government, the increasing role of the private sec-
tor and the growing importance of public–private partner-
ships in urban development. Examples include that of
enabling inhabitants to vote on budget lines in Brazilian
municipalities and analysis of the role of the Slum Board in
Mumbai, India. A number of contributors show how par-
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ticipation can take shape in different ways and a special
chapter is devoted to the role of information and commu-
nication technology in urban management. Finally, the role
of non-governmental and community-based organizations
receives attention.
Since new institutional approaches to urban manage-
ment are continually emerging and are practised in diverse
locations, the editors' aim, through this collection, is to
make both theoretical considerations and practical experi-
ences available to all colleagues.
ISBN 1853394971, 2002, 248pp, £15.95/US$27.95
Building Sustainable Urban
Settlements
Approaches and Case Studies in the
Developing World
Edited by Sam Romaya and Carole Rakodi
In this collection of
studies environmental,
institutional, social and
cultural aspects of sus-
tainability are consid-
ered in a variety of
towns and cities around
the world. Many of the
contributors focus par-
ticularly on meeting the
needs of the urban poor.
The main themes are:
urban environmental
management with particular reference to economic activi-
ties and housing; achieving institutional, social and cultur-
al sustainability; managing urban development processes
to reduce their environmental impacts; to improve the pro-
duced built environments and sustain improved practices.
Drawing on case studies of individual cities and coun-
tries as well as comparative research and analytical proce-
dures, the international group of contributors evaluate gov-
ernment policies and practices and make suggestions for
improvements. This book is aimed at students, academics
and professionals interested in international experiences of
urban environments.
ISBN 1853395412, 2002, 320pp, £12.95/US$22.50
NEW Urban Poverty Alleviation
Practitioners Influencing Poverty Policy
Edited by Sue Jones and Nici Nelson
This book asks serious questions about how to improve the
process of effective urban poverty action, with particular
emphasis on how to bridge the gap between those taking
action and those making policy decisions. However, the
observations, lessons learned and guidelines identified are
also of great use to practitioners and policy makers in all
poverty alleviation work.
The first part of the book addresses the wider issues of
networking and partnerships as a mean to influence policy
by evidence derived from action. The second part consists
of eight country-based case studies which discuss how
practitioners in both southern and northern NGOs have
faced the problem of communication between workers at
different levels of a development institution, and how the
lessons learned from implementation can be transmitted to
middle level service providers, and on to policy makers.
In conclusion the editors draw guidelines from the case
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studies, giving pointers on how to capitalize on past suc-
cessful linkages and to deal successfully with constraints
and gaps. For policy makers, practitioners, donor agencies,
NGOs, service providers, community groups, academics
and students of development.
ISBN 1853395706, August 2003, 192pp, £15.95/US$27.95
Land, Rights and Innovation
Improving Tenure Security for the
Urban Poor
Edited by Geoffrey Payne
Land, Rights and
Innovation examines the
complex issues surround-
ing land tenure, and the
challenges they present
for urban planners in the
South and in the transi-
tional economies of
Eastern Europe. Based on
extensive research, the
book brings together a
diverse range of exam-
ples from 17 countries
where the authorities, non-governmental organizations or
communities have evolved practical, innovative approach-
es to providing tenure for the urban poor. These widen the
choices available for residents, encourage local investment
to reduce poverty, and facilitate the development of more
equitable and efficient urban land markets.
The inclusion of a chapter examining the legal issues
of security of tenure, as well as an introduction and a con-
clusion summarizing the way forward, makes this book of
value to all those responsible for formulating and implement-
ing urban land tenure policies in the rapidly changing and
expanding cities in the South and transitional economies.
ISBN 1853395447, 2002, 352pp, £15.95/US$27.95
Making Common Ground
Public–Private Partnerships in Land
for Housing
Edited by Geoffrey Payne
This book provides a comprehensive review of experience
in designing and implementing partnerships for efficient
and equitable use of urban land. Using examples from
countries throughout the world and at all levels of eco-
nomic development, the book reviews the achievements
and limitations of formal partnerships. Evidence is pre-
sented to show that a range of informal partnerships, or
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFERENCE
NEW The World Guide
2003/2004
An Alternative Reference to the
Countries of our Planet
Third World Institute, Uruguay
'A highly recommended reference book that gives read-
ers a unique opportunity to see what the world looks
like “from the South”. The issues of peace and justice
are embedded in the information.'
WorldViews Resource Center, Michigan
The World Guide 2003/2004 provides a wealth of informa-
tion on the countries of the world from a refreshingly dif-
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relationships, have evolved which make an impact on Urban Land Tenure and
urban land development and are of great benefit to lower
income groups. The book adopts a broad and inclusive def- Property Rights in Developing
inition of partnerships and shows that they exist within a Countries
continuum of public–private relationships. All examples A Review
are assessed according to the extent to which partnerships
Geoffrey Payne
have: increased the supply of urban land; improved the
Surveys the literature and proposes a typology which
efficiency of urban land markets; improved access for low-
income groups; and provided the basis for a more produc-
includes statutory, customary and unauthorized tenure sys-
tems, as a basis for assessing existing problems and for-
tive relationship between public and private sectors.
mulating policies. It concludes with recommendations for
Includes recommendations for improving and expanding
improving tenure security which maximize benefits to the
the contribution of partnerships. Essential reading for
poor and minimize market distortion.
urban and town planners, academics and their students.
ISBN 1853394009, 1997, 80pp, £15.95/US$26.95
ISBN 1853394793, 1999, 256pp, £15.95/US$27.95
Urban Poverty in Africa The Urban Opportunity
From Understanding to Alleviation The Work of NGOs in Cities of the
South
Edited by Sue Jones and Nici Nelson
This book takes a new Edited by Nicolas Hall, Rob Hart and Diana
look at the urban poverty
Mitlin
This book is an important tool to understanding the true
debate at a time when
level of urban poverty and the essential role that the urban
there is renewed interest
poor play in supporting urban and hence national
in urban poverty and man-
economies. The Urban Opportunity therefore promotes a
agement from multilateral
more positive attitude to urban areas and the work being
development agencies. It
done by governments and NGOs.
brings together contribu-
tions from academics, prac- ISBN 1853393479, 1996, 144pp, £14.95/US$18.95
titioners and urban poverty
specialists to present a Integrated Urban Infrastruc-
multi-disciplinary approach
to the debate, highlighting
ture Development in Asia
the need to link policy, institutional and grassroots efforts. Edited by Kulwant Singh, Florian Steinberg
and Nathaniel von Einsiedel
ISBN 1853394742, 1999, 208pp, £15.95/US$27.95
Brings together a range of papers on innovative approach-
es to integrated urban infrastructure provision in Asian
Sustainable Development and countries. Contributors include policy makers, profession-
the Future of Cities als and planners from across Asia. The models and prac-
tices described in the book comprise a major contribution
Edited by Bernd Hamm and Pandurang K Muttagi
to advancing the cause of sustainable urban development.
This book looks at how an increasingly urban world can
also be a world where the ideas of sustainable develop- ISBN 1853393541, 1996, 464pp, £19.95/US$38.00
ment are put into practice. The book looks first at concepts, Not available from ITDG Publishing in South Asia
theories and problems of sustainable development from a
developed and a developing world perspective. It then con- See also Urban Girls on page 4
siders regional perspectives, with contributions from
South-east Asia, North America and Eastern Europe.
Finally the book presents local answers to the problems of
sustainable urban development, with examples from Iran,
Poland, Canada, Finland and elsewhere.
ISBN 1853394521, 1998, 302pp, £15.95/US$28.00
Not available from ITDG Publishing in South Asia
ferent perspective. Drawing on United Nations and other democracy and Islam
mainstream data, it includes all the facts, history, and polit- • Updated data and statis-
ical and economic analysis you would find in a convention- tics on child health, liter-
al reference work, but in addition offers information on the acy, access to clean water,
issues central to the lives of people in Africa, Asia, the Middle land use, public expendi-
East, Latin America and the Caribbean. ture and other issues
What’s new for 2003/2004? Features: 238 maps; 26
• Updated information on 240 countries, including new or global issue tables; 20 key
expanded entries on 20 smaller states such as Andorra, indicator tables; 200 graph-
San Marino and many island nations, plus full entries for ics; 10,000 references; fold-
Palestine, East Timor, Western Sahara and West Papua out full-colour map of the
• A completely new set of 25 reports on global issues, such world; flags of the world in colour; bibliography; full index.
as terrorism, HIV/AIDS, global warming, slavery, ISBN 1853395668, Jan 2003, 624pp, £29.95
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SERIES VIEWPOINTS
NEW Doing the Rights Thing
Rights-based Development and Latin
American NGOs
Maxine Molyneux and Sian Lazar
'Like many changing fashions within the development
industry, new interest in the idea of "rights-based
development" runs the risk of generating confusion as
well as insight. This excellent book provides a concise,
clearly written overview of key issues in the theory and
practice of rights in relation to Latin American devel-
opment NGOs. Wide ranging and up-to-date, it should
be essential reading for staff in development agencies
of all kinds, as well as an indispensable text for stu-
dents and researchers in the field.'
Dr David Lewis, Centre for Civil Society
Over the course of the 1990s governments, policy makers,
NGOs and practitioners concerned with poverty alleviation
increasingly sought to integrate rights into their practice in
a broad range of contexts and countries. The term 'rights
based development’ was coined to describe these efforts.
Development agencies such as the UN and the World
Bank, along with many NGOs and governments, have
sought to promote a common understanding of what rights-
based priorities entailed for their work. However there is
still limited understanding of how such approaches are
being worked out in practice and how they are understood
in different socio-cultural contexts.
This book examines the ways that rights-based strate-
gies have been understood in development practice in Latin
America. It is based on research carried out with NGOs
working with women and indigenous people. Rights-based
development work has involved combining ideas of citi-
zenship, democracy, participation and empowerment in
novel ways. Doing the Rights Thing will contribute to the
creation of a fuller understanding of this new approach to
development and reveal the potential that it offers in ongo-
ing efforts to secure more equitable as well as more effec-
tive and inclusionary development outcomes.
This book is an important read for professionals, aca-
demics and students with an interest in rights based
approaches to development.
ISBN 1853395684, June 2003, 128pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Social Progress and
Sustainable Development
Neil Thin
‘This wide ranging study ... brings the ethics back into
development thinking.’
David Marsden, Research Director, INTRAC
This book sets out to clar-
ify the meaning of the
social dimensions of
development, with an
emphasis on sustainabili-
ty. It outlines a conceptu-
al framework to facilitate
better communication and
understanding as a basis
for improved policies,
implementation strategies
and learning strategies. It
reviews the concept of
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GENERAL DEVELOPMENT AND REFERENCE
social development as currently used in policy documents,
operational work, theoretical texts, and monitoring and
evaluation. The meaning of social development is related
to core concepts of sustainable development, and to other
specific concepts such as the economy and the environ-
ment, as well as more closely related categories such as
social sectors, social welfare and social security.
The analysis and examples draw on the author's recent
research and advisory work on social development policy,
poverty reduction strategies, human rights assessment, and
evaluation and learning strategies. Examples are drawn
from both rich and poor countries, from literature on the
social trends of globalization, and from the experiences of
all kinds of agency involved in development including
governmental agencies, civil agencies and businesses. It is
written for non-specialist readers who seek a rounded
appreciation of the social dimensions of development. It is
a useful theoretical guide and source of practical inspira-
tion to planners and analysts in public, civil and private
sectors, and all students of development.
ISBN 1853395560, 2002, 192pp, £9.95
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NEW Feeding the Market
South American Farmers, Trade and
Globalization
Jon Hellin and Sophie Higman
'A wide ranging book of great relevance to the debate
about globalization and its impact on smallholder
farmers in the Third World.'
Graham Thiele, International Potato Center, Quito
The debate about the pros
and cons of globalization
and the changes in poli-
cies and markets that are
needed has become
increasingly polarized
between 'globaphiles' and
'globaphobes'. The voices
of the rural poor, particular-
ly smallholder farmers, sel-
dom figure in these debates.
This book fills the
void. Based on extensive fieldwork, the authors demon-
strate clearly that the vast majority of smallholder farmers
wish to continue participating in local, national and inter-
national markets. By focusing on eight different land uses
the impact of global markets upon smallholder farmers is
richly described.
The authors clearly illustrate the practical obstacles
that smallholder farmers face in accessing markets espe-
cially with respect to the difficulties of meeting market
demands for quality of produce along with quantity and
continuity of supply. They draw lessons from both the suc-
cess stories and farmers' frustrated attempts to benefit from
market opportunities, and suggest changes in policy,
research and extension agendas that are needed to ensure
that markets work better for farmers world-wide. By telling
the farmers' stories, this book is a major contribution to
establishing some fixed points of research from which to
take the globalization debate forward more productively. A
key text for students of trade and globalization.
ISBN 1853395609, March 2003, 256pp, £14.95
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Development and the
Challenge of Globalization
Edited by Peter Newell, Shirin M Rai and
Andrew Scott
Understanding globaliza-
tion is key for the future
of development. The aim
of this book is to take a
critical look at the trends
associated with globaliza-
tion and assess what they
mean for traditional prac-
tices of development.
Going beyond attempts to
quantify the pros and cons
of globalization and the ide-
ological tenor of much of the polemical debate, the
approach is to focus on the actors, institutions and process-
es by which the relationship between globalization and
poverty is mediated. This is important for understanding
who the winners and losers from globalization are likely to
be, given the current political and economic constraints under
which practitioners operate. Such an approach helps to clarify the
sense of the obstacles and opportunities that will shape any attempt
to promote poverty elimination in a context of globalization.
The book explores how the relationship between global-
ization and poverty is handled by institutions and actors that
govern social and economic interactions at every level of soci-
ety. The focus is on the consequences of globalization, the
actors, institutions and movements that are operating in the new
global political space, and on the strategies that are being devel-
oped to contest the impact of globalization on people's lives.
The chapters examine three broad areas: production
and exchange in the context of small scale producers;
changing gender relations and feminist movements; and
the environmental consequences of globalization and the
movements that have emerged to challenge these. This reflects
the editors' concern with the consequences of globalization as
well as the politics of resistance to its negative outcomes.
This book contains vital information for the future of
development practice and is thus a key text for develop-
ment studies courses.
ISBN 1853394920, 2002, 224pp, £16.95/US$27.50
SERIES PRACTICAL
INNOVATIONS FOR A
SUSTAINABLE WORLD
Ever thought of harnessing the energy of children at play to
pump water? Or making paper from the tonnes of algae
that clog up the Venice Lagoon each year? This new series
points the way to these and almost 100 other innovations
from around the world.
These books provide inspiring examples from both the
'North' and the 'South' of the appropriate use of technology
to address human and environmental problems. They are
source books providing new ideas for development work-
ers, inspiration for businesses and projects for the class-
room. The books feature both blindingly simple solutions
to everyday problems and thoroughly researched solutions
to long-standing engineering challenges. They contain a
richness of ideas generated not only by non-governmental
organizations but also private entrepreneurs and governments.
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Hands On – Energy,
Infrastructure and Recycling
Emma Judge
Innovations ranging from solar lanterns to recycling inner
tubes, and from hydrogen cars to disaster-proof buildings.
ISBN 1853394882, 2002, 240pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Hands On – Food, Water and
Finance
Emma Judge
Innovations as diverse as ecological sanitation and mercu-
ry detection, or harvesting seaweed and credit unions.
ISBN 1853395153, 2002, 256pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Living with Wildlife
Sustainable Livelihoods for Park-
adjacent Communities in Kenya
Stuart Coupe, Viv Lewis, Zadoc Ogutu and
Cathy Watson
This paper examines the impact of wildlife conservation
policies on the lives of two communities in Kenya for
whom living with wildlife is a daily issue. They found very
little trade-off in terms of enhanced opportunities derived
from local wildlife conservation strategies. Many complex
cultural and social issues are raised by a shift to cultivation
and other means of survival for traditionally pastoralist
peoples, none of which currently promote beneficial inter-
actions with wildlife conservation.
In a detailed analysis of the two case studies the
authors go on to identify desirable and feasible criteria for
wildlife conservation projects to strengthen livelihoods and
reduce poverty among pastoralist and agro-pastoralist
communities, and conclude by offering a model for future
collaborative ecotourism projects in socially fragmented
park-adjacent communities.
ISBN 1853395374, 2002, 48pp, £12.95/US$22.50
ITDG Working Paper
Land Reform and Peasant
Livelihoods
The Social Dynamics of Rural Poverty
and Agrarian Reform in Developing
Countries
Edited by Krishna B Ghimire
This critical analysis of the performance of land reform
programmes on a worldwide basis is written by several
prominent scholars who have extensive experience in field
research, advisory work and the implementation of reform
programmes. They provide empirical evidence from many
countries showing how improved access to land is posi-
tively linked to production, investment, employment, food
security and poverty reduction. They examine the reasons
for success and failure as well as shortcomings of past
reform efforts, and review the role of the different actors in
this process. The book provides a timely and professional
contribution to the discussion on land reform. The contrib-
utors scrutinize the inadequacy of the market-oriented
approach to land reform and convincingly advocate a flex-
ible approach toward re-distributive reforms as the most
appropriate strategy towards alleviating rural poverty.
Published in association with the United Nations
Research Institute for Social Development
ISBN 1853395277, 2001, 272pp, £15.95/US$27.95
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Urban Girls
Empowerment in Especially Difficult
Circumstances
Gary Barker and Felicia Knaul with Neide
Cassaniga and Anita Schrader
This book offers practi-
cal approaches to
improve and empower
the lives of at-risk, low-
income, urban-based girls
and young women. It
does this by presenting
successful projects from
around the world which
clearly demonstrate what
can be done on a broad
range of fronts, and
answers the two key
questions: what do at-risk urban girls and young women
need, and what kind of programmes have been successful
in meeting those needs?
The book begins with a comprehensive overview of the
plight of disadvantaged young women and defines who
they are, why they need special attention and most impor-
tantly the four main contributing factors working against
these women: poverty, age, gender and ethnicity. In the rest
of the book, the authors use real case studies and models and
illustrate how they have been successful in combating these
four factors and empowering young women against them. The
final chapter looks at how boys and men can become involved
in the efforts to improve girls' and young women's lives.
The book concludes with important and authoritative
recommendations for both advocacy and service delivery
work, which will be essential reading for all agencies
working with young women.
ISBN 1853394750, 2000, 152pp, £14.95/US$24.50
Disappearing Peasantries?
Rural Labour in Africa, Asia and Latin
America
Edited by Deborah Bryceson, Cristobal Kay
and Jos Mooij
This book comes at a time when the peasant transition
process has reached a critical juncture. It points out how
peasant labour redundancy can undermine rural welfare
and political stability, and why academics and policy mak-
ers of the twenty-first century cannot ignore the world's
disappearing peasantries without endangering sustainable
development and international security. The editors com-
bine the most recent rural research with a new analytical
perspective on the major peasant and agrarian development
debates, and provide a new insight into peasant studies and
the western biases that have permeated it. The book begins
by tracing patterns of peasant formation and dissolution
over time and explores whether today's rural producers in
Africa, Asia and Latin America are peasants in either a the-
oretical or practical sense. The rich case study material
from all three continents illustrates the pressures and
opportunities that have befallen peasants, leading them to
'diversify' into a number of occupations and non-agricul-
tural income-earning avenues. The relationship of peasants
to the land has changed, and the factors influencing this are
discussed. The state and market influences on the rural
family and village community are also examined.
ISBN 1853394777, 2000, 344pp, £17.95/US$31.50
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Mastering the Machine
Revisited
Poverty, Aid and Technology
Ian Smillie
'This book is as relevant for practitioners of 30 years
as it is for undergraduates new to the field because it
reviews what is going on in light of what has gone before.
The development community will benefit from reading it'.
Informed
Mastering the Machine Revisited is about the connection
between poverty, aid and technology. It is about the search
driven today by greater extreme poverty than has ever been
known, and by a realization that the technologies applied to
the problem have severe limitations. In this substantially
revised edition, the author revisits the development prob-
lems of the 1980s to see what progress has been made. The
book also revisits promising innovations, projects and peo-
ple described in the first edition, discovering what lasted,
what failed and why. It considers the developmental impact
of new and accelerating phenomena: globalization, the
explosion of information and communication technologies,
increasingly complex emergencies, weaker governments,
bigger companies and escalating debt.
ISBN 1853395072, 2000, 304pp pb, £16.95/US$27.95
ISBN 1853395145, 2000, 304pp hb, £39.95/US$69.95
Managing the Globalized
Environment
Local Strategies to Secure
Livelihoods
Edited by TiiaRiitta Granfelt
This volume considers the complexity of local–global
interaction in environmental management, with the focus
on understanding resource management as a socio-cultural
concept. Interlinkages between resource base, supply, man-
agement and needs satisfaction are discussed from differ-
ent perspectives and parts of the world to illustrate the
impact of value systems, entitlement patterns, governance,
the production of knowledge and norm systems, as well as
the role of institutions and technology development in
environmental management.
ISBN 1853394513, 1999, 208pp, £15.95/US$26.95
The Human Rights of Street
and Working Children
A Practical Manual for Advocates
Iain Byrne (Consortium for Street Children
UK), with a foreword by Nelson Mandela
'The manual is easy to pick up and use and forms a
concise guide to a complicated field.'
The International Journal of Human Rights
The manual, which presents information in an accessible
question-and-answer format, is divided into three sections
for ease of reference. The first section defines substantive
rights, the second section provides practical guidelines on
how to use regional and international human rights systems
and the third and last section contains a comprehensive list
of human rights documents with tables by country detail-
ing the status and the stage in the implementation process
of each of the conventions in each country.
ISBN 1853394491, 1998, 288pp, £24.95/US$47.50
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Missionaries and Mandarins
Feminist Engagement with
Development Institutions
Edited by Carol Miller and Shahra Razavi
'[It] is an example of the kind of "institutional archae-
ology" which will help analyse and chart the changes
towards more gender equitable policies and practices
in development. For development practitioners who
believe in the principle of gender equality and wish to
learn from past experiences, this is a book which pro-
vides many useful lessons. For feminist advocates, it is a
public recognition of their dilemmas and achievements.'
Ines Smyth, Development in Practice
ISBN 1853394343, 1998, 240pp, £15.95/US$24.95
The Forgotten Sector
Non-farm Employment and
Enterprises in Rural India
Thomas Fisher and Vijay Mahajan with Ashok
Singha
This book provides the most comprehensive policy-orient-
ed analysis of the rural non-farm sector available for any
developing country. Its unique institutional analysis, giving
rise to a range of practical policies to promote rural
employment and poverty alleviation, remains unrivalled.
ISBN 1853394084, 1997, 296pp, £15.95/US$27.95
The 'Market Panacea'
Agrarian Transformation in
Developing Countries and Former
Socialist Economies
Max Spoor
Compares the experiences of structural adjustment in
developing countries and the transition from centrally
planned to market economies in the former socialist coun-
tries. It queries whether the market-led approach is likely
to alleviate the stagnation caused by intervention.
ISBN 1853394149, 1997, 192pp, £15.95/US$26.95
Supporting Citizens'
Initiatives
Bangladesh's NGOs and Society
Richard Holloway
'This book is useful to all those concerned with under-
standing the relationship between state and civil socie-
ty organisations throughout the developing countries
of the world.'
International Journal of Rural Studies
ISBN 1853394289, 1998, 240pp, £15.95/US$30.00
Challenging the Professions
Frontiers for Rural Development
Robert Chambers
Questioning the dominant approaches taken by many pro-
fessionals concerned with rural development, the theme of
this book is that 'we' – the professionals – are much of the
problem. New frontiers could be opened by reversing
many ideas and practices.
ISBN 1853391948, 1993 (rp1998), 160pp, £6.95/US$11.50
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The Technological Upgrading
of Service Institutions
Lessons from Asia
Tue Kell Nielsen
This book describes the processes involved when technol-
ogy is introduced into a developing country from a donor
country. It discusses the techniques and problems of setting
up a technological service institute in the host country, and
in particular the importance of ensuring that the service
organization becomes independent and self-sufficient as
soon as possible. Detailed case studies provide fascinating
insights into the processes of technology transfer.
ISBN 1853394351, 1998, 256pp, £15.95/US$30.00
Technology Development in
Rural Industries
A Study of China's Collectives
Hannah Piek
This book is a study of the development and acquisition of
technology by a group of small and medium-sized rural
industries in Sichuan province, China. The enterprises are
mainly collective ones, but they are compared with other
ownership groups, such as private and state enterprises.
This book is of interest to economists, developmentalists,
NGOs, social scientists, and private and public consultants
within the development field.
ISBN 185339422X, 1998, 292pp, £24.95/US$47.50
The Alms Bazaar
Altruism Under Fire – Non-profit
Organizations and International
Development
Ian Smillie
Written by an insider, this study of international develop-
ment agencies ranges from Biafra to Rwanda, from admin-
istrative costs to participatory development, from the
bright hopes of the 1960s to the implications of the latest
Mexican financial crisis. The phenomenon of the transna-
tional mega-charity is examined, as are the threats to the
independence of voluntary organizations from govern-
ments, UN agencies and from charities themselves. This is
also a story about lessons of heroism and folly, of bungling
and luck and failure – and of achievements that have
improved the lives of millions.
ISBN 1853393010, 1995, 304pp, £17.95/US$31.50
Missing Links
Gender Equity in Science and
Technology for Development
Gender Working Group, United Nations
Commissions on Science and Technology for
Development
Gender differences in the field of science and technology
have real consequences for the quality of women's lives
and for sustainable human development. Gender specialists
from around the world probe topics including: indigenous
knowledge, health, information, education, literacy and
small businesses. They provide valuable insight into the
failure of science and technology to answer women's needs,
and the lack of women's power in this critical domain.
ISBN 1853392898, 1995, 388pp, £19.95
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Do It Herself
Women and Technical Innovation
Helen Appleton
Although women form the majority of small-scale technol-
ogy users, their technical knowledge and understanding
have largely been overlooked. This book investigates the
contributions of women to technical innovation at a grass-
roots level, using 22 case studies of technical innovation by
women in 16 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
ISBN 1853392871, 1995, 320pp, £15.95/US$29.95
Speaking Out
Women's Economic Empowerment in
South Asia
Edited by Marilyn Carr, Martha Chen and
Renana Jhabvala
This volume draws together the experiences of seven South
Asian NGOs in organizing rural and urban poor women for
economic empowerment. It throws light on how changes
are occurring at the grassroots level, and analyses and
defines economic empowerment from the perspective of
the women themselves.
ISBN 1853393827, 1996, 256pp, £15.95/US$26.95
The Experience of Poverty
Fighting for Respect and Resources
in Village India
Tony Beck
This book turns the standard approach to the poor and
poverty upside down by focusing not on the weaknesses of
poor people but on their strengths. The author considers
how poor people battle for both resources and respect. This is
in contrast to the way the poor are usually represented in aid
discussions and in development discourse, as well as local dia-
logue, which usually influences external intervention to result
in a top-down approach to poverty prevention programmes.
ISBN 1853392189, 1994, 232pp, £15.95/US$24.95
Time to Listen
The Human Aspect in Development
Laurence Taylor and Peter Jenkins
Fifty-five short case studies presenting situations faced by
rural and urban communities in developing countries. For
fieldworker training programmes.
ISBN 1853390046, 1989, 80pp, £9.95/US$17.50
One Hundred Innovations for
Development
Edited by Gillis Een and Sten Joste
One hundred prize winning innovations.
ISBN 185339095X, 1988, 84pp, £12.95/US$22.50
More Innovations for
Development
Edited by Gillis Een and Sten Joste
Over 80 technical innovations in the field of development.
ISBN 1853391026, 1991, 84pp, £12.95/US$22.50
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NEW In a Nutshell
Addressing Sustainability and
Citizenship through Food Processing
Ali Farrell
A practical, teacher-friendly booklet providing a motivating
and relevant context for learning about food manufacture
designed for teaching 14–16 year olds (UK key stage 4). In a
Nutshell provides information about food processing and
small-scale industrial practices, exemplified through case
studies of peanut butter production in Zimbabwe:
• includes ideas for practical teaching activities
• supports the teaching of Food Technology knowledge,
skills, issues and values
• develops awareness of food in other cultures and food as
a global technology
• promotes understanding of some of the cultural, environ-
mental and economic dimensions of sustainability.
Ali Farrell was honoured in 2000 with a Design and
Technology Association (DATA) Award for Outstanding
Contribution to Design and Technology Education.
ISBN 1853395498, June 2003, 16pp, £7.95/US$13.95
Introductory Technology
A Resource Book
Adrian Owens
ISBN 185339064X, 1990, 144pp, £12.95/US$22.50
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
SERIES INDIGENOUS
KNOWLEDGE AND
DEVELOPMENT
Indigenous Knowledge
NEW Enquiries
A Methodologies Manual for
Development Programmes and Projects
Paul Sillitoe, Peter Dixon and Julian Barr
'This is a monumental work; there is nothing compara-
ble in the literature.'
David Brokensha
This manual is for development programme managers and
project leaders who wish to incorporate an indigenous
knowledge element into their work. It is a continuous spec-
trum of approaches and tools, from those useful to persons
seeking a quick and limited IK component, to those interested
in a more long term and thorough IK investigation.
The book covers the key elements of IK project design
and management. The guidelines acknowledge that the
design and management of IK informed projects involve
making decisions about many closely interrelated issues.
They take cost, time and scope of objectives as the princi-
pal design issues. The methodology also deals with issues
of team functioning that critically inform project success.
The guidelines make reference to project cycle management in
the context of natural resources indigenous knowledge
research, and present options for reducing conflicts and more
effectively including the views of primary stakeholders.
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Exploring Economic and Cultural
Issues in Design and Technology
James Pitt and Cath Miller
Sustainable Lifestyles? is a useful resource for teachers
looking for ways of integrating values-based issues into
their Design and Technology teaching. Aimed at students
aged 14–16 years old, the pack tackles the complex eco-
nomic and cultural issues associated with sustainable and
appropriate technology, in a clear and accessible way. The
fully photocopiable pack contains:
• introductory exercises to start students thinking about the
issues surrounding sustainable lifestyles
• clear and easy to follow design-and-make activities and
focused tasks
• a range of homework or extension tasks
• global case studies that provide a chance to learn about
appropriate technology in action
• comprehensive data sheets looking at sustainable
materials and systems
• a colourful classroom poster highlighting the issues of
sustainable technology.
ISBN 185339548X, 2002, 138pp, case studies, data
sheets, poster, £16.50/US$26.95
The book draws on key texts that relate to research and
participation in development, and interdisciplinary work. It
also draws heavily on the authors' experience of projects.
Novel topics are covered, such as computer aided analysis
of qualitative data and the use of cross-cultural research
staff. The methodology is grounded in anthropological and
development research, and attempts to be critically aware
of contemporary reflective practice.
Whatever your interest in indigenous knowledge you
will find this book a fascinating and insightful read.
ISBN 1853395714, Sept 2003, 416pp, £22.95
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Ethnoveterinary Medicine
An Annotated Bibliography of
Community Animal Healthcare
Marina Martin, Evelyn Mathias and Constance
M McCorkle
This volume contains some
700 abstracts from around
the world relating to peo-
ple's animal healthcare, oth-
erwise known as ethnovet-
erinary medicine. Each
abstract, many of them sub-
stantial, contains where pos-
sible detail of the livestock
disease, the name of the treat-
ment, its method of prepara-
tion and administration. The
abstracts cover the treatment of animals in 115 countries.
The bibliography is aimed at all involved or interested
in ethnoveterinary medicine: botanists, animal production
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Wall to Wall Design
A Sustainable Housing Pack for Key
Stage 3 Design and Technology
Louise Davies and Ruth Najda
Wall to Wall Design provides teachers with an opportunity
to explore issues surrounding the appropriate design and
application of technology in the building of homes in both
Kenya and the UK. Teachers are presented with a wealth of
activities that encourage students to draw parallels between
approaches to housing development in these countries.
This allows students to engage in a range of focused prac-
tical activities leading to an appreciation of what sustain-
able technology means in practice.
ISBN 1853395137, 2001, 48pp, 2 A2 posters,
£12.95/US$22.50
Live Well, Live Wisely!
Technology for Sustainable
Development
Cath Miller and James Pitt
Live Well, Live Wisely! enables teachers to deliver educa-
tion for sustainable development from a global perspective
within the subject areas of design, technology and geogra-
phy for students aged 11–14 years old. The pack is further
supported by the Sustainable Technology Education
Project (STEP) website.
ISBN 1853395129, 2000, 54pp, 8 maps, £11.95/US$18.00
professionals, veterinarians, anthropologists, social scien-
tists, rural development professionals and anyone interest-
ed in indigenous knowledge. This book, which replaces
Ethnoveterinary Medicine: An Annotated Bibliography
originally published in 1989 as the premier sourcebook in
its field, will be of great use and interest to those active in
the indigenous knowledge field.
ISBN 1853395226, 2001, 624pp, £27.95/US$45.00
Indigenous Knowledge
Development in Bangladesh
Present and Future
Edited by Paul Sillitoe
Development has failed to deliver on many of its promises
to nations such as Bangladesh. Even worse, it sometimes
stands accused of making matters worse, particularly for
the poorest of the poor. The development 'industry', con-
cerned at evidence of the damage inflicted by its well-
intentioned actions, has been searching for some time for
alternative approaches.
Indigenous knowledge in development is one of the
new approaches being pioneered. It is emerging within the
context of increasingly popular participatory approaches. It
works from below at the 'grassroots'. It aims to make local
voices heard more effectively. If development is to contin-
ue to involve outside mediated interventions, in the belief
that foreigners have knowledge and resources that can
assist in relieving the degrading poverty endured by mil-
lions, the policy makers, scientists and bureaucrats need to
appreciate better the indigenous view and practices both
before and during local intervention. While the aims of
indigenous knowledge research are straightforward, their
achievement presents us with some of the largest current
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challenges in development. It is an exciting time. If you
wish to see more equitable use of resources, this book is a
must for you. Indeed, it should be compulsory reading for
all those working in the development field.
ISBN 1853395188, 2000, 260pp, £15.95/US$27.95
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Biological and Cultural
Diversity
The Role of Indigenous Agricultural
Experimentation in Development
Edited by Gordon D Prain, Sam Fujisaka and
Michael D Warren
Much recent 'scientific' agri-
cultural research has failed
to build upon the valuable
experiences and lessons
learnt from farmers in com-
bating problems faced in
agriculture. Biological and
Cultural Diversity presents
for the first time cases of
indigenous experimentation
as well as the benefits in
terms of rural development
of new partnerships between farmers and formal research.
Development workers, agricultural researchers and others
concerned about rural poverty, agricultural sustainability and
local resource management will find this book highly rele-
vant and of value to their work.
ISBN 1853394432, 1999, 224pp, £16.95/US$29.95
The Roots of Change
Human Behaviour and Agricultural
Evolution in Mali
Brent M Simpson
The Roots of Change focuses attention on the source of
local agrarian change: human creativity and social interac-
tion. Building on the view that these innate human charac-
teristics are central forces in the evolution of local agricul-
tural systems, this volume explores the patterns of farmers'
individual and joint behaviour in the generation, adaption
and spread of new agricultural practices.
ISBN 1853394688, 1999, 184pp, £15.95/US$29.95
Hometown Associations
Indigenous Knowledge and
Development in Nigeria
Rex Honey and Stanley Okafor
There is a growing recognition of the role of indigenous
knowledge systems and resources, as shown by the role of
local organizations in the development process. These
organizations have been responsible for significant local
development achievements in a number of developing
countries, and they play a central role in the process of
building sustained and participatory development.
ISBN 1853394262, 1998, 176pp, £19.95/US$38.00
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Hungry for Hope
On the Cultural and Communicative
Dimensions of Development in
Highland Ecuador
Carmen G Hess
This book deals with indigenous people and the problems
that plague agricultural production in the high mountains
of Ecuador. The author argues that when indigenous
knowledge systems and participatory rural appraisal
approaches are placed in the context of communicative
action theory, they will gain theoretical, political and prac-
tical significance, and cross-cultural co-operation for
development should be improved. Aimed at a varied read-
ership, including those with an interest in agricultural
knowledge systems, participatory philosophy, or the rural
economy and ethnography of the Andes.
ISBN 1853394033, 1997, 128pp, £14.95/US$26.95
Intercropping and the
Scientific Basis of Traditional
Agriculture
Donald Q Innis
This book is a pioneering comparative study of the practice
of intercropping. Innis's meticulous analysis of the scien-
tific base of different traditional forms of agriculture is at
the forefront of the search for integrated systems of indige-
nous and modern agriculture. In his concluding chapter,
Innis proposes the return of the small farmer to the land
and suggests how this might be done.
ISBN 1853393282, 1997, 192pp, £19.95/US$38.00
Jurema's Children in the
Forest of Spirits
Healing and Ritual Among Two
Brazilian Indigenous Groups
Clarice Novaes Da Mota
This in-depth study examines the colonized native groups
of the Kariri and the Shoko of North-eastern Brazil and it
shows how a threatened minority group can effectively
help to shape its future, and how small groups of disen-
franchized individuals can recover their ethnic identity and
human dignity. The significance of this study extends far
beyond these groups alone, and the book will be of interest to
students of ethnicity, folklore, ethnobotany and epistemology.
ISBN 1853394025, 1997, 144pp, £15.95/US$28.50
Nature is Culture
Indigenous Knowledge and Socio-
cultural Aspects of Trees and Forests
in Non-European Cultures
Edited by Klaus Seeland
The startling message of this book is that the so-called virgin
forests of the world owe much to their symbiotic relationship
with the indigenous peoples who live in and on the margins
of the forests. Examples of forests are taken from Asia,
Africa and South America, thus reflecting the global nature
of the phenomenon. The book's conclusions will have far-
reaching implications for all who are concerned with the con-
servation of forests and their indigenous human population.
ISBN 1853394106, 1997, 160pp, £17.95/US$31.50
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Indigenous Organizations and
Development
Peter Blunt and D Michael Warren, with a
preface by Norman Uphoff
Indigenous organizations are local-level institutions with a
community base, such as women's groups, ethnic associa-
tions, traditional religious groups and a wide variety of
other social groups. This significant book investigates local
planning and management systems, local levels of technol-
ogy use and development, community-based systems of
evaluation and capacity building, and the distinct social
roles of the varied groups that exist worldwide. There is no
other published collection that describes such a wide range
of local organizations. It is of interest to development
workers as well as students and teachers of development
studies, and development management.
ISBN 1853393215, 1996, 272pp, £17.95/US$31.50
Ethnoveterinary Research
and Development
Edited by Constance M McCorkle, Evelyn
Mathias and Tjaart W Schillhorn van Veen
From sociocultural, political-economic, and environmental
as well as biomedical viewpoints, this book presents
reviews and case studies of traditional veterinary knowl-
edge and practice, along with historical perspectives, theo-
retical discussions and research methodologies. The 23
chapters span 10 major species of animal domesticates
raised by more than 80 ethnic groups in nearly 40 nations
of Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, covering nearly
100 diseases and more than 300 medicinal plants and other
traditional materia medica. Provides researchers, develop-
ment professionals and policy makers working in agricul-
tural and rural development with insights, ideas and
approaches to the subject.
ISBN 1853393266, 1996, 344pp, £19.95/US$34.95
The Cultural Dimension of
Development
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
D Michael Warren, L Jan Slikkerveer and
David Brokensha
This book presents overwhelming evidence, from a range of
disciplines, that local people do know a great deal about their
environment. This knowledge must be taken into account in
the planning and implementation of development to be both
acceptable and effective. Forty-six contributors provide both
case study material and general conceptual papers. The inter-
disciplinary approach of this book makes it an essential tool
for those studying indigenous knowledge systems.
ISBN 1853392510, 1995, 600pp, pb, £24.95/US$39.95
ISBN 1853392642, 1995, 600pp, hb, £49.95/US$69.95
Facing Kirinyaga
A Social History of Forest Commons
in Southern Mount Kenya
Alfonso Peter Castro
Examines the management and use of common-property
forests, groves and trees on southern Mount Kenya,
demonstrating the long-standing relationships between
Kenyans and their forest resources – and the connections
between anthropology and forestry.
ISBN 1853392537, 1995, 168pp, £14.95/US$29.95
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Engineering in Emergencies
A Practical Guide for Relief Workers
Second Edition
Jan Davis and Robert Lambert
Engineering in Emergencies is the practical handbook for
all relief workers involved in giving humanitarian assis-
tance at such times. It
provides critical infor-
mation needed to imple-
ment an effective
response in the after-
math of an emergency.
The second edition
has been extensively
revised and updated
based on feedback from
users in the field, includ-
ing experience from
cooler climates and
European emergencies.
It includes all the key features of the first edition, in par-
ticular the coverage of both technical topics such as water
and sanitation as well as managerial skills and personal
effectiveness.
Featuring: two completely new chapters on personal
security and telecommunications; recent developments and
practice in humanitarian relief; improved indexing; new
appendices of useful websites and the Sphere minimum
standards; copious cross-referencing for ease of use; new
and revised illustrations, tables and checklists throughout.
ISBN 1853395455, 2002, PVC cover with CD-ROM,
736pp, £69.95/US$125.00
ISBN 1853395218, 2002, pb, 736pp, £26.95/US$43.50
Hygiene Promotion
A Practical Manual for Relief and
Development
Suzanne Ferron, Joy Morgan and Marion
O'Reilly
This practical manual fills a gap in the current literature by
providing guidance on hygiene promotion in emergency
settings. It is written particularly for fieldworkers on proj-
ects or programmes aiming to reduce the incidence of
water- and sanitation-related diseases. It will also be useful
Pathways to
NEW
Participation
Reflections on PRA
Edited by Andrea Cornwall and Garett Pratt
With contributions from 32 of the most respected voices in
PRA – including Robert Chambers and Jules Pretty.
'Participation' may have become a buzzword of develop-
ment practice but the pathways of current enthusiasm for
participatory methods stretch back over decades. The most
popularly recognized and widely used participatory
approach, Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), had its
genesis in the late 1980s. Since then, it has come to be used
in countless communities, in dozens of countries and in a huge
variety of contexts. As PRA has spread and been taken up by
actors and institutions across the spectrum of development
practice, it has taken on a diversity of forms and meanings.
This book brings together some of the greatest names
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for other relief and development workers, particularly
those working in the fields of community development,
health and engineering. The authors describe a wide range
of approaches to hygiene promotion that can be used in dif-
ferent settings. Central to these approaches is a commit-
ment to working in collaboration with people and encour-
aging them to take more control over the factors that influ-
ence their lives. The authors stress the need for a form of
hygiene promotion that fosters capacity building rather
than the provision of information alone.
ISBN 1853395056, 2000, 256pp, £12.95/US$25.00
Development in Disaster-
prone Places
Studies of Vulnerability
James Lewis
This book addresses the long-overdue imbalance in disas-
ter management: an over-emphasis on post-disaster assis-
tance and a lack of attention to vulnerability reduction. It
answers the fundamental question in this debate: how can
we mould pre-disaster development initiatives to become
the most appropriate means for vulnerability reduction?
The author examines requirements for long-term change so
that conditions which have become the context for catas-
trophe can be modified. The book contains case-studies
and focuses on hazards of all kinds, setting out to redress
the balance between large-scale disasters and small-scale
disasters.
ISBN 1853394726, 1999, 192pp, £15.95/US$29.95
Living with Drought
Drought Mitigation for Sustainable
Livelihoods
Astrid von Kotze with Ailsa Holloway
This resource pack, consisting of a book and video cas-
sette, presents a creative and constructive participative
training approach to drought preparedness and sustainable
development in at-risk communities.
ISBN 1853394815, 1999, 224pp, NTSC Format,
£19.95/US$35.00
ISBN 185339470X, 1999, 224pp, PAL Format,
£19.95/US$35.00
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PA R T I C I PAT I O N
in development practice. It comprises the reflections of
thirty-two practitioners from twenty different countries,
from different generations of PRA practitioners and from
different arenas of development work. Their pathways to
participation have taken different directions, influenced not
only by their own professional and personal backgrounds,
but also the forms of PRA which they were introduced to
and helped to evolve. Embracing a range of entry points
and experiences, these stories speak of moments of frustra-
tion and revelation, of dilemmas and discoveries; together,
their accounts articulate the sheer variety of the forms of
practice that have come to be called 'PRA'.
Contributors: John Kennedy Alumasa; Eloy Anello; Qais
Anwar; Karen Brock; Robert Chambers; Rene 'Pong'
Clemente; Andrea Cornwall; Chandan Datta; Michael
Drinkwater; Marc Fiedrich; Bara Gueye; Irene Guijt; Regis
Gwaba; Katja Jassey; Barbara Kaim; Humera Malik;
Mwajumah Saiddy Masaiganah; Jessica Nalwoga; Koos
Neefjes; Bardolf Paul; Ditdit R Pelegrina; Kamal Phuyal;
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Understanding Vulnerability
South Asian Perspectives
Edited by John Twigg and Mihir R Bhatt
Understanding Vulnerability breaks new ground by explor-
ing the issues of disaster and vulnerability from a South
Asian standpoint. In the final essay Mihir Bhatt presents a
thought-provoking discussion of ways of understanding
vulnerability by learning from vulnerable people. The les-
sons in Understanding Vulnerability will be of value to
development and disaster planners and managers not only
in South Asia but in many other regions where vulnerable
people are confronted by hazards.
ISBN 1853394556, 1998, 96pp, £15.95/US$27.95
Rising from the Ashes
Development Strategies in Times of
Disaster
Mary B Anderson and Peter J Woodrow
Drawing on case histories of emergency relief programmes
that have successfully promoted development, this book
offers guidelines for fashioning assistance programmes
designed to counter the effects of both natural and human-
caused disasters. The authors argue that relief efforts must
support and enhance existing capacities and they present an
analytical framework for assessing the characteristics and
needs of afflicted communities.
ISBN 1853394394, 1998, 352pp, £17.95
Not available from ITDG Publishing in the USA
Famine Early Warning and
Response
The Missing Link
Margaret Buchanan-Smith and Susanna
Davies
Drawing on case studies from Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad, Mali
and Kenya during the drought years of 1990–91, this book
investigates why early warning signals were not translated
into timely intervention.
ISBN 185339291X, 1995, 242pp, £15.95/US$27.95
Michel Pimbert; Rajendra Prasad; Garett Pratt; Jules
Pretty; Mallika Samaranayake; Tilly Sellers; Meera Shah;
Marja Liisa Swantz; John Thompson and Andreas Wilkes
ISBN 1853395692, July 2003, 224pp, £9.95/US$19.95
ISBN 1853395846, July 2003, 224pp, £4.95 SE*
NEW A Farmers’ Jury
The Zimbabwean Poor's Verdict on
the Future of Agriculture
Stuart Coupe, Jon Hellin and Tom Wakeford
This ITDG Working Paper analyses the experience of a
farmers' jury in Zimbabwe. Representatives of poor farm-
ers mapped out their vision for the future of agriculture in
their country after hearing from policy-makers and experts
of every shade of opinion.
ISBN 1853395765, Sept 2003, 80pp, £12.95/US$22.50
ITDG Working Paper
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SERIES PARTICIPATION IN
DEVELOPMENT
Learning from Change
Issues and Experiences in
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
Edited by Marisol Estrella with Jutta Blauert,
Dindo Campilan, John Gaventa, Julian
Gonsalves, Irene Guijt, Deb Johnson and
Roger Ricafort
Learning from Change takes participation one step further
by exploring its use in the monitoring and evaluation of
development programmes. Bringing together a broad range
of case studies and discussions between practitioners, aca-
demics, donors and policy makers, the book explores con-
ceptual, methodological, institutional and policy issues in
participatory monitoring and evaluation. It distils the com-
mon themes and experiences to show the challenges – and far-
reaching benefits – of the approach.
Learning from Change is of value to readers interested
in processes of participatory development, as well as to all
development professionals, including fieldworkers, practi-
tioners, researchers and policy makers.
ISBN 1853394696, 2000, 288pp, £8.95
Not available from ITDG Publishing in North America
The Myth of Community
Gender Issues in Participatory
Development
Edited by Irene Guijt and Meera Kaul Shah,
with a foreword by Robert Chambers
The Myth of Community critically assesses how women can
be involved more appropriately and equally in participato-
ry approaches, and how gender issues can be tackled more
meaningfully. Containing a rich array of contributions
from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, this book
provides a variety of viewpoints and perspectives from
those most closely involved in participatory approaches to
development. This is essential reading for anyone involved
in participatory practices in the development sector.
ISBN 1853394211, 1998, 308pp, £8.95/US$17.50
Not available from ITDG Publishing in South Asia
Whose Voice?
Participatory Research and Policy
Change
Edited by Jeremy Holland with James
Blackburn, with a foreword by Robert Chambers
Whose Voice? demonstrates the far-reaching implications
of PRA and related participatory approaches for the devel-
opment sector. Part One explores case studies in which par-
ticipatory methods and approaches have been used to influ-
ence policy. Part Two concentrates on Participatory
Poverty Analysis (PPA). Part Three discusses key issues
arising during the original workshop. Containing detailed
case studies from around the world and analysis of key
development agencies, NGOs and organizations across the
sector over the past decade, Whose Voice? is invaluable for
professionals and policy makers, either directly involved or
with a special interest in PRA approaches and methods and
their impact upon policy and development.
ISBN 185339419X, 1998, 272pp, £7.95/US$10.95
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Who Changes?
Institutionalizing Participation in
Development
Edited by James Blackburn with Jeremy
Holland, with a foreword by Robert Chambers
Who Changes? draws together lessons and experiences
from key development agencies on the institutional change
needed to make participation a reality. The book explores
the main issues and concerns of development professionals
involved in Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) practices:
adapting PRA methods from micro- to macro-organiza-
tions and the type of changes required by an organization
to implement PRA effectively. In addition, the reader is
provided with a checklist of practical considerations to
guide them through this complex field; training pro-
grammes and training needs for all those involved in the
participation programme; implementing projects from
piloting stages to gradual scaling up; institutional change
and the changing cultures and procedures of hierarchical
organizations; and participatory monitoring and evaluation.
Who Changes? will be a valuable asset to all development
professionals concerned with PRA approaches, from field-
workers to practitioners and policymakers.
ISBN 1853394203, 1998, 216pp, £7.95/US$10.95
Stepping Forward
Children and Young People's
Participation in the Development Process
Edited by Victoria Johnson, Edda Ivan-Smith,
Gill Gordon, Pat Pridmore and Patta Scott
Stepping Forward presents the key issues and challenges
involved in facilitating children and young people's partic-
ipation. The contributors to this book come from a range of
backgrounds, bringing a multi-disciplinary approach to
children's participation. Essential reading for professionals,
agencies and institutions working with and for children,
and in development, as well as professionals involved in
participatory approaches.
ISBN 1853394483, 1998, 352pp, £8.95/US$19.95
Whose Reality Counts?
Putting the First Last
Robert Chambers
Robert Chambers argues that central issues in development
have been overlooked, and that many past errors have
flowed from domination by those with power.
Development professionals now need new approaches and
methods for interacting, learning and knowing.
Self-critical awareness and changes in concepts, val-
ues, methods and behaviour must be developed to explore
the new high ground of participation and empowerment.
Whose Reality Counts? presents a radical challenge to all con-
cerned with development, whether practitioners, researchers
or policy makers, in all organizations and disciplines, and at
all levels from fieldworkers to the heads of agencies.
ISBN 185339386X, 1997, 320pp, £7.95/US$13.95
ISBN 1853395811, 2003, 320pp, £4.95 SE*
Grassroot Horizons
Connecting Participatory Development
Initiatives East and West
Edited by Richard Morse, Anisur Rahman and
Kersten L Johnson
Grassroot activists and researchers build on their varied
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PARTICIPATION
personal experiences to clarify and strengthen the effec-
tiveness of participatory group action in overcoming
impoverishment, oppression and exclusion.
ISBN 1853392901, 1995, 396pp, £17.95/US$31.50
Not available from ITDG Publishing in South Asia
Fertile Ground
The Impacts of Participatory
Watershed Management
Edited by Fiona Hinchcliffe, John Thompson,
Jules N Pretty, Irene Guijt and Parmesh Shah
Fertile Ground presents the findings of the first formal
study and in-depth research into the impacts of participato-
ry watershed management in a wide range of agroecologi-
cal and socioeconomic settings. The 23 case studies pres-
ent a rich and complex picture of the problems, achieve-
ments and continuing challenges faced by conservation
professionals and farmers around the world.
ISBN 1853393894, 1999, 408pp, £17.95/US$31.50
People's Participation
Challenges Ahead
Orlando Fals Borda
The book looks at the social, political, economic and cultural
movements at the heart of participative research – where
knowledge, space and time are seen as the principal tools for
change for the advancement of peoples. It has been published
to promote the ongoing discussion amongst economists, politi-
cians, scholars, NGO workers, policy makers, engineers, sci-
entists, social scientists and all those with a deep interest or
involvement with participatory approaches and methodologies.
ISBN 1853394459, 1998, 272pp, £15.95
Not available from ITDG Publishing in North or South America
Learning from Gal Oya
Possibilities for Participatory
Development and Post-Newtonian
Social Science
Norman Uphoff
This book recounts the drama of a remarkably successful
experiment that introduced farmer organization for self-
managed development in the largest and most run-down
conflict-ridden irrigation system in Sri Lanka. The author
draws far reaching conclusions for participatory develop-
ment and contemporary social science.
ISBN 1853393517, 1996, 464pp, £19.95/US$31.50
Power and Participatory
Development
Theory and Practice
Edited by Nici Nelson and Susan Wright
This is an exploration of the power dimensions of partici-
patory development and research, and an attempt to look at
the shifts in power within communities and institutions that
are needed for participatory ideas to be effective.
The book will be of interest to academics, students and
practitioners in both the North and the South, and all those
involved in courses in development studies, anthropology
and sociology. In addition, the book will be a useful tool
for agencies and practitioners involved in participatory-
style development or research initiatives worldwide.
ISBN 1853392413, 1995, 240pp, £15.95/US$26.95
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 DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE
Methods for Community
Participation
A Complete Guide for Practitioners
Somesh Kumar, with a foreword by Robert
Chambers
This immensely practical and comprehensive manual cov-
ers the concepts, practice and methodology of participato-
ry development, focusing primarily on 'how' to achieve
participation. It is rich with insights from the field, includ-
ing from India, China and Nigeria.
The book contains: inclusive methodologies for reach-
ing people; practical ways of making people's participation
a reality; tips on best practices as well as on attitudes and
behaviour, limitations and precautions; and features a ready
reckoner of 24 methods to suit different development activ-
ities and contexts. It is designed to suit the needs of those
working in diverse development sectors, and provides space
for innovation while encouraging creativity and flexibility.
This easy to use manual constitutes a unique resource for
PRA methods. As such, it will be of immense importance to
development professionals, consultants and trainers as well as
students and academics in the fields of development studies,
social development, sociology and social research methods.
ISBN 1853395544, 2002, 336pp, £17.95/US$31.50
Not available from ITDG Publishing in South Asia
Complex Problems,
Negotiated Solutions
Tools to Reduce Conflict in
Community Development
Michael Warner
This book offers strategies, principles and tools to reduce
development-induced disputes and interpersonal conflict
as obstacles to achieving sustainable rural livelihoods.
Consensual 'win-win' negotiation is promoted as the pre-
ferred strategy, but set firmly within the context of the
alternatives. The book provides a way to systematize the
complexity of conflict situations in rural environments,
offering a guide to designing practical conflict mitigation
and prevention strategies. The key principles and tools of con-
sensual negotiation are described and illustrated with exam-
ples from around the developing world. To enhance its utility
for practitioners, 20 group and individual exercises have been
included, enabling the book to be used for training purposes.
This book should attract anyone from civil society,
government, business or the donor community interested in
learning the art of brokering negotiated solutions to the
conflicts and complexities of rural environments.
ISBN 1853395323, 2001, 160pp, £12.95/US$22.50
SERIES FUNDRAISING
CLOSE TO HOME
A series of three practical guides for organizations seeking to
increase their financial independence through fundraising.
Published in collaboration with KIT Publishers
Building Credibility, the
Foundation for Fundraising
Elizabeth Westman Wilson
Credibility is an essential component of successful
fundraising. Staff, boards of directors and volunteers all
play important roles in building a strong organization that
will appeal to potential donors. It helps you find and build
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on strengths in the organization and the community.
Specific steps to achieve a credible long-range plan and an
easy to understand financial plan are described in detail.
ISBN 1853395331, 2001, 200pp, £9.95/US$17.50
Building Structures and Skills
for Fundraising
Elizabeth Westman Wilson
This book describes the necessary preparations for a fundrais-
ing campaign – the role of the leader, the board, volunteers and
strategic alliances, and ways to fight fear of fundraising. It
goes on to outline the practical essentials of an effective com-
munications programme, from personal contacts to obtaining
good media coverage and making the Internet work for you.
ISBN 185339534X, 2001, 208pp, £9.95/US$17.50
Building Fundraising
Programs to Attract
Community Support
Elizabeth Westman Wilson
Fundraising events, income-generating businesses, dona-
tion boxes, mail and telephone campaigns, electronic
fundraising, applying for local grants, and many other
approaches can be used to attract support from the com-
munity. Planning effective programmes is emphasized,
with a special focus on techniques for face-to-face appeals
and ways to engage the business community.
ISBN 1853395358, 2001, 288pp, £11.95/US$21.00
Three-volume Set
Comprising the series Volumes 1 to 3
ISBN 185339551X, 2001, 696pp, £24.95/US$43.50
Training for Transformation
A Handbook for Community Workers
Books 1–3
Anne Hope and Sally Timmel
Three volumes designed to assist workers in the field who
are encouraging the development of self-reliant creative
communities. The books have as their basic philosophy the
belief that we should all participate in making this world a
more just place to live in. Training for Transformation inte-
grates the approach of Paulo Freire and how to put his
method into practice, Manfred Max Neef's understanding
of fundamental human needs, group methods which are
essential for participatory education, organizational devel-
opment, which stresses how to build structures which
enable people to become self reliant, and social analysis to
help groups find the root causes of problems.
ISBN 1853393533, 1995, 552pp, £22.95/US$39.95
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Training for Transformation
A Handbook for Community Workers
Book 4
Anne Hope and Sally Timmel
This is a practical and accessible workbook for community
development workers. It recognizes that the only changes
that effectively transform the lives of poor people are those
in which they have been active participants. It gives many
tried and tested practical ways of getting this process started.
Book 4 focuses on five issues of concern to communi-
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ties throughout the world: the environment; gender and
development; ethnic and racial conflict; intercultural
understanding; and building participatory governance.
Each section contains a rich selection of relevant material
designed to stimulate interest and debate, including simu-
lations, real-life stories, telling statistics, news articles and
poetry and drama from local communities. The book is
divided into easy-to-follow modules which can be covered
in sequence or in any order. All the exercises have been
extensively tested in the field.
Book 4 is ideal for adult education workers, social
workers, community development workers, church workers
and trade union educators, and all organizations and indi-
viduals concerned with the process of transforming society.
ISBN 1853394610, 1999, 304pp, £12.95/US$25.00
ISBN 1853395757, 2003, 304pp, £7.95 SE*
Managing for a Change
How to Run Community Development
Projects
Anthony Davies
This book provides an insight into development project
planning and management by guiding the reader through
the stages from concept to completion. Topics covered
include problem identification, mobilizing a group, solu-
tion identification and planning, resource identification and
cost estimating, project funding, basic book-keeping and
records, project supervision, project execution and post-
project management. The last chapter includes sections on
profit and non-profit making enterprises, and each chapter
ends with exercises to help test the new knowledge and
reinforce the lessons in good practice. This book is invalu-
able to community group leaders and trainers as well as to
individuals who are involved in community organizations.
ISBN 1853393991, 1997, 176pp, £13.95/US$22.50
Inside NGOs
Learning to Manage Conflicts Between
Headquarters and Field Offices
Naoki Suzuki
Development literature has tended to ignore the internal
dynamics of non-governmental organizations, instead
treating them as single, coherent organizations. Inside
NGOs concentrates on the tension that arises between head-
quarters and field offices and suggests ways to resolve areas of
conflict. The author addresses the major areas of tension and
suggests ways to resolve areas of conflict.
ISBN 1853394130, 1998, 264pp, £15.95/US$26.95
Power, Process and
Participation
Tools for Change
Edited by Rachel Slocum, Lori Wichhart, Dianne
Rocheleau and Barbara Thomas-Slayter
This book addresses the practical needs and strategic inter-
ests of the disadvantaged and disempowered. It offers
innovative, accessible tools to enable facilitators from both
inside and outside communities to empower those who are
frequently omitted from decision-making processes. The
style and approach are interactive, stimulating reflection
and involvement by all parties.
ISBN 1853393037, 1995, 272pp, £15.95/US$24.95
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Manual of Practical Where There is No Artist
Management for Third World Development Drawings and How to
Rural Development Associations Use Them
Fernand Vincent
Volume 1
Covers organization, administration and communication.
ISBN 1853394041, 1997, 240pp, £17.95/US$31.50
Volume 2
Covers financial management.
ISBN 185339405X, 1997, 208pp, £17.95/US$31.50
Two-volume Set
ISBN 1853395528, 448pp, £29.95/US$52.50
Educating for Real
The Training of Professionals for
Development Practice
Nabeel Hamdi
Twelve interdisciplinary essays exploring topics central to
the education of development professionals, in particular
planners, urban designers, engineers and architects.
ISBN 1853393339, 1996, 224pp, £15.95/US$27.50
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Small Business Services in
Asian Countries
Market Development and Performance
Measurement
Edited by Jacob Levitsky
'There is no doubt that this work reflects current think-
ing on an important, evolving theme.'
George Manu, EMPRETEC Ghana Foundation
In the search for a new approach to business development
service (BDS) provision, the chapters in Part One of the
book present the findings of new studies and thinking into
BDS markets, revealing a greater complexity and diversity
than has previously been envisaged.
Part Two explores the implications of these findings for
donor interventions, including the design of BDS products,
using information and communication technologies to
deliver services, promoting BDS markets for clustered
enterprises, and intervening in new markets.
The book goes on to explore the issue of performance
measurement. Using a common framework for performance
measurement, Part Three presents case studies to identify les-
sons learned on good practice in BDS. This important volume
summarizes experiences and conclusions on the subject to date.
ISBN 1853394963, 2001, 288pp, £14.95/US$26.95
Micro- and Small Enterprises
in Latin America
Experiences of Business Development
Services
Edited by Jacob Levitsky and Lene Hojmark
Mikkelsen
'It will be of interest not only to development practitioners
and donor agencies but also NGOs, academics and all those
attracted by creating sustainable and cost-effective business
service provision. A valuable contribution to the literature.'
Third World Planning Review
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DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE / ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Petra Rohr-Rouendaal
This book contains more than 400 drawings relating to a
wide range of educational and health issues, along with
advice on copying, enlarging and otherwise changing the
illustrations without using special equipment to make them
appropriate to a particular situation. There is also advice on
pre-testing materials to make sure their message will be
understood by the intended audience. This book is for field-
workers, teachers, trainers, and others who wish to produce
appropriate illustrations in the community for educational
purposes.
ISBN 1853393916, 1997, 128pp, £14.95/US$26.95
Vocational Training in the
Community
The Design, Implementation and
Quality Control of Integrated Training
Reinhard Skinner
ISBN 1853394246, 1998, 112pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Case studies examine the role of business development servic-
es and the principles of best practice in the field. The book also
reviews marketing and technology services for craft industries
in Nicaragua and Ecuador, the setting up of a business infor-
mation service in Bolivia and the establishment and operation
of business centres in Peru. There is also an account of net-
working through the clustering of small enterprises.
The final section deals with the role of the public sector
in the establishment and operation of business development
services. A contribution from Chile reviews the appropriate
role for the State and covers experiences in the role of busi-
ness services in local economic development.
This book is important to all those working on pro-
grammes for small enterprise development, including
research organizations, donors, development agencies,
NGOs and private consultants.
ISBN 1853395285, 2001, 184pp, £14.95/US$26.95
Building Businesses with
Small Producers
Successful Business Development
Services in Africa, Asia and Latin
America
Edited by Sunita Kapila and Donald Mead
This book presents the findings and a comparative analysis
of seven case studies that challenge current beliefs about
good practice in the provision of business development
services (BDS) to small and microenterprises. The book
also highlights issues concerning the assessment of impact,
sustainability and cost-effectiveness of such services.
Three services are given particular attention in the case
studies: marketing, access to technology, and business and
management skills acquisition. Each case study shows how
small producers were introduced to new production and mar-
keting systems and how private sector participation was suc-
cessfully promoted. The analysis of these experiences looks at
the feasibility of market-based BDS provision and the role of
non-governmental organizations in building BDS markets.
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The Copy Book
Copyright-Free Illustrations for
Development
Selected and introduced by Bob Linney and
Bruce Wilson
ISBN 0946688443, 1988 (rp1995), 128pp,
£14.95/US$26.95
How to Run a Small
Development Project
A 'Geneva Group'
This book will help the managers of development projects
to design and manage their projects well, in particular by
emphasizing the importance of forward planning. Covers
both starting up and running projects, and working with
Northern partner organizations.
ISBN 0946688478, 1986 (rp2000), 54pp, £9.95/US$17.95
The research discussed in this book makes an important
contribution to the ongoing debate regarding market- and
demand-based provision of non-financial services to small
and microentrepreneurs and businesses in Southern coun-
tries. This debate has been influenced by successes
achieved in commercializing and broadening the reach of
microcredit programmes. The analysis presented here
reminds us that, to provide effective assistance to small pro-
ducers, business development services often need to be pro-
vided in a multi-faceted and flexible manner.
ISBN 1853394947, 2002, 224pp, £14.95
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Business Development
Services
A Review of International Experience
Edited by Jacob Levitsky
This book provides a wide review of experience of donor
agencies in designing and implementing business develop-
ment services for small and medium enterprises. The papers
presented in this book assess the performance of the develop-
ment services operating within various developing countries.
They explore new and innovative approaches to achieve the
sustainability of business development services and ways of
achieving greater cost-effectiveness in their delivery.
ISBN 1853395064, 2000, 336pp, £14.95/US$26.95
Co-operative Success
What Makes Group Enterprise
Succeed
Malcolm Harper and A K Roy
'This book will be invaluable to anyone who is involved
in setting up a new co-operative or is helping an exist-
ing organisation to become more successful.'
Appropriate Technology
This book identifies factors associated with successful group
enterprises. It aims to help those who promote co-operative
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ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
development to be more selective in choosing situations
where this type of enterprise has a good chance of working,
and offers guidelines and a blueprint for support staff.
The study is directed towards co-operatives which pri-
oritize poverty alleviation over economic success. By com-
bining a formal historical survey with case studies the book
gives both a theoretical and experiential view of what is the
'middle' way between state ownership and the private sec-
tor. This book is of value to anyone who is involved in the
possible establishment of a new group enterprise or advis-
ing, assisting or managing an existing one.
ISBN 1853395005, 2000, 152pp, £14.95/US$24.50
Not available from ITDG Publishing in South Asia
Public Services through
Private Enterprise
Micro-privatization for Improved
Delivery
Malcolm Harper
'The book offers a refreshingly fresh perspective on
strategies for improving the delivery of public services
… it has something for everyone.'
Development Policy Review
This important book suggests a strategy – 'micro-privatiza-
tion' – to overcome what appears to be an otherwise hope-
less situation. Governments can hand over responsibility
for many public services to small private or community
enterprises. The quality, efficiency and outreach of the
services are considerably improved, and the costs signifi-
cantly reduced. Malcolm Harper presents 24 real life case
studies from around the world which amply demonstrate
that micro-privatization is practical anywhere. The activi-
ties covered include urban services, utilities, agricultural
services, health and hygiene, transport, welfare and educa-
tion. The analysis accompanying the case studies identifies
the problems encountered and the solutions adopted. This
book will attract a wide readership, particularly among
NGOs and international development agencies and those in
the fields of rural development, urban management, public
administration, community development and enterprise
management.
ISBN 1853395196, 2000, 380pp, £15.95/US$27.95
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Export Marketing for a Small
Handicraft Business
Revised Edition
Edward Millard
Written in plain, jargon-free language, this book provides
vital information to help producers export more effective-
ly. Keeping the perspective and situation of small-scale
exporters in mind, it covers every aspect of exporting that
it is important to know.
ISBN 1853393525, 1996, 192pp, £10.95/US$19.50
The Wheels of Trade
Developing Markets for Business
Services
Milena Hileman and Jim Tanburn
'This book is both very informative about current expe-
rience and refreshingly non-prescriptive.'
Business Worldaware
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This book sets out a new and practical approach to business
development services (BDS) which calls for constant reassess-
ment of the assumptions underlying small business develop-
ment, and for substantial adaptation of current working meth-
ods in order to improve results. It provides a great source of
information and inspiration to donor agencies and profession-
als working in the SED field.
ISBN 185339517X, 2000, 104pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Enterprise in Africa
Between Poverty and Growth
Edited by Kenneth King and Simon McGrath
Internationally, donors are increasing their emphasis on pover-
ty-focused policies and on the notion of pro-poor growth. This
book is concerned to revisit key elements of the debate about
small and microenterprises through the lens of the current
poverty–growth debate and in the specific context of Africa.
ISBN 1853394785, 1999, 256pp, £15.95/US$27.95
Value for Money?
The Impact of Small Enterprise
Development
Malcolm Harper and Gerry Finnegan
The authors draw on their extensive experience in business
and as consultants within the enterprise development
industry for this extensive study. They show that it is pos-
sible to measure and compare the costs and benefits of
small enterprise development programmes, and that
donors, NGOs, tax-payers and small business people them-
selves should demand that those who are responsible for
such programmes must demonstrate that they are providing
value for money. This book is an invaluable guide to all those
involved in small enterprise development programmes.
ISBN 185339436X, 1998, 152pp, £14.95/US$28.00
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Changing Women's Lives and
Work
An Analysis of the Impacts of Eight
Microenterprise Projects
Lucy Creevey
This book is unique in its detailed presentation of such a
varied range of individual projects, and in its use of a sin-
gle analytical framework for all the projects, enabling com-
parisons to be tightly drawn between them. Looked at from
the women's point of view, this book describes the impact
of the different projects on their lives. This book is
designed for planners and practitioners, graduate students and
others interested in the results of the microenterprise pro-
grammes now popular throughout the developing world.
ISBN 1853393193, 1996, 240pp, £17.95/US$31.50
Small Business in Transition
Economies
Promoting Enterprise in Central and
Eastern Europe and the Former
Soviet Union
Edited by Jacob Levitsky
This book looks at some of the experiences of small and
medium enterprises (SME) projects carried out in the vari-
ous countries in the region. Four themes considered of cen-
tral importance to SME development – financial support,
technical and management services, favourable policies
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conducive to SME development and the involvement of
international donor agencies – are examined.
ISBN 1853393436, 1996, 208pp, £12.95/US$19.95
Women in Micro- and Small-
scale Enterprise Development
Edited by Louise Dignard and Jose Havet
This book presents the complexity of women's situations in
micro- and small-scale enterprises, and the importance of
the issues being addressed, through the bringing together
of contributions from practitioners and researchers. It pro-
vides a detailed analysis of current knowledge and guide-
lines towards improved practice.
ISBN 1853392847, 1995, 296pp, £19.95
Only available from ITDG Publishing in Europe, East,
Central and Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand and
Pakistan
Empowerment through
Enterprise
A Training Manual for
Non-government Organizations
Malcolm Harper
This manual provides detailed guidelines for an eleven-day
training course which will enable NGO staff to better assist
others trying to start their own businesses. It covers marketing,
financial management, group enterprises, credit and gender.
ISBN 1853393320, 1995, 192pp, £14.95/US$26.95
Not available from ITDG Publishing in South Asia
Looking Beyond Credit
Business Development Services and
the Promotion of Innovation among
Small Producers
Jonathan Dawson with Andy Jeans
Looking Beyond Credit assesses the need for targeted busi-
ness development services other than finance, their grow-
ing importance among small producers and how they can
work in tandem with credit schemes.
ISBN 1853394238, 1997, 56pp, £12.95/US$25.00
ITDG Working Paper
Small Enterprises and
Changing Policies
Structural Adjustment, Financial Policy
and Assistance Programmes in Africa
Edited by Dr A H J Helmsing and Th Kolstee
This book covers topics such as the impact of adjustment
on small enterprise; financial policy reforms and assis-
tance; and how to sustain government and NGO assistance.
ISBN 1853391859, 1993, 384pp, pb, £17.95/US$31.50
ISBN 1853391867, 1993, 384pp, hb, £39.95/US$69.95
Their Own Idea
Lessons from Workers' Co-operatives
Malcolm Harper
Written for those whose job it is to assist people to start
their own businesses, or who are considering the merits of
group as opposed to individual enterprise, this book looks
at 13 case studies which all contain important lessons.
ISBN 1853391395, 1992, 160pp, £14.95/US$22.50
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Getting Down to Business Consultancy for Small

A Training Manual for
Businesswomen
Uschi Kraus-Harper and Malcolm Harper
A manual designed to assist trainers to organize and con-
duct more effective courses for women in business.
ISBN 1853391131, 1992, 176pp, £14.95/US$24.95
Businesses
The Concept – Training the
Consultants
Malcolm Harper
This manual is the result of a six-year experiment to pro-
vide an economic on-the-spot advisory service to small
businesses in developing countries. It provides solutions to
the perennial problems of small-scale entrepreneurs.
ISBN 0903031426, 1977, 264pp, £19.95/US$38.00

NEW Microfinance
Evolution, Achievements and Challenges
Edited by Malcolm Harper
'A pleasure to read. The well selected set of articles
reflects the accelerating sophistication of the field.'
Jeffrey Ashe, Institute for Sustainable
Development, Heller School, Brandeis University
This reader includes four-
teen of the most important
articles on microfinance
since 1990. They have
been selected by Malcolm
Harper, the founder editor
of Small Enterprise
Development, who also
contributes an introduc-
tion. These articles illus-
trate the major develop-
ments in microfinance dur-
ing the period. Some show
how certain aspects of the field have changed quite dra-
matically, others cover issues which have continued
throughout the period to occupy practitioners and policy
makers, and others raise critical and worrying concerns
about the future of microfinance. All have been written by
experienced authorities, with practical experience, and sev-
eral are widely regarded as seminal contributions. The
reader will be useful for students and others who are look-
ing for a wide-ranging introduction to microfinance, for
national and international policy makers and donors, and
for people who work in the field and are looking for a
broad overview of trends and alternative strategies.
ISBN 1853395579, 2003, 176pp, hb, £29.95/$US52.50
NEW Practical Microfinance
A Training Manual
Malcolm Harper
'Modern' or 'new paradigm' microfinancial services are
reaching perhaps as many as twenty million people world-
wide. These services are being provided by existing banks
which have added microfinance to their product portfolio,
by specialized microfinance institutions (MFIs) and by
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which offer
microfinance along with other services. This training man-
ual is designed to meet the needs of those who train staff
for banks, MFIs and NGOs. It will enable them to provide
effective training for those who work, or may in the future
work, in the field of microfinance.
Practical Microfinance provides detailed step-by-step
MICROFINANCE
descriptions for twenty-two sessions which together offer a
complete 5–10 day course on microfinance. The sessions
may also be used individually, selected from to make up
tailor-made courses, or integrated with other materials. The
sessions cover a wide range of topics including: introduc-
tion to financial accounts; undertaking field visits; analysis
of MFIs; group and individual lending; micro-insurance and
micro-savings; and measuring the impact of microfinance.
The sessions have been extensively tested in courses at
the Cranfield School of Management in the UK, and in a
number of different institutions in India, Bangladesh,
Pakistan, Kenya, Uganda and elsewhere.
The session exercise and case study handouts may be
photocopied for participants or customized to meet
trainees' needs via freely available web files. An introduc-
tory chapter includes advice on how to use the material in
the book; a list of recommended resources and full index
are provided for ease of reference.
This manual will help improve the content and delivery of
microfinance training and thus contribute to the greater avail-
ability of affordable, accessible and profitable financial serv-
ices to the poor. Effective training for practitioners, effective
material for trainers, effective information for donors.
ISBN 1853395633, April 2003, 192pp, £19.95/US$34.95
NEW Sustainable Learning
for Women's Empowerment
Ways Forward in Microfinance
Edited by Linda Mayoux
In the wake of recent donor enthusiasm for microfinance
programmes targeting women, some researchers and prac-
titioners are beginning to question the degree to which
microfinance services in themselves benefit women.
Emerging is a new scepticism of the achievements and
potential of microfinance on its own and growing interest
in self-managed programmes. There is rapid innovation at
programme level and an increasing focus on participation.
These trends are combined with a growing recognition of
the need to address macro-level constraints. The solutions
proposed have been varied and are far from presenting a
coherent strategy for poverty elimination and empower-
ment. Nevertheless there are now spaces for introducing
policy changes which may increase the contribution of
microfinance to both these development aims.
An essential component of these policy changes must
be systems and structures for learning involving women
themselves, programmes and donors. This must go beyond
the current enthusiasm for impact assessment, even partic-
ipatory impact assessment. It must be based on the priori-
ties and needs of women, linking these into programme
level learning and to donor policy formation.
This book proposes a framework for sustainable learn-
ing which will in itself be empowering, and discusses the
continuing challenges which will have to be faced.
Linda Mayoux is an independent consultant working
on gender and enterprise development. She has carried out
research in India on women's economic empowerment and
in Africa and Latin America on women's co-operatives.
The focus of her recent work has been empowerment,
microfinance and impact assessment. She has written and
published numerous papers on impact assessment tools and
methodologies, fair trade, microfinance and gender.
A ‘must read’ title for all involved in microfinance
related to women.
ISBN 1853395803, April 2003, 344pp, £17.95/US$31.50
Not available from ITDG Publishing in India, Bangladesh and Nepal
Profit for the Poor
Cases in Microfinance
Malcolm Harper
Microcredit is the latest development fashion, and it has
even received the ultimate accolade of a 'world summit'. It
is not generally appreciated, however, that there is a wide
variety of quite different approaches to the profitable deliv-
ery of financial services to the poor. Such services are
being – indeed, have for many years been – provided by
many different types of institution, including traditional
commercial banks, NGOs and the much publicized 'new
generation' institutions.
This book contains a selection of case studies together
with many challenging comments and questions. Two
points are made: first that there is no universally applicable
methodology in the field, and second that well-managed
microfinance can be profitable both for its customers and
its providers; it is a business opportunity itself for bankers,
and need not depend on donor assistance.
ISBN 1853394386, 1998 (rp2001), colour section, 200pp,
£15.95/US$26.95
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The New Middlewomen
Profitable Banking through On-lending
Groups
Malcolm Harper, Ezekiel Esipisu, A K Mohanty
and D S K Rao
This book describes a unique approach to the delivery of
financial services to the poor, which can enable any exist-
ing commercial bank to profitably mobilize poor people's
savings and provide loans to them, without the need for
special systems or new institutions. This book is the result
of extensive research and is essential reading for bankers
who wish to support the poor profitably and effectively,
and all those with an interest in microfinance issues.
ISBN 1853394319, 1998, 144pp, £14.95/US$25.00
Not available from ITDG Publishing in South Asia
Partnership Financing for
Small Enterprise
Some Lessons from Islamic Credit
Systems
Edited by Malcolm Harper
This book describes the experiences of a wide range of enter-
prises, banks and other agencies with partnership finance.
Musharaka, or partnership financing, is a method used by
Islamic financial institutions which reject the concept of fixed
interest. It is generally recognized that small businesses and
microenterprises can make effective use of institutional
finance, and there is a wide range of methodologies through
which such finance can be delivered to the owners of these
enterprises, and recovered, in a way that is profitable for the
businesses and self-sustaining for the financing institutions.
ISBN 1853393932, 1997, 72pp, £14.95/US$26.95
Our Money, Our Movement
Building a Poor People's Credit Union
Alana Albee and Nandasiri Gamage
Credit and savings mechanisms are a powerful tool in
development, but many initiatives are only now aiming for
A G R I C U LT U R E A N D F O O D S E C U R I T Y
Cultivating Biodiversity
Understanding, Analysing and Using
Agricultural Diversity
Edited by Harold Brookfield, Christine Padoch,
Helen Parsons and Michael Stocking
It is estimated that three quarters of the genetic diversity of
the world's agricultural crops has been lost in the past 100
years. Just three crops now provide 60 per cent of the calo-
ries we derive from plants, a consequence of the mechaniza-
tion and intensification of agricultural production. Despite
conservation efforts, it is smallholder farmers, predominant-
ly in the tropics, who have safeguarded and created more
biological diversity and more economically important
species than all protected areas combined. Skilled in using
the natural diversity of the environment – for cultivating
crops, managing the soil, water and vegetation, and main-
taining their livelihoods in difficult circumstances – they
have a wealth of knowledge and skills. Their systems of land
use and practices are highly dynamic, drawing on local
knowledge, extensive experience and experimentation.
Agricultural diversity is the subject of this book – the
successful and sustainable conjunction of crop and animal
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the ownership of these mechanisms to be in the hands of
the borrowers themselves. Our Money, Our Movement
describes how this goal has already been reached by the
Women's Credit Union in Sri Lanka. It challenges the more
conventional 'delivery' approach to development by illus-
trating how financial services can be controlled and man-
aged by the poor, rather than delivered to them, an approach
which has long been a fundamental tenet of the credit union
movement. This is essential and inspiring reading for devel-
opment agency staff, and others either interested in people's
movements or involved in credit and savings initiatives.
ISBN 1853393886, 1996, 64pp, £9.95/US$17.50
Cloning Grameen Bank
Replicating a Poverty Reduction
Model in India, Nepal and Vietnam
Edited by Helen Todd
Inspired by the enormous success of the Grameen Bank in
providing financial assistance to the poorest of the poor,
four individuals – a central banker, an appropriate-technol-
ogy NGO organizer, a professor of international relations
and a top-level communist official – each sought to repli-
cate and adapt the model elsewhere in Asia. By giving an
unvarnished account of the problems encountered in the cru-
cial first years of establishing a credit programme, the book
alerts potential microcredit practitioners to the pitfalls and
obstacles likely to be encountered in setting up a programme.
The book provides the opportunity to analyse the process of
creating a successful credit programme and draws from the
experience of these four projects some lessons in best practice.
ISBN 1853393908, 1996, 136pp, £12.95/US$22.50
The New World of
Microenterprise Finance
Building Healthy Financial Institutions
for the Poor
Edited by Maria Otero and Elisabeth Rhyne
This book argues that it is possible to create sustainable and
viable financial institutions that give poor people greater
biodiversity with natural biodiversity, all in the context of
diverse biophysical conditions and farm organization. Part I
analyses agricultural diversity and offers guidelines and
approaches to biodiversity assessment. Part II focuses on
people: the expert farmers whose deep and far–reaching
knowledge can be almost invisible to the outside observer.
In Part III eleven case studies from South America, Africa
and Asia demonstrate how farmers have literally cultivated
biodiversity. The book concludes with an examination of the
implications for policy in agricultural development.
Based on work in 12 countries, with over 200 collabo-
rating scientists and around 2500 collaborating farmers, this
book is of interest to all concerned with sustainable devel-
opment, global change issues and participatory approaches
to conservation with rural people.
ISBN 1853394939, 2002, 304pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Women and IPM
Crop Protection Practices and Strategies
Edited by Elske van de Fliert and Jet Proost
In the developing world, day to day crop management is
often women's work. This wide-ranging book addresses
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access to financial services. It includes case studies of suc-
cessful programmes from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
ISBN 1853392472, 1994, 320pp, £17.95
Not available from ITDG Publishing in the USA
Rural Credit
Lessons for Rural Bankers and
Policymakers
K P Padmanabhan
What is – and what should be – the role of rural credit in
developing countries? The author steers the reader though
this discussion and towards sound practical conclusions,
using examples from India, Brazil, Cameroon, Malawi and
the Philippines.
ISBN 1853390208, 1988 (rp1996), 152pp, £12.95/US$22.50
JOURNAL
Small Enterprise Development
Small Enterprise Development (SED) provides a forum
for those involved in designing and running small enter-
prise development and microfinance programmes in
developing countries. SED contains: articles examining
issues in depth, discussing original research and survey-
ing new developments; reports from different parts of
the world describing programmes of interest; review of
books and web sites; a regular column; a debating
forum; a problem page and a diary of courses and con-
ferences. SED is essential reading for policy makers and
practitioners in government departments and non-gov-
ernment organizations dealing with small enterprise
development and microfinance, bank staff running
microfinance programmes and all those researching into
these sectors. Each issue contains: Reports and
Comments; Taking Stock; Crossfire; Problems, problems;
Book Reviews and Diary. SED is a quarterly publication.
ISSN 0957-1329
£50/US$75 Individual £100/US$150 Institutional
many aspects of plant protection. Most chapters, however,
relate to integrated pest management (IPM). Practical les-
sons on women's roles in crop protection and ways to
increase access to IPM information and training are evi-
dent. Accessibility is critical, but who holds the power to
design courses or select trainers and participants, and who
has the expert knowledge or jobs within the official hierar-
chy, must also be taken into account. These cases are pio-
neering efforts, showing the interrelationships among
social structure, power relations and processes such as the
privatization of farm services that may accompany changes
in farm cooperatives. They provide not only clear analyses
of situations, but also strategies for change.
Published in association with KIT Publishing
ISBN 1853394823, 1999, 108pp, £17.50/US$30.00
Food Security in Sub-Saharan
Africa
Edited by Stephen Devereux and Simon Maxwell
Sub-Saharan Africa's persistent food insecurity and vulner-
ability to famine reflects failures of understanding as much
as failures of interventions. Food Security in Sub-Saharan
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Africa aims to contribute towards an improved understand-
ing for more effective food security policy. This book
brings together substantial chapters on critical food securi-
ty issues, and draws on a variety of disciplinary perspec-
tives, from agricultural economics to nutrition. Most con-
tributions reflect an evolution of thinking during the 1990s.
Food insecurity is no longer seen simply as a problem
of agriculture and a failure of food production at the
national level, but instead as a failure of livelihoods to
guarantee access to sufficient food at household level. This
conceptual shift and related arguments are presented in a
clear and accessible way for the non-specialist reader, and
are illustrated with empirical data and case studies from
across the sub-continent. The authors are all food security
experts with long experience of research and advisory
work in Africa. Chapters and authors include: the evolution
of food security thinking (Simon Maxwell); agricultural
issues (Simon Maxwell); livelihood systems (Jeremy
Swift); food security and the environment (Susanna
Moorehead); famine in Africa (Stephen Devereux); food
marketing (Bob Baulch); food trade and aid (Chris Stevens
and Jane Kennan); food security information systems
(Stephen Devereux); nutrition (Helen Young); transfers
and safety nets (Stephen Devereux); organizational issues
in food security planning (Simon Maxwell).
ISBN 1853395234, 2001, 368pp, £15.95/US$27.95
Not available from ITDG Publishing in South Africa,
Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia
Cover Crops in Smallholder
Agriculture
Lessons from Latin America
Simon Anderson, Sabine Gündel and Barry
Pound with Bernard Triomphe
Cover crops have the potential to be an important compo-
nent in complex, diverse, risk-prone and resource-poor
farming situations. Cover Crops in Smallholder
Agriculture features selected case studies from four differ-
ent countries in Latin America which address key issues
regarding cover crop integration in smallholder agriculture
systems. A wide range of agroecosystems is covered, enabling
the information to be adapted for use in other regions.
Each chapter addresses a different theme, including:
the use of cover crops in annual and perennial cropping
systems; the value of cover crops as food, feed and forage;
land husbandry with cover crops; farmer experimentation
and diffusion of cover crop innovations; and research
strategies for cover crop innovations.
The book discusses the crosscutting nature of the vari-
ous aspects of cover crops and concludes with discussion
of future strategies regarding crop integration into small-
holder agriculture systems.
ISBN 1853395307, 2001, 152pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Encouraging Diversity
The Conservation and Development
of Plant Genetic Resources
Edited by Conny Almekinders and Walter de Boef
This book presents around 80 briefly described cases which
illuminate accumulated experience in plant genetic resources
in both the South and the North. These experiences illustrate
the apparent conflict between crop conservation and devel-
opment, and contribute to the understanding of opportunities
that are offered by new approaches and activities in this field.
The authors analyse the experiences and perspectives
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of genebanks, plant breeders, seed programmes and NGOs
involved in crop development and conservation. They
place them in the context of new approaches in local and
global Plant Genetic Resource (PGR) management by both
the formal and informal sector. The last part of the book
describes the next step in the debate around PGR manage-
ment. It discusses the implications of integrated and adap-
tive management approaches in PGR management and
forecasts the concepts to be used and institutional organi-
zation required to bring about changes which can resist the
pressure which farmers and professionals in PGR manage-
ment face as a consequence of a range of external forces. It
presents a very diverse and rich array of experiences of
conservationists, breeders, seed producers and NGOs in
relation to crop conservation and development.
ISBN 1853395102, 2000, 400pp, £14.95/US$26.95
Cultural and Spiritual Values
of Biodiversity
A Complementary Contribution to the
Global Biodiversity Assessment
Edited by Darrell A Posey
'Posey's book is an encyclopaedia of scholarship,
insight and information ... should be required reading
for any of those in positions of power, be they WB,
WTO, UN bodies or national or local governments. I
cannot think of another example of such a wide range
of authors coming to a unified and powerful conclusion
... Remarkable volume, which opens up a new trans-
disciplinary field and should be required reading for
every undergraduate and postgraduate course.'
Times Higher Education Supplement
Weaving together philosophical, historical, legal, scientific
and personal viewpoints, this book gives a rich sample of
the vast web which makes up our cultural, spiritual and
social diversity. The volume highlights the central impor-
tance of cultural and spiritual values in the appreciation
and preservation of all life and argues that these values
give us a true reflection of worth.
The book covers: language and how cognition and
speech encode indigenous knowledge systems and are crit-
ical for preservation of diversity; the complex issue of
indigenous people and the problems of preserving their
relationships both with and within their societies; voices of
the world – expressions of concern and disquiet over
declining world diversity; holistic health practices where
environment and diet are integrated into indigenous med-
ical health systems; the importance of developing effective
intellectual property rights and territorial and land rights to
enhance and maintain local control.
ISBN 1853393975, 1999, 752pp, hb, £39.95/US$69.95
Beating Hunger, the Chivi
Experience
A Community-based Approach to
Food Security in Zimbabwe
Kuda Murwira, Helen Wedgwood, Cathy
Watson and Everjoice J Win with Clare Tawney
Within the broad remit of promoting food security, the
Chivi project has helped small-scale farmers in the drought-
prone and arid communal lands of Zimbabwe to identify
their problems and choose their own solutions to them.
The book describes the background of the farmers, and
then details the process approach which involved needs-
assessment surveys, institutional surveys, participatory
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planning, awareness-raising training, visits to view new
technologies, evaluation and dissemination of new and tra-
ditional agricultural techniques and local seed varieties.
The ways in which the project sought to strengthen
women's position in the local community without con-
frontation is also described.
The Chivi project has been unique internationally in its
combination of the participation of local community insti-
tutions with the government's commitment to the reorgani-
zation of its agricultural development services. It is now
being replicated elsewhere in Zimbabwe. The successful
institutionalization of these methods contains lessons about
sustainability for us all.
ISBN 1853395242, 2000, 160pp, £14.95/US$22.50
Modern Coconut Management
Palm Cultivation and Products
Edited by Johan G Ohler
Modern Coconut Management is aimed at guiding those
who work with small-scale farmers and farmer groups
through the complex area of coconut management. It is
also of value to processors and others whose livelihoods
depend on coconuts. The emphasis is on the need for train-
ing and education of coconut smallholders in how to
become good managers, using appropriate techniques and
materials. The book combines the wealth of information
that exists in this area with new research in diseases and
pests and breeding techniques to improve crop perform-
ance. The book also deals with coconut-based farming sys-
tems in which many aspects of the combination of
coconuts with other crops and/or animals are discussed. A
section of the book is devoted to post-harvest treatment,
processing and research where the many new develop-
ments in the processing of coconut products are discussed.
ISBN 185339467X, 1999, 474pp, illus, 20 colour plates,
£49.95/S$87.50
Organic Cotton
From Field to Final Product
Edited by Dorothy Myers and Sue Stolton
Commercial organic cotton production is a new area of
activity, and research and analysis is still at an early stage,
but what written material exists is presented here together
with material commissioned specifically for this book. It is
organized according to the stages in the 'cotton chain', from
farmer to consumer, and covers each topic authoritatively
with contributions from over 50 people in 20 countries.
Illustrative case study material is particularly important
and current organic cotton projects worldwide are discussed.
ISBN 1853394645, 1999, 288pp, £15.95/US$28.00
Farmers' Seed Production
New Approaches and Practices
Conny Almekinders and Niels Louwaars
This handbook covers a whole range of issues relating to
local seed supply systems, including participatory plant
breeding, and both technical and practical information on
seed production and variety maintenance. It suggests new
approaches and methods to support on-farm seed produc-
tion by small-scale farmers in developing countries. This
book is of great value and interest to people who work
directly with farmers, including extension agents, national
and international NGOs, and farmers' cooperative workers.
ISBN 1853394661, 1999, 312pp, £15.95/US$29.95
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Seeds of Choice
Making the Most of New Varieties for
Small Farmers
John Witcombe, Daljit Virk and John Farrington
Seeds of Choice provides an in-depth analysis of the regulato-
ry frameworks that cover varietal testing, release and dissemi-
nation of seeds. This book analyses the varietal testing system
used by the All India Co-ordinated Crop Improvement
Projects. The study reveals that reforms are needed if a greater
choice of varieties is to be provided to meet the diverse needs
of farmers in widely differing agroecological situations. The
evidence presented in this book shows that attempts to
increase the involvement of farmers in crop improvement
would be the most promising reform to the system.
ISBN 1853394475, 1998, 296pp, £15.95/US$29.95
Farmer-led Extension
Concepts and Practices
Edited by Vanessa Scarborough, Scott
Killough, Debra A Johnson and John Farrington
'This book serves as an invaluable introduction to
farmer-led approaches, as well as a mine of ideas for
extension managers and project staff seeking to pro-
mote agricultural development'.
Pesticide Monitor
ISBN 1853394173, 1997, 224pp, £14.95/US$26.95
New Seed and Old Laws
Regulatory Reform and the
Diversification of National Seed Systems
Robert Tripp
This book argues that the development and diversification
of national seed systems requires a thorough re-examina-
tion of public regulatory responsibilities. Featuring case
studies from a wide range of countries, it presents both a
summary of current experience and a set of practical sug-
gestions about how regulatory reform can contribute to the
growth of national seed systems. It is addressed to all those
concerned with agricultural development, including policy
makers, researchers, donors, voluntary agencies and com-
mercial seed producers.
ISBN 1853394157, 1997, 272pp, £15.95/US$27.95
The Life Industry
Biodiversity, People and Profits
Miges Baumann, Janet Bell, Florianne
Koechlin and Michel Pimbert
There are many contentious issues surrounding biodiversi-
ty and different priorities for the many stakeholders
involved. This book presents some of the arguments from
the leading experts on the issues as well as reflecting the
collective learning and debate from grassroots NGOs, jour-
nalists, industrialists and policy makers.
ISBN 185339341X, 1996, 216pp, £14.95/US$24.95
Agroecology
The Science of Sustainable Agriculture
Second Edition
Miguel Altieri
Based on new research results and practical findings, this
revised edition of a classic text re-emphasizes the impor-
tance of agroecology as the discipline that provides the
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basic ecological principles of how to study, design and
manage agroecosystems that are both productive and natu-
ral resource conserving, and are also culturally sensitive,
socially just and economically viable. For agricultural stu-
dents, researchers and practitioners wanting a deeper
understanding of the ecology of agricultural systems.
ISBN 1853392952, 1995, 448pp, £19.95
Not available from ITDG Publishing in the USA
Improving Food Security
A Guide for Rural Development Managers
Michael Hubbard
For policy makers and students as well as rural develop-
ment managers and others with an interest in food security,
this book discusses in a practical way the participative
assessment of malnutrition and food security problems,
how to improve nutrition, food and livestock markets,
water supplies, finance, and co-operation between NGOs
and governments, as well as the importance of strengthen-
ing local preparedness for famine prevention.
ISBN 1853393118, 1995 (rp 2003), 160pp,
£13.95/US$21.00
The Future of Community Lands
Human Resources
Emmanuel Ndione, Philippe De Leener,
Mamadou Ndiaye, Pierre Jacolin and Jean-
Pierre Perier
'The Future of Community Lands is well-written and
will be appreciated by anyone working in the develop-
ment field.'
Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor
ISBN 1853392480, 1995, 256pp, £15.95/US$29.50
Beyond Farmer First
Edited by Ian Scoones and John Thompson,
with a foreword by Robert Chambers
The purpose of this book is to reveal how agricultural
research and extension, far from being discrete, rational
acts, are in fact part of a process of coming to terms with
conflicting interests and viewpoints. As Robert Chambers
notes in his foreword, the concerns of Farmer First with
performance and of Beyond Farmer First with process,
indicate that a radical rethinking of knowledge, power and
agricultural science is well under way.
ISBN 1853392502, 1994, 320pp, pb, £7.95/US$14.95
ISBN 1853392375, 1994, 320pp, hb, £25.00/US$43.95
Farmer Participatory
Research
Rhetoric and Reality
Christine Okali, James Sumberg and John
Farrington
'This book is useful for all students, researchers and
development workers involved in research and devel-
opment in agriculture and natural resources. The
approach it advocates and the information it provides
will be of use to a broad range of agriculture and
development programmes.'
Agroforestry Today
ISBN 1853392529, 1994, 168pp, £12.95/US$22.50
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Land is Life
Land Reform and Sustainable Agriculture
Edited by Nigel Dudley, John Madeley and
Sue Stolton
This book links the issues of sustainable agriculture and
land reform. Large increases in food output occur when
farmers are given land under agrarian reform programmes.
ISBN 1853391468, 1992, 176pp, £12.95/US$21.00
Tools for Agriculture
A Guide to Appropriate Equipment for
Smallholder Farmers
Fourth Edition
Introduction by Ian Carruthers and Marc
Rodriguez
A unique guide to small-scale farming equipment. Each
subject is introduced by an expert who sets the available
tools against the background of good farming practice. The
book analyses why some projects are successful and sug-
gests ways to improve them.
ISBN 185339100X, 1992, 248pp, £29.95/US$55.00
Farmer First
Farmer Innovation and Agricultural
Research
Edited by Robert Chambers, Arnold Pacey
and Lori Ann Thrupp
'One of the classic books on farmer innovation and
participatory development.'
ILEIA Newsletter
ISBN 1853390070, 1989, 240pp, £6.95/US$9.95
ILEIA Readings in Sustainable Agriculture
Farmers' Research in Practice
Lessons from the Field
Edited by Laurens van Veldhuizen, Ann
Waters-Bayer, Ricardo Ramírez, Debra A
Johnson and John Thompson
Having established the central concepts of farmers'
research, this book examines farmers' innovation through
17 wide-ranging case studies from around the world. It
concludes by revisiting the major themes in relation to the
lessons learned, and sets out the future issues and chal-
lenges for governmental and non-governmental organiza-
tions involved in agricultural development.
ISBN 1853393924, 1997, 288pp, £15.95/US$24.95
Let Farmers Judge
Experiences in Assessing the
Sustainability of Agriculture
Edited by Wim Hiemstra, Coen Reijntjes and
Erik van der Werf
A collection of reports from researchers and fieldworkers
on the effectiveness of innovations in smallholder farming
systems. Emphasis is given to farmer participation and
assessment and the use of new technologies.
ISBN 1853391492, 1992, 216pp, £15.95/US$26.95
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Joining Farmers' Experiments
Experiences in Participatory
Technology Development
Selected and edited by Bertus Haverkort,
Johan van der Kamp and Ann Waters-Bayer
'The book is particularly worthwhile for development
workers and scientists working for and with small-scale
farmers. The many particular experiences can motivate
and inspire.'
Outlook on Agriculture
ISBN 1853391018, 1991, 280pp, £15.95/US$26.95
Providing Food Security for All
Third Edition
Mohiuddin Alamgir and Poonam Arora with an
introduction by Idriss Jazairy
ISBN 1853391174, 1991, 288pp, £19.95
Not available from ITDG Publishing in the USA
Useful Plants of Ghana
Daniel Abbiw
ISBN 1853390437, 1990, 352pp, colour section,
£19.95/US$38.00
See also A Farmers' Jury on page 8
Participatory Research
NEW with Livestock-keepers
A Guide
Czech Conroy
Livestock research and development work has tended to lag
behind crop production work in the development and appli-
cation of methods for participatory technology develop-
ment. However, the case for participatory research is just as
strong in relation to livestock as it is in relation to crops;
and there has been increasing recognition that livestock
research needs to give greater emphasis to farmer partici-
pation. This book is intended to help livestock researchers
and practitioners to overcome the potential difficulties
associated with participatory livestock research. It:
• provides guidance on how to take a participatory
approach to needs assessment
• shows how to conduct participatory technology develop-
ment, while avoiding or minimizing problems associated
with on-farm livestock experiments
• illustrates how a participatory approach to technology
development can be applied effectively, drawing on the
experiences of a wide range of successful projects.
The book is aimed at: livestock and rangeland researchers
(in national agricultural research systems, universities and
NGOs); extensionists and practitioners of livestock devel-
opment (in livestock service agencies and NGOs).
ISBN 1853395773, January 2004, 208pp, £14.95/US$26.95
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AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY / LIVESTOCK
FORESTRY
NEW
Stakeholder Incentives
in Participatory Forest
Management
A Manual for Economic Analysis
Michael Richards, Jonathan Davies and Gil
Yaron
'Perhaps if we had more manuals like this, we would
not have so many failed projects. I suggest you use it.'
From the foreword by David Kaimowitz,
Director General, CIFOR
This manual provides
practical methodological
guidance for the economic
analysis of stakeholder
incentives in participatory
forest management (PFM)
situations. It stems from
the concern that there is
insufficient understanding
of stakeholder incentives
in PFM, especially the
costs and benefits to local
communities and small farmers. This poor understanding has
contributed to the often weak local participation in PFM, and
therefore the limited success of many PFM experiences. An
economic study can help governments, NGOs and donors iden-
tify appropriate interventions to encourage participation.
The first part of the manual introduces economic con-
cepts applied to PFM. The second and main part is the eco-
nomic stakeholder analysis toolbox covering: characteriza-
LIVESTOCK
Community-based Animal
Healthcare
A Practical Guide to Improving
Primary Veterinary Services
Andy Catley, Stephen Blakeway and Tim Leyland
'This "practical guide" is an inspiration. By excellent
use of structure, simple language and a wealth of
examples from field experience, the writers succeed in
compiling a sharply focussed and practical guide.’
New Agriculturist
Both governmental and non-governmental organizations
can lack experience of community-based animal health sys-
tems and there are few publications available to guide them.
This book is a 'how to do it' manual covering all aspects of
community-based animal health work. The book is
designed for animal health professionals at field level, and
it is also relevant to policy makers, donors and veterinary
training institutes. The book draws on the experiences of
projects implemented by governments and NGOs during
the last twenty years and relates to ongoing structural
reform of veterinary services in developing countries. Key
themes linked to community-based approaches are high-
lighted throughout the book, namely participation, equity
and indigenous knowledge. The book aims to provide prac-
tical guidance for the design and management of communi-
ty-based animal health services and, in particular, focuses
on issues related to sustainability and linkages between
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tion of stakeholders; understanding the decision-making
context; physical quantification of costs and benefits; valu-
ation of costs and benefits; economic comparison of deci-
sion-making alternatives; and participatory analysis and mon-
itoring. An important aim of the approach is to integrate eco-
nomic analysis with other decision-making criteria. The
framework should not be regarded as a blueprint, but more as
an extended checklist, since every PFM situation is different.
The manual is user friendly with clear signposting and
many figures, tables and boxes. Includes case studies from
Bolivia, Ghana, Mexico, Nepal and Zimbabwe.
An invaluable tool for economists working in the field,
and also useful to social development advisors, social
foresters, project managers and donor advisors without an
extensive economic background.
ISBN 1853395595, 2003, 256pp, £19.95/US$34.95
Miombo Ecology and
Management
An Introduction
Emmanuel N Chidumayo
This book provides comprehensive details of the climate, envi-
ronment, ecology and species characteristic of miombo, and
describes methods for assessing the timber and other resources
through inventories, in order to use the forest sustainably.
ISBN 1853394114, 1997, 184pp, £15.95/US$28.50
The New Forester
Berry van Gelder and Phil O'Keefe
This book will challenge foresters and other rural develop-
ment professionals to build new landscapes which provide
a range of biomass products to local users. Professionals are
encouraged to work with, rather than against, local people.
ISBN 1853392324, 1995, 96pp, £10.95/US$19.50
basic level workers, private veterinarians and state veteri-
nary services.
ISBN 1853394858, 2002, 368pp, £9.95/US$17.95
Horse Healthcare
A Manual for Animal Health Workers
and Owners
David Hadrill
This manual is designed for those who care for working
horses but who may have little or no access to professional
veterinary help. By guiding readers to the appropriate
action to take this book will help alleviate the suffering of
horses, donkeys and mules, thereby minimize the possibili-
ty of lost livelihood opportunities.
Simple language is used and the text is clearly laid out
with illustrations throughout. This makes the book useful to
people for whom standard texts on horse healthcare are dif-
ficult to understand.
For use in situations where horse owners have no alter-
native but to treat sick animals, this manual gives guidance
on how to do this properly and provides advice on how to
prevent many common illnesses of equids.
Published in association with the Brooke Hospital for Animals
ISBN 1853394866, 2002, 256pp, £10.95/US$19.95
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A Field Manual of Camel
Diseases
Traditional and Modern Health Care
for the Dromedary
Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, Paul Mundy and Evelyn
Mathias
'This manual should be on the shelf of every person
dealing with camels.'
Livestock International
This is the first practical manual about camel diseases for
veterinarians and livestock practitioners. With input from
20 of the world's leading camel specialists it details some
90 major camel ailments, ranging from abortions to wry-
neck syndrome. For each problem, it gives the symptoms of
the disease, the causes, and simple prevention and treat-
ment methods. It includes both treatments based on
Western veterinary science, as well as those tried and test-
ed methods of local healers and herders. The diseases are
organized according to the part of the body affected and the
symptoms. A section on procedures explains how to exam-
ine a camel, take samples for laboratory analysis and apply
various types of medicines. Written in clear, simple lan-
guage and richly illustrated with line drawings this source
book is an invaluable aid to camel care.
ISBN 185339503X, 2001, 272 pp, £13.95/US$22.50
Small-scale Food
NEW Processing
A Directory of Equipment and Methods
Second Edition
Sue Azam-Ali, Emma Judge, Peter Fellows
and Mike Battcock
This completely revised and expanded second edition of Small-
scale Food Processing is the essential reference guide for all
those involved in food processing on a small- or medium-scale.
The food processes section of the book describes the
stages and equipment needed to process a wide range of
food commodities from fruit and vegetables to dairy prod-
ucts, meat and fish. Cross references to the directory sec-
tion of the book enable the reader to find out more about
the equipment and to trace suppliers. The reader will also
find essential information on the general principles of food
preservation, quality control and hygiene issues, and the
packaging of processed food for market. Sources of more
detailed information for specialists may be found in the
extensive list of references and further reading.
The directory section of the book catalogues all the
food processing equipment that a small industry might
need. A useful price guide enables readers to estimate costs
before embarking on a search for the equipment needed.
The list of manufacturers from around the world has been
completely updated for the second edition. Hundreds of
manufacturers are given, listed by country, with full con-
tact details including website and email details. The final
section of the book features a new glossary of key termi-
nology and detailed index for rapid reference.
The second edition of this popular book has been struc-
tured more clearly for the user and has been produced in a more
convenient size. Extensively illustrated, clearly laid out and
easy to use. A vital reference tool for business advisers and
trainers, development workers and food processing businesses.
ISBN 1853395048, March 2003, 256pp, over 100 photos
and illustrations, £29.95/US$55.00
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Managing Mobility in African
Rangelands
The Legitimization of Transhumance
Edited by Maryam Niamir-Fuller
‘This book is a must for both policymakers and practi-
tioners in range management and pastoral develop-
ment. Moreover, in comparison with other technical
texts, it is also reasonably priced.
LEISA Magazine
ISBN 1853394734, 1999, 328pp, £17.95/US$31.50
A Livelihood from Fishing
Globalization and Sustainable
Fisheries Policies
Alain Le Sann
'This is a most valuable book and should be read wide-
ly by all those – whether lay or professional – who pro-
fess an interest in the world's oceans. It … is to be
strongly recommended to all institutions and students
studying the seas.'
Robb Robinson, Hull College
ISBN 1853393983, 1998, 136pp, £12.95/US$22.50
FOOD PROCESSING
Appropriate Food
NEW Packaging
Peter Fellows and Barrie Axtell
• Thorough guide to an
essential area of food
processing
• Will increase sales and
competitiveness by
improving businesses
• Covers all aspects of
packaging, including a
glossary and resource
guide
• Easy to use, extensively
illustrated.
Food manufacturers operating on a small- to medium-
scale face direct competition from the large-scale food sec-
tor whose economies of scale, better presentation and pow-
erful marketing can endanger the future of smaller busi-
nesses. High quality packaging not only helps to keep
products in good condition it lies at the very heart of food
presentation and customer appeal. It is thus an area of vital
importance for any small to medium-scale food manufac-
turer competing in today's marketplace.
Appropriate Food Packaging is a compendium of
packaging materials and cost-effective methods that can be
applied at a small to medium scale in developing countries.
This book helps manufacturers to face the challenges that
improving their packaging systems present, including
assessing whether increased sales will justify the invest-
ment costs, and the very real difficulties faced in many
developing countries of sourcing suitable packaging mate-
rials. The economic, operational and human resource
implications of changes in packaging methods are consid-
ered, as too are the potentially negative environmental
effects of modern food packaging.
ISBN 1853395625, 144pp, 2002, illus, £17.95/US$31.50
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Living with Uncertainty
New Directions in Pastoral
Development in Africa
Edited by Ian Scoones
The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of
the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range man-
agement practice. This book examines the management of
policy implications of this new ecological thinking for pas-
toral development in dryland areas. With examples drawn
from all over Africa, the contributors examine the conse-
quences of living with uncertainty for pastoral development
planning, range and fodder management, drought respons-
es, livestock marketing, resource tenure, institutional devel-
opment and pastoral administration.
ISBN 1853392359, 1995, 224pp, £13.95/US$22.50
Drying Food for Profit
A Guide for Small Businesses
Barrie Axtell
This book is for existing and prospective entrepreneurs who
wish to produce dry foods commercially at small and medi-
um scale. Great effort has been made to use simple language
but at the same time to examine all relevant technical aspects.
It starts by examining the basic principles of drying. This
is followed by aspects related to markets, including advice on
carrying out a market survey, and marketing or selling the
product both locally, nationally and internationally.
On the assumption that a market exists, the publication
then examines small-scale drying technologies, operational
aspects related to the drying of common food groups and
gives advice on establishing production, planning quality
assurance and costing the product. The section ends with
advice on preparing a business plan.
The final chapter considers the design of a dryer for a
given application; technical calculations have been simpli-
fied so that those who can add, subtract, multiply and
divide and calculate percentages will be able to design a
dryer for any application. Case studies from Africa, Asia
and Latin America are included.
ISBN 185339520X, 2002, 128pp, illus, £10.95/US$17.95
Setting Up a Food Drying
Business
A Step-by-step Guide
Fabrice Thuillier
Translated by Maighread Holland
Taking a global approach to its subject, Setting Up a Food
Drying Business guides the project planner systematically
through the stages involved and considers the advantages
and constraints that are particular to this sector. The first
chapter sets out the general context when creating a small-
scale food drying business. Chapter 2 provides a method-
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ological account of the procedures for setting up an enter-
prise. It covers market identification, technical choices,
quality processes and economic analysis. Chapter 3 covers
the different markets for small-scale drying businesses and
includes technical notes on the main dryers available. The
final chapter examines avenues for improving the profitability
of a drying business and adapting dryers to suit different busi-
nesses. Extensive appendices provide document templates,
sample business analyses and vital reference information.
This book is essential for people setting up food drying
projects. It is also of interest to those in partner organiza-
tions who wish to develop a better understanding of this
important sector.
ISBN 185339498X, 2002, 112pp, illus, £12.95/US$22.50
Baking for Profit
Starting a Small Bakery
George Bathie
Most communities have the capacity to support a well-run
bakery operation. With good planning and access to raw
materials and markets, setting up a bakery can represent an
excellent enterprise opportunity. Baking for Profit provides
the information that a small entrepreneur needs to address
when setting up a bakery.
The opening chapter covers first steps, including setting
about the vitally important feasibility study. Subsequent
chapters cover all aspects of setting up the business such as
site and buildings, quality control, health and safety, and the
right type and scale of machinery and equipment.
This manual is invaluable reading for those who are
starting out in the bakery business, those whose job it is to
advise others doing so, or those who want to scale up exist-
ing operations to increase their profits.
ISBN 1853394076, 2000, 136pp, £11.95/US$21.00
Training in Food Processing
Successful Approaches
Mike Battcock, Sue Azam-Ali, Barrie Axtell and
Peter Fellows
'There is a wealth of information for trainers and organ-
isers of training courses for anywhere in the world.'
International Agricultural Development
This book shows how to provide effective training in food
processing, which can open up opportunities for individu-
als who lack business experience. It explains the impor-
tance of needs assessment, course preparation, monitoring
and follow-up, and the value of practical work and oppor-
tunities for trainers to discuss their ideas and discoveries.
With examples of forms and lesson plans, photographs of
appropriate training environments, practical case studies and
details of institutions that support food processing training.
ISBN 1853394254, 1998, 144pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Cane Sugar
The Small Scale Processing Option
Edited by Raphael Kaplinsky
Assessing the choice of technology for small-scale sugar
production, and its economic and social viability, this book
will interest those responsible for sugar development,
industry decision makers, non-governmental organizations
and appropriate technology organizations.
ISBN 1853390151, 1989, 244pp, £24.95/US$47.50
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Traditional Foods
Processing for Profit
Peter Fellows
This is a comprehensive guide to the processing of traditional
foods from Asia, Africa and Latin America, which are made
and sold at a small commercial scale of operation. It provides
technical information needed by small food businesses to
introduce or upgrade their processes and products, and also
serves as a suitable guide for new enterprises in the correct
production of foods. The book is of interest to development
workers involved in support to small enterprise development
programmes, aid agencies and students of food science and
technology, development studies and related disciplines.
ISBN 1853392286, 1997, 216pp, £24.95/US$47.50
Starting a Small Food
Processing Enterprise
Peter Fellows, Ernesto Franco and Walter Rios
This book brings together important aspects of both the
technological and business skills needed to successfully
start and operate a small food processing business. The
emphasis is on thorough planning before the enterprise is
established and then careful control of production to mini-
mize costs and maintain the desired product quality.
Clearly written, the book is a training aid for extension
workers and small enterprise development organizations.
ISBN 1853393231, 1996, 128pp, £10.95/US$18.95
The Manual Screw Press for
Small-scale Oil Extraction
Kathryn H Potts and Keith Machell
This book describes small-scale processes of oil-extraction
for use in rural areas, as well as ways to market and dis-
tribute the oilcake.
ISBN 1853391980, 1995, 72pp, £9.95/US$17.50
Small-scale Milling
A Guide for Development Workers
Lars-Ove Jonsson, David A V Dendy, Karen
Wellings and Varis Bokalders
Traditional milling is a time-consuming and laborious task
for rural women and there is a great need to mechanize this
operation. However, traditional milling practices have
many nutritional advantages for children and women and
there is a great risk that improved milling will be a threat
to vulnerable groups. This book is essential reading for
anyone involved in milling in developing countries, and
the target reader is the extension agent promoting
improved small-scale milling techniques. The book can be
used both as a manual and course material for training at a
number of levels.
ISBN 1853392197, 1994, 144pp, £15.95/US$29.50
Try Drying It!
Case Studies in the Dissemination of
Tray-drying Technology
Barrie Axtell and Alex Bush
This book shows how improving on the traditional tech-
niques of drying by sun and air can provide income-gener-
ating activities for groups in the developing world.
Illustrated with examples from Peru, Colombia and
Bangladesh, with detailed technical appendices.
ISBN 1853390399, 1991, 72pp, £12.95/US$22.50
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FOOD PROCESSING
SERIES FOOD TECHNOLOGY
SOURCE BOOKS
This series presents tested technologies to increase the pro-
ductivity of women's labour in the food processing sector.
Cereal Processing
UNIFEM
This book focuses on the processing of four cereals –
maize (or corn), rice, sorghum and wheat. A useful guide
for those intending to set up a cereal-processing enterprise.
Topics include harvesting, threshing, storage, milling,
hulling, baking and fermenting.
ISBN 1853391360, 1994, 64pp, £7.95/US$15.00
Dairy Processing
UNIFEM
This book outlines traditional methods of processing milk
to produce cheese, butter, yoghurt and other milk products,
and discusses how hygiene and quality control can be
improved. It suggests low-cost modifications to traditional
methods which can be introduced successfully.
ISBN 1853393355, 1996, 72pp, £7.95/US$15.00
Drying
UNIFEM
This book is an introduction to the principles of drying and
gives an indication of the range of technologies available, along
with case studies examining the use of improved drier designs.
ISBN 1853393088, 1995, 64pp, £7.95/US$15.00
Fish Processing
UNIFEM
This book describes traditional methods of fish processing
and then looks at new and improved techniques which in
most cases can be constructed locally. Types of processing
covered include drying, salting, smoking and fermenting.
ISBN 1853391379, 1993, 80pp, £7.95/US$15.00
Fruit and Vegetable Processing
UNIFEM
This book offers the non-specialist an insight into the
ranges of methods and equipment available for preserving
products, increasing the quality and range of foodstuffs and
indicating where the hazards are when setting up a small
food processing concern.
ISBN 1853391352, 1993, 72pp, £7.95/US$15.00
Oil Processing
UNIFEM
This book offers guidance on the selection of appropriate
equipment for small businesses, with case studies and tech-
nical information about each type of machine. For field
workers training for food processing projects, trainers and
the non-specialist.
ISBN 1853391344, 1993, 48pp, £7.95/US$15.00
Packaging
UNIFEM
Packaging looks at traditional and mechanized packaging
systems for use by small-scale producers. Case studies
from around the world examine the introduction of improved
packaging technology and there are useful lists of manufac-
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turers and organizations that can help small businesses.
ISBN 1853393347, 1996, 48pp, £7.95/US$15.00
Root Crop Processing
UNIFEM
This book covers the most common processing techniques
for the major root crops including potato, cassava, sweet
potato, yam and other edible aroid crops. It includes sec-
tions on basic food science principles, small-scale process-
ing methods and case studies.
ISBN 1853391387, 1993, 64pp, £7.95/US$15.00
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
Building with Lime
A Practical Introduction
Revised Edition
Stafford Holmes and Michael Wingate
'I like it. I admire it. I recommend it.' SPAB News
Lime is the best and most versatile binder in the world, but
there is a lack of information and guidance on the use of
this vital building material. Architects, enthusiasts and pro-
fessionals within the building trade will find Building with
Lime an invaluable reference tool.
This technical manual is the ideal starting point for
those considering lime as a building material. It is also a
general reference for the broad range of uses for lime in
construction. Drawing on the authors' considerable experi-
ence of using lime in building, it provides the reader with
a wealth of practical advice that includes: a clear explana-
tion of all the major uses of lime in building such as mor-
tars and plasters, painting and finishes, ceilings and foun-
dations, repair, maintenance and conservation; and a chap-
ter on testing and standards covering limestone recogni-
tion, and field testing to ensure reliable materials and
workmanship for the production and use of building limes.
ISBN 1853395471, 2002, 320pp, line art, photos,
£22.95/US$37.50
Brick by Brick
Participatory Technology
Development in Brickmaking
Kelvin Mason
Brick by Brick documents a project designed to foster more
environmentally sensitive and operationally sustainable
production in the small-scale and informal sector. It
describes a technology transfer and development project
which facilitated the exchange of ideas between brickmak-
ers and technologists in Africa, Latin America and Europe.
The book begins by reviewing the technology of brick-
making and the theory and practice of appropriate technol-
ogy transfer. The brickmaking technologies adopted and
adapted by the project are reviewed with a focus on the
process of their development principles and ways of work-
ing, such as participation and participatory technology devel-
opment. The text is illuminated by the inclusion of interviews,
anecdotes and articles from people working in the field.
The author seeks to establish some guiding principles
and practices for technology development projects, making
this book a practical and interesting reference for project
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Women's Roles in Technical
Innovation
UNIFEM
The book first gives a brief account of women's indigenous
technical knowledge, and its extent. It goes on to explore
women's role in the innovation process and how technical
innovation has conventionally ignored this. This argument
is illustrated through case studies and lessons; and the book
ends with guidelines for development practitioners work-
ing with women.
ISBN 185339307X, 1995, 96pp, £7.95/US$15.00
managers, decision makers and fieldworkers, and all inter-
ested in fuels and energy.
ISBN 1853395293, 2001, 144pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Double Standards, Single
Purpose
Reforming Housing Regulations to
Reduce Poverty
Saad Yahya, Elijah Agevi, Lucky Lowe, Alex
Mugova, Oscar Musandu-Nyamayaro and
Theo Schilderman
For the majority of the urban poor in developing countries,
European standards for housing and infrastructure are inap-
propriate and unaffordable. But what is the alternative?
The book provides development workers, planners and
decision makers with information and advice on the revi-
sion of housing standards at national, local or project level.
The shelter context is described, the particular place of
standards, regulations and procedures, as well as current
thinking and approaches to their revision. These chapters
are based on an international literature survey as well as
case studies in several developing countries. The recent
revisions of housing standards in Kenya and Zimbabwe are
explored in more detail: their origin, the participants
involved, their relevance to low-income residents, their
impact, as well as lessons learned for future reviews.
Overriding issues are covered, such as informal enforce-
ment, that emerge from work with low-income residents,
the case studies and the literature reviews. Finally, how to
get future standards right is examined.
ISBN 1853395250, 2001, 192pp, £14.95/US$24.50
Building with Bamboo
A Handbook
Second Edition
Jules J A Janssen
This revised handbook brings together the practical experi-
ences of engineers in the field and of research programmes
testing bamboo. The author shows how bamboo can be
harvested, seasoned and jointed to form walls, doors and
windows, roofs, floors, ceilings, roof trusses and bridges,
and how to weave bamboo.
ISBN 1853392030, 1995 (rp2000), 72pp, £11.95/US$21.00
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Storage
UNIFEM
This book focuses on the storage of staple commodities
such as grains and root crops, but it also covers other major
food groups such as oils, fish, fruit and vegetables. For vol-
unteers training for food processing projects, trainers and
non-specialists already involved in projects and seeking
specific information on technology choice.
ISBN 1853393096, 1995, 48pp, £7.95/US$15.00
Ten-volume Set
Comprising the series Volumes 1 to 10
ISBN 1853395854, 560pp, £39.95/US$69.95
Timber Pole Construction
An Introduction
Second Edition
Lionel Jayanetti and Paul Follett
The book offers a general introduction to timber poles as a
construction material. The book covers the processes of
harvesting and protecting the poles through to specific
applications in the construction of domestic and industrial
buildings, and other types of construction such as bridges
and retaining walls. Key areas of preservation and jointing
are addressed in detail and there are illustrations through-
out. This manual intends to be descriptive rather than pre-
scriptive, providing areas that can be developed into solutions
depending on specific circumstances, and a number of case
studies show some ideas put into action. This new edition is a
useful guide not only to field practitioners in housing and con-
struction projects, but is also of interest to the non-specialist.
ISBN 1853395021, 2000, 64pp, £9.95/US$18.00
Building with Earth
A Handbook
Second Edition
John Norton
This handbook provides practical help in choosing whether
and how to build with earth, from soil selection through to
construction and maintenance. The techniques described in
the revised and updated second edition of this book have a
focus on achieving good quality results with accessible
methods that can go on being used by rich and poor, and
for simple buildings as well as more sophisticated ones.
ISBN 1853393371, 1997, 88pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Appropriate Building
Materials
A Catalogue of Potential Solutions
Third Revised Edition
Roland Stulz and Kiran Mukerji
This is the third and latest edition of this standard building
materials sourcebook. This book summarizes technical
data and practical information and identifies appropriate
solutions to any given problem in low-cost construction.
Completely revised and updated.
ISBN 1853392251, 1993, 456pp, £17.50/US$30.00
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Earth Construction Field Engineering Thatching

A Comprehensive Guide
Hugo Houben and Hubert Guillaud
This comprehensive and
illustrated handbook is
essential reading for any-
one involved in construc-
tion. The book assembles,
orders and clarifies infor-
mation about building
with earth that has hither-
to been available only in
scattered form. Text sup-
ported by illustrations
deals with the essential
aspects of earth construc-
tion, taking one step at a time – decision making, planning,
design, and the realization of a project – so that the proce-
dures, benefits and precautions are easily accessible and
understood by those involved at every level.
ISBN 185339193X, 1994, 376pp, £24.95/US$47.50
Housing without Houses
Participation, Flexibility, Enablement
Nabeel Hamdi
This book presents a wide range of innovative ideas and
practical methods for housing, together with illustrative
examples and actual projects. Its methods are targeted to
housing production in places where resources are scarce,
demand is high, urgency is acute, and where change and
uncertainty are a way of life. The book shows that, under
these conditions, efficient practice depends on methods that
promote rather than hinder local action and are based on
spontaneity, improvization and incremental development.
ISBN 1853392928, 1995, 208pp, £15.95/US$24.95
Rammed Earth Structures
A Code of Practice
Julian Keable
Ramming earth can produce buildings that are strong,
durable, safe and desirable. This book aims to show the
right techniques for selection and testing soils to produce
successful results, how high standards can be achieved, and
the criteria on which rammed earth structures and building
techniques can be judged.
ISBN 1853393509, 1996, 120pp, £14.95/US$26.95
Culture, Cash and Housing
Community and Tradition in Low-
income Building
Maurice Mitchell and Andy Bevan
Focuses on community involvement by examining the role
of cultural tradition and the local environment in determin-
ing local housing conditions. It offers practical advice for
planners on integration of local needs into project design.
Published in association with VSO
ISBN 1853391530, 1992, 144pp, £12.95/US$22.50
An Introduction to Development Work
and Construction in Rural Areas
Compiled and edited by Peter Stern and
others, from an original work by F Longland
This book is for all those involved in simple engineering
work in rural areas. It deals with site surveying, engineer-
ing materials, water supplies, sanitation in general, plan-
ning and construction of roads, simple river crossings,
bridges and small dams.
ISBN 090303168X, 1983, 272pp, £15.95/US$26.95
Accounting and
Book-keeping for the
Small Building Contractor
Derek Miles
Self-teaching material for students and entrepreneurs in the
building industry. The books covers organizing the office,
assets and liabilities, book-keeping, analysis, fixed assets,
depreciation, balance sheets and profit and loss accounts.
ISBN 090303154X, 1978 (rp1993), 192pp,
£14.95/US$25.95
Stone
An Introduction
Second Edition
Asher Shadmon
' ... must be commended for its clarity ... even the most
experienced stone worker and user will learn something.'
Stone Industries
This useful general survey describes the varieties and uses
of stone as a building material – whether cut or field-stone
– and how to extract, work and use it. A new chapter on
stone and the environment emphasizes the importance of
planning, waste recycling and quarry rehabilitation as part
of the extraction process. There is a new appendix outlin-
ing procedures for testing stone's flexural and compressive
strength and discussing the importance of slip resistance.
ISBN 1853393134, 1996, 184pp, £13.95/US$25.00
Technical Principles of
Building for Safety
Andrew Coburn, Richard Hughes, Antonios
Pomonis and Robin Spence
This book details the basic principles to be considered in
the planning and implementation of community-based
building improvement programmes for small dwellings in
disaster-prone areas. It includes sections on earthquake-,
flood- and wind-resistant construction.
ISBN 1853391824, 1995, 80pp, £10.95/US$18.95
Small-scale Lime-burning
A Practical Introduction
Michael Wingate
A practical guide to the selection, design and operation of
lime-burning plants for small-scale operations. Sections on
fuels and raw materials, as well as on the physical and
chemical background, and guidance on the methods appro-
priate to a small scale operation.
ISBN 094668801X, 1985, 200pp, £13.95/US$25.00
A Handbook
Nicolas Hall
A guide to good-quality thatching, describing in words and
pictures how to achieve the maximum possible roof-life
using either cultivated or naturally-occurring materials. It
reviews the advantages and limitations of thatch as a roof-
ing technique.
ISBN 1853390607, 1988, 56pp, £9.95/US$17.50
The Small-scale Vertical Shaft
Lime Kiln
A Practical Guide to Design,
Construction and Operation
Kelvin Mason
The Small-scale Vertical Shaft Lime Kiln covers in depth
the design, construction and operation of a particular type
of lime kiln: a continuous, natural draught, mixed feed,
vertical shaft kiln (VSK). The manual focuses on 'small-
scale' production and is aimed at lime-burners, technolo-
gists and fieldworkers in developing countries, as well as
those interested in burning lime on any scale.
ISBN 1853394653, 1999, 80pp, £14.95/US$26.95
Rural Building Course
TOOL
Volume 1 Reference
Contains information on tools, maintenance of tools, rural
building materials, rural building products, tables of fig-
ures and a glossary.
ISBN 185339310X, 1995, 260pp, £15.95/US$26.95
Volume 2 Basic knowledge
Information on basic masonry techniques, basic carpentry
techniques and preparation for on-the-job training.
ISBN 1853393150, 1995, 200pp, £15.95/US$24.95
Volume 3 Construction
From foundations, walls, doors and windows, to roofs,
plaster and render, locks and painting.
ISBN 1853393207, 1995, 312pp, £15.95/US$27.50
Volume 4 Drawing book
A training book for drawing techniques related to the sub-
jects covered in the other volumes of the Rural Building
Course, and general drawing training.
ISBN 1853393258, 1995, 136pp, £15.95/US$24.95
Four-volume Set
Comprising Rural Building Course Volumes 1 to 4
ISBN 1853395536, 908pp, 2003, £47.95/US$83.95
How to Make Low-cost
Building Blocks
Stabilized Soil Block Technology
Malcolm Davis
ISBN 1853390860, 1994, 36pp, £9.95/US$17.50

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Meeting the Challenges of
Animal Traction
A Resource Book of the Animal
Traction Network for Eastern and
Southern Africa
Edited by Paul Starkey and Pascal Kaumbutho
This resource book provides a wealth of ideas and experi-
ences concerning animal traction in many countries. It
draws together key papers and contributions from profes-
sionals in 27 different countries. The papers address a num-
ber of important challenges to animal traction that relate to
participation, environment, gender, extension, transport,
equipment and animal husbandry. In addition, several
papers describe national level challenges and the attempts
made by projects to address these.
ISBN 1853394831, 1999, 328pp, £15.95/US$27.95
Guidelines for Design,
Production and Testing of
Animal-drawn Carts
R A Dennis
Compiled on behalf of the Animal Traction Network for
Eastern and Southern Africa (ATNESA) as a resource book
on animal-drawn carts, these guidelines cover all aspects of
their design, production and marketing. Full details – with
many three dimensional drawings – are given of the con-
struction of a range of ox and donkey carts, including
wheels and axles, with information on materials and costs.
Information is based as far as possible on designs that have
been shown to work effectively. Other sections cover har-
nessing of oxen and donkeys, manufacture and marketing,
credit and design standards. The guidelines are aimed at
promoting improved supply, quality and use of animal-
drawn carts in the region.
ISBN 185339338X, 1996, 200pp, £15.95/US$31.50
NEW Pumps as Turbines
A User's Guide
New Edition
Arthur Williams
Pumps as Turbines is a practical handbook for engineers
and technicians involved in designing and installing small
water-power schemes for isolated houses and communi-
ties. It concerns the use of standard pump units as a low-
cost alternative to conventional turbines to provide stand-
alone electricity generation in remote locations.
This second edition of Pumps as Turbines has been
updated and extended to include a recent case study. The
pump selection process is described through this step-by-
step example, where the site head would have been too low
for a Pelton turbine. The case study demonstrates that now,
possibly more than ever before, the use of pumps as turbines
offers a reliable, low-cost option for rural electrification.
ITDG Publishing is pleased to be able to offer an
updated version of this popular practical title.
ISBN 1853395676, July 2003, 80pp, £9.95/US$17.50
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Road Maintenance and
Regravelling (ROMAR) Using
Labour-based Methods
Claes Axel Andersson, Andreas Beusch and
Derek Miles
Written for the owners or managers of small construction
businesses, these ROMAR books provide both the manage-
ment and technical advice needed in order to make a suc-
cess of routine maintenance and regravelling as a business
activity. The handbook and workbook are designed to be
used together. The first part of each book deals with the prin-
ciples, including technical consideration and appropriate con-
struction technology. The second part looks at putting these
principles into practice – how roads deteriorate and how to
manage maintenance contracts, how to carry out regravelling
projects, pricing and bidding for road maintenance contracts
and how to build up detailed prices for a bill of quantities.
ISBN 1853393487, 1996, 316pp, handbook,
£14.95/US$27.95
ISBN 1853393495, 1996, 144pp, workbook,
£9.95/US$19.50
Labour-based Road
Construction
A State-of-the-art Review
Edited by Paul Larcher
This book brings together up-to-date, undocumented infor-
mation on the practices of labour-based road construction
in low income countries around the world. It draws on the
experiences of practitioners working in this field who
describe tried and tested ideas, and also looks at failures
and their causes. The book looks at the design, selection
and use of intermediate equipment for labour forces. It also
discusses the issues of contracting out road construction
and maintenance, considering the problems encountered
and how to overcome them.
ISBN 1853394165, 1998, 152pp, £12.95/US$26.95
ENERGY
NEW Small Wind Systems
for Rural Energy Services
Smail Khennas, Simon Dunnett and Hugh Piggott
The existing technology to harness the energy of the wind
is regarded as a mature renewable energy. The main devel-
opment of this technology has been in large wind turbines
in the industrialized world but there is scope for this tech-
nology to deliver small-scale decentralized energy services
in rural areas of the developing world.
This book provides a concise guide to all the essential
steps for setting up wind business services in developing
countries. It deals with all the key aspects of promoting wind
energy for domestic end uses, as well as giving a guide to
needs assessment, resource assessment, the economics of
small wind machines and technology choice. The book
describes the factors critical for sustainable development of
small wind systems in rural areas. It also addresses the chal-
lenge of scaling-up, defined as the conditions and the strate-
gy needed to move from a limited number of units to a wide-
spread sustainable industry. Institutional aspects, business
development and the policy environment are also examined.
An essential resource for all involved in rural electification.
ISBN 1853395552, Jan 2003, 64pp, £12.95/US$22.50
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Low-cost Load-carrying Devices
The Design and Manufacture of some
Basic Means of Transport
Ron Dennis and Alan Smith
The major transport task facing most poor people is to
move relatively small loads over short distances, usually
off-road. This book describes basic transport technologies.
ISBN 1853392650, 1995, 188pp, £14.95/US$29.50
Roads are not Enough
New Perspectives on Rural Transport
Planning in Developing Countries
Jonathon Dawson and Ian Barwell
This book traces the evolution of transport theory and poli-
cy and the new 'needs led' approach, with examples from
recent studies. The authors suggest areas of intervention to
reduce the transport burden on the rural poor.
ISBN 1853391913, 1993, 88pp, £14.95/US$24.95
Earth Roads
Their Construction and Maintenance
Jack Hindson, revised by John Howe and
Gordon Hathway
A practical manual for non-engineers which describes the
design and construction of earth roads with a usage of up to
50 vehicles per day. Covers drainage, road planning, the
actual construction and subsequent maintenance operations.
ISBN 0903031841, 1983, 136pp, £12.95/US$23.00
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Energy for Rural
NEW Livelihoods
A Framework for Sustainable
Decision Making
Alison Doig, Simon Dunnett, Tim Jackson, Smail
Khennas, Yacob Mulugetta and Kavita Rai
The 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 analy-
sis tools that will contribute towards upgrading current
decision making practices in rural energy development.
The manual demonstrates how integrating technical, eco-
nomic, social, institutional and environmental criteria
forms the basis of 'good practice' in rural energy planning
and policy development. Analytical techniques are described
and illustrated with the help of case studies and information
acquired from various parts of the developing world, in order
to show how the techniques can be applied in real situations.
The primary audience for the manual consists of ener-
gy analysts, policy makers, development workers and
researchers in developing countries. The secondary benefi-
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energy industry experts and decision makers at the local or
government level involved in making decisions about ener-
gy and development policies.
ISBN 1853394874, Sept 2003, 192pp, £12.95/US$24.00
The Micro-hydro Pelton
Turbine Manual
Design, Manufacture and Installation
for Small-scale Hydropower
Jeremy Thake
Micro-hydro is a good way of providing power to houses,
workshops or villages that need an independent supply. For
many remote areas beyond the reach of a national grid,
micro-hydro is the only economic option. Where flow is
limited, but high heads are available, the Pelton wheel is
one of the most useful turbines. The Micro-hydro Pelton
Turbine Manual is written to enable the reader to design
and manufacture Pelton turbines with capacities from a few
hundred watts to around 100kW, though much of the infor-
mation is relevant for larger units too. Aimed at readers
with a general engineering workshop background, the
emphasis is on simple technology so that the turbines can
be made in small workshops with basic engineering facili-
ties. More advanced processes are discussed for those with
access to better manufacturing facilities. As well as detail-
ing all the important aspects of design, the book covers
basic theory, turbine selection, manufacture, installation,
testing and problem-solving.
The manual is well illustrated, and contains compre-
hensive appendices containing manufacturing reference
information and the derivation of equations used.
ISBN 1853394602, 2000, 196pp, £25.95/US$47.50
SERIES ENERGY AND
ENVIRONMENT
TECHNOLOGY SOURCE
BOOKS
This series developed by UNIFEM provides information
on the range of energy and environment technologies rele-
vant to women's lives.
Electricity in Households and
Micro-enterprises
Joy Clancy and Lucy Redeby
This source book provides practical help in gaining accessi-
bility to electricity for those living in remote or rural commu-
nities as well as individual homeowners and small business-
es. It begins with a brief introduction to the national grid and
then focuses on some of the possibilities for independent pro-
duction of electricity in quantities used by households, micro-
enterprises and small communities: diesel generators; micro-
hydro; wind energy; solar photovoltaic energy (PV); gasifiers;
biogas; steam and batteries. Provides resource material
appropriate for use by extension workers, trainers and project
staff working with women, who consider that access to elec-
tricity can play a significant role in their projects. Women's
groups active in promoting women's enterprises and educa-
tion can also use it for self-study or discussion.
ISBN 1853395013, 2000, 112pp, £9.95/US$18.00
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Energy Efficiency for Small
and Medium Scale
Enterprises
Elizabeth Muguti, Saskia Everts, Bob Schulte
and Linda Smallegange
'This book is a long overdue resource book, not just for
policymakers and field workers, but for all those who
are involved in any form of energy use … A must for all
who wish to make a difference in the energy sector, both
from an individual and an institutional point of view.'
Energia News
The book aims to provide basic information on energy saving
options for those involved with the economic empowerment
of microentrepreneurs.
ISBN 1853394467, 1999, 96pp, £9.95/US$17.50
Rural Transport
UNIFEM and Jo Doran
This source book seeks to raise awareness and provide
information on how rural transport problems might be
identified and addressed, focusing on women since they
carry the main burden. The book highlights rural transport
activities and needs, and considers household and other agri-
cultural transport needs. It also looks at improving local trans-
port infrastructure and establishing transport services. It uses
case study material to illustrate approaches and technologies.
ISBN 1853393452, 1996, 80pp, £9.95/US$17.50
Water Supply
Vijita Fernando
The goals of this book are to promote understanding of
water supply technologies and water supply management
to enable women to make informed choices. The book also
contains information on how to assess the suitability of dif-
ferent water supply options and how to find financial and
technical assistance. This book is suitable for use by tech-
nical and non-technical project managers, project staff,
extension officers, trainers and consultants concerned with
women in development and women's organizations.
ISBN 1853393444, 1996, 80pp, £9.95/US$17.50
Four-volume Set
Comprising the series Volumes 1 to 4
ISBN 1853395862, 368pp, £19.95/US$34.95
Rural Energy Services
A Handbook for Sustainable
Development
Teresa Anderson, Alison Doig, Dai Rees and
Smail Khennas
'A user friendly handbook for not only the specialist
but also the layman. This book is highly recommended
to anyone interested in discovering how we can meet
the energy needs of the developing world.'
International Journal of Rural Studies
This book addresses the policy, market and sustainability
aspects of defining and selecting technologies that will
meet the demands for energy services by rural villages in a
sustainable and reliable way.
ISBN 1853394629, 1999, 176pp, £13.95/US$24.50
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ENERGY
Micro-hydro Power
A Guide for Development Workers
P Fraenkel, O Paish, V Bokalders, A Harvey,
A Brown and R Edwards
Micro-hydro Power is a comprehensive and practical guide
to this valuable renewable energy resource, bringing
together the authors' many years of practical experience in
micro-hydro design and implementation throughout the
world. Essential reading for anyone designing or imple-
menting micro-hydro power schemes in developed or
developing countries, and for those operating or maintain-
ing them or running training courses.
ISBN 1853390291, 1991 (rp 2003), 160pp, illus,
£19.95/US$34.95
Running a Biogas Programme
A Handbook
David Fulford
This book describes the designs and uses of biogas plants,
with technical appendices, for domestic and community
plants. The likely economic and social effects of biogas
programmes are described from experience, and advice is
given on the problems of management.
ISBN 0946688494, 1988 (rp2001), 200pp,
£16.95/US$29.50
A Chinese Biogas Manual
Popularising Technology in the
Countryside
Edited by Ariane van Buren
'For anyone thinking of exploring biogas production,
this book would be an invaluable resource with the tools
and techniques needed to calculate the size of the system
required, how to maintain it and the yields to expect.'
Permaculture Magazine
This book uses diagrams and pictures to show how the
basic design of the biogas pit can be adapted for construc-
tion in different soils, from sandstone to sheer rock. Clear,
practical and well illustrated.
ISBN 0903031655, 1979 (rp1997), 136pp,
£10.95/US$19.50
Financing Renewable Energy
Projects
A Guide for Development Workers
Jenniy Gregory, Semida Silveira, Anthony
Derrick, Paul Cowley, Catherine Allinson and
Oliver Paish
Access to affordable energy is essential for sustainable
economic development and improvement in living stan-
dards. The aim of this book is to act as a guide for devel-
opment workers for financing small renewable systems
and a source of reference for further in-depth investigation.
ISBN 1853393878, 1997, 160pp, £15.95/US$30.00
Low-cost Electrification
Affordable Electricity Installation for
Low-income Households in
Developing Countries
Nigel Smith
Electricity is highly desired by low-income households but
it is all too often only obtained by the richer people in
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developing countries. The tremendous sacrifices and high
payments that low-income households are often prepared
to make to obtain even small amounts indicate the impor-
tance that they attach to electricity. Low-cost Electrification
looks at why, in most developing countries, efforts to pro-
vide electricity to poor households have had only limited
success, and recommends some appropriate solutions.
ISBN 1853394548, 1998, 48pp, £12.95/US$25.00
ITDG Working Paper
Motors as Generators for
Micro-hydro Power
Nigel Smith
This volume is a guide to the use of induction motors for elec-
tricity generation in remote locations. It is written as a practical
handbook for engineers and technicians involved in designing
and installing small water power schemes for isolated houses
and communities. This manual arose out of the practical expe-
rience of manufacturers and installers of induction generator
units working in village locations in a number of countries.
ISBN 1853392863, 1994, 96pp, £9.95/US$17.50
Micro-hydro Design Manual
A Guide to Small-scale Water Power
Schemes
Adam Harvey with Andy Brown, Priyantha
Hettiarachi and Allen Inversin
Based on field experiences with micro-hydro installations,
the book covers operation and maintenance, commission-
ing, electrical power, induction generators, electronic con-
trollers, management and energy surveys.
ISBN 1853391034, 1993, 400pp, £39.95/US$69.95
Energy Options
An Introduction to Small-scale
Renewable Energy Technologies
Edited and introduced by Drummond Hislop
This publication contrasts the relative merits of biomass,
solar, hydro and wind power, as well as detailing some
direct applications.
ISBN 1853390828, 1992, 120pp, £12.95/US$22.50
M A N U FA C T U R I N G A N D W O R K S H O P S
Hot-dip Galvanizing
A Guide to Process Selection and
Galvanizing Practice
M J Hornsby
A useful technique for extending the life of equipment such
as fishing vessels. The book describes wet, dry and 'old
dry' processes, including principles, benefits, equipment,
materials, health and safety, power supply, maintenance
and quality control.
ISBN 1853391905, 1995, 80pp, £12.95/US$22.50
How to Make Carpentry Tools
An Illustrated Manual
Revised Edition
Aaron Moore with Musaemura Sithole
Squares, gauges, clamps and planes are among the tools
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The Power Guide
An International Catalogue of Small-
scale Energy Equipment
With introductions by Wim Hulscher
and Peter Fraenkel
Dealing with renewable energy sources (wind, sun, water
and biomass) this book catalogues small-scale energy
equipment (up to 250kW) and provides information on
hundreds of products from almost 500 manufacturers and
suppliers in over 40 countries.
ISBN 1853391921, 1994, 296pp, £24.95/US$47.50
Solar Energy for Rural
Communities
The Case of Namibia
Gil Yaron, Tani Forbes Irving and Sven Jansson
In many developing countries, a high proportion of rural
communities lack access to the national electricity grid. A
major reason for this is the fundamental problem of pro-
viding a service which cannot recover its costs to areas of
low population density. This book investigates the poten-
tial for photovoltaic and other solar energy technologies to
meet the energy needs of rural communities.
ISBN 1853392421, 1994, 160pp, £14.95/US$29.50
Rural Lighting
A Guide for Development Workers
Jean-Paul Louineau, Modibo Dicko, Peter
Fraenkel, Roy Barlow and Varis Bokalders
Addresses the question of choosing and using 'stand-alone'
lighting systems for use in rural areas. Topics covered
include sizing and positioning lights and the use of reflec-
tors. It also includes a 'buyers' guide' on lighting systems.
ISBN 1853392006, 1994, 192pp, £19.95/US$29.95
Solar Heating in Cold Regions
A Technical Guide to Developing
Country Applications
Jean-Francois Rozis and Alain Guinebault
This book is primarily a technical guide to the design and
production of solar installations in regions where heating is
whose construction is described in detail here, along with
useful guidance on the maintenance and repair of wood-
working tools. These low-cost tools are suitable for use in
large training institutions or small workshops and are
designed to enable carpenters and joiners to practise their
trade without the need for expensive factory-made tools.
ISBN 1853394068, 1997, 268pp, £15.95/US$27.95
Mining on a Small and
Medium Scale
A Global Perspective
Ajoy K Ghose
Interest in small-scale mining has been heightened in
recent years due to the increasing concern about its envi-
ronmental impacts. This book aims to delve into the many
dimensions of small- and medium- scale mining and to take
stock of the emerging issues. The contributions relate to issues
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an issue of utmost importance. It is written mainly for tech-
nicians, architects and designers who are interested in solar
heating systems in cold regions of developing countries.
ISBN 1853393290, 1996, 176pp, £15.95/US$24.95
Windpumps
A Guide for Development Workers
Peter Fraenkel, Roy Barlow, Francis Crick,
Anthony Derrick and Varis Bokalders
The wind is a renewable energy resource that can never be
exhausted and which avoids pollution, making it one of the
most environmentally-sound energy options available.
This book takes the reader through every aspect of wind
energy in a systematic way.
ISBN 1853391263, 1993, 168pp, £19.95/US$34.95
Solar-powered Electricity
A Survey of Photovoltaic Power in
Developing Countries
Bernard McNelis, Anthony Derrick, Michael Starr
ISBN 0946688397, 1988, 96pp, £15.95/US$29.50
The Kenya Ceramic Jiko
A Manual for Stovemakers
Hugh Allen
The jiko, a charcoal-burning stove consisting of a ceramic
liner fitted inside a metal case, burns 25 to 40 per cent less
charcoal than the traditional stoves on which its design was
based. Provides guidance on its production and promotion.
ISBN 1853390836, 1991, 112pp, £14.95/US$26.95
The Energy Dimension
A Practical Guide to Energy in Rural
Development Programmes
Christopher Hurst and Andrew Barnett
This volume helps planners identify energy needs early on
so they can be integrated into project design. It summarizes
key issues, with detailed discussion of energy options and
the dynamics of supply and demand; plus fact sheets and
checklists for quick reference.
ISBN 1853390747, 1990, 176pp, £13.95/US$22.50
such as management vis-à-vis small-scale mining, focusing on
environmental, health and safety, social and gender issues.
ISBN 1853394017, 1997, 304pp, £19.95/US$34.95
Metal Casting
Appropriate Technology in the Small
Foundry
Steve Hurst
This technical introduction to small-scale non-ferrous cast-
ing provides practical information and advice for metal-
workers, engineers and manufacturing entrepreneurs who
are interested in metal casting on a small scale.
Illustrated instructions are provided on how to make
equipment using local materials, and on the various casting
techniques. These include green sand moulding and invest-
ment casing. These and other methods are described and
compared along with advice on design and pattern making,
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core mixtures, the use of wax, metal preparation and melt-
ing, fault finding and remedies, and kilns and furnaces.
The emphasis is on local construction of equipment,
often using recycled materials – there is a useful section on
scrap materials and how to identify and use them – and on
presenting a wide range of methods, traditional and mod-
ern, based on the author's extensive practical experience.
ISBN 1853391972, 1996, 240pp, £17.95/US$31.50
Appropriate Paper-based
Technology (APT)
A Manual
Bevill Packer
Appropriate Paper-based Technology (APT) is a compre-
hensive survey of the technologies for making a wide range
of products from chessmen to armchairs, from trays to
solar cookers, using paper. It is a revised and updated edi-
tion of the Manual of APT published by IRED. The revised
edition includes additional models and extra pages of
colour photographs, and special supplements on APT in
the service of disabled people.
ISBN 1853392685, 1995, 168pp, £15.95/US$25.95
Lost-wax Casting
A Practitioner's Manual
Wilburt Feinberg, edited and illustrated by Jim Byrne
The book outlines the basic techniques of lost-wax casting
and describes the equipment needed to carry out the
process successfully. It explains how the equipment can be
made using local labour and natural resources readily
available in developing countries.
ISBN 0903031884, 1983 (rp2001), 80pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Basic Blacksmithing
An Introduction to Toolmaking
David Harries and Bernhard Heer
Starting with only an anvil and a few basic tools, almost all
the tools needed by a blacksmith can be made from com-
monly found materials. In clear English this book gives
step-by-step instructions on basic blacksmithing.
ISBN 1853391956, 1993, 136pp, £14.95/US$26.95
Blacksmithing Instructors'
Guide
Sixteen Lesson Plans with Advice on
Teaching Techniques
David Harries
This guide is designed to help skilled blacksmiths who have
little or no teaching experience to train others in forge work
techniques, using easily obtainable equipment and scrap metal
to produce tools such as hoes, sickles, hammers and axes.
ISBN 1853392146, 1993, 80pp, £14.95/US$26.95
Carpentry Toolmaking
An Instructors' Guide
Aaron Moore
This guide for carpentry instructors includes detailed plans
for practical demonstrations and important theoretical
aspects of the craft. The tools include planes, clamps,
workbench and vice. There is also a section on basic black-
smithing techniques.
ISBN 1853391964, 1993, 232pp, £15.95/US$29.50
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MANUFACTURING AND WORKSHOPS
Small-scale Mining
A Guide to Appropriate Equipment
James F McDivitt, Denis Lock and others
A guide to available equipment on all aspects of small-
scale mining, from prospecting and surveying through
haulage, handling and transport. It includes safety equip-
ment, as well as worldwide coverage, with particular rele-
vance to the developing world.
ISBN 1853390127, 1990, 112pp, £17.95/US$31.50
Small-scale Papermaking
ILO
A technical handbook to assist small-scale producers with
alternative production techniques – to help them choose
and apply those techniques that are most appropriate to
local socio-economic conditions.
ISBN 1853391891, 1993, 168pp, £15.95/US$26.95
Traditional Candlemaking
Simple Methods of Manufacture
Deborah Millington
This volume describes different materials and techniques,
showing methods suited to small-scale producers on a cot-
tage industry level, or the individual at home. With help on
techniques, terminology and equipment, and a trou-
bleshooting chart.
ISBN 1853391247, 1992, 48pp, £7.95/US$14.00
Wood and Woodworking
Tools
A Handbook
E G Richards with Richard Plumptre and
Stuart Wilson, edited by Laila Monahan
Describes a range of hand tools and simple muscle-pow-
ered machinery appropriate to developing countries where
abundant labour can offset the problems of limited funds or
unreliable sources of energy for mechanization.
ISBN 1853390259, 1989, 112pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Small-scale Soapmaking
A Handbook
Peter Donkor
This book provides instructions on small-scale soap pro-
duction methods. A practical introduction, with many illus-
trations, based on the author's experiences.
ISBN 0946688370, 1986, 84pp, £9.95/US$17.50
SERIES
SMALL-SCALE TEXTILES
Basic information about small-scale textile manufacture for
fieldworkers, development agencies and manufacturers.
Dyeing and Printing
A Handbook
John Foulds
The text and line drawings describe chemical dyeing and
printing techniques appropriate to small-scale operations,
and how to plan for small-scale production.
ISBN 1853390283, 1990, 70pp, £9.95/US$17.50
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Medical and Hygiene Textile
Production
A Handbook
Allison Mathews and Martin Hardingham
This handbook offers basic information on all levels of
manufacture and small-scale production of medical and
hygiene textiles including gauze, cotton wool, bandages,
sanitary towels and nappies. Topics range from processing
raw materials to packaging.
ISBN 1853392111, 1994, 56pp, £9.95/US$17.50
Plant Fibre Processing
A Handbook
Cyril Jarman
This book covers the pre-spinning processes which make
plant fibres suitable for textile manufacture. It includes cot-
ton, sisal and jute, as well as less well known fibres from
plants such as Himalayan nettle, pineapple leaf and kenaf.
Covering extraction and other pre-spinning processes,
there is also background information on the growing areas,
soil and climatic requirements, methods of harvesting, details
of equipment suppliers and sources of further information.
ISBN 1853393851, 1998, 64pp, £9.95/US$17.50
Sericulture and Silk
Production
A Handbook
Prabha Shekar and Martin Hardingham
This book describes the stages of mulberry bush growing,
silkworm egg production, silkworm rearing, silk cocoon
reeling and silk fabric production. Ideal for fieldworkers,
development agencies and those starting small-scale man-
ufacture or attempting to improve or extend manufacture.
ISBN 1853393177, 1995, 64pp, £9.95/US$17.50
SERIES WORKSHOP
EQUIPMENT MANUALS
Workshop Equipment
Manuals – Pack
How to build eight essential machines for the workshop.
This pack contains one copy each of:
How to Make a Folding Machine for Sheet Metal Work
How to Make a Foot-operated Workshop Drill
How to Make a Rolling Machine for Sheet Metal Work
How to Make Cutting-shears for Sheet Metal
How to Make a Pipe-bending Machine
How to Make a Treadle-operated Wood-turning Lathe
How to Make a Hand-operated Hole-punch
How to Make a Metal-bending Machine
ISBN 1853395501, 2002, 248pp, 8 booklets,
£19.95/US$34.95
How to Make a Folding
Machine for Sheet Metal Work
(Manual no. 1)
Rob Hitchings
This manual gives full details on how to build and use a
versatile machine for working sheet metal.
ISBN 0903031760, 1985, 32pp, £4.95/US$8.50
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How to Make a Foot-operated
Workshop Drill (Manual no. 2)
Paul Smith
The manual describes how to build a drilling machine
appropriate for rural workshops, and gives full assembly
instructions. The machine, which is a vertical drill for use
with either metal or wood, can drill holes up to 12mm in
diameter in 12mm steel plates.
ISBN 0903031973, 1986, 48pp, £4.95/US$10.00
How to Make a Rolling
Machine for Sheet Metal Work
(Manual no. 3)
Rob Hitchings
This manual describes how to build a machine for rolling
sheet metal into curves and cylinders, and gives full
dimensions and assembly instructions.
ISBN 0946688060, 1985, 28pp, £4.95/US$10.00
How to Make Cutting Shears
for Sheet Metal (Manual no. 4)
Rob Hitchings
This manual, which gives full dimensions, describes the
WAT E R S U P P LY A N D S A N I TAT I O N
NEW Urban Sanitation
A Guide to Strategic Planning
Kevin Tayler, Jonathan Parkinson and Jeremy Colin
This guide to strategic planning for urban sanitation sug-
gests options for approaching the challenging task of
improving sanitation for the inhabitants of the rapidly
growing towns and cities of the South. The specific focus
of the book is upon the needs of the poor and marginalized
communities who are the most likely to suffer from inade-
quate sanitation services.
The authors suggest the need for a step-wise approach
to sanitation planning, in which planning objectives and
the processes through which they are achieved are refined
and developed in the light of experience, taking into
account available information and a realistic assessment of
available resources.
The main focus is on engaging with a wide range of
stakeholder groups to plan at the municipal level. It
emphasizes the need to spend time to 'develop solutions' to
sanitation problems before attempting to plan city-wide.
However, there is no one right place to start a strategic
process, and planners and activists must look for the
opportunities that are open to them in their existing situa-
tion. The guide therefore explores the action that can be
taken to create an improved context for planning and for
initiating improved planning processes at the local level,
which may eventually lead to more widespread change
and development.
The guide includes a number of chapters devoted to
key aspects of the planning process, including creating and
informing demand, gathering and analysing information,
choosing an appropriate technology, holding a participato-
ry workshop and following up on the plan.
A not-to-be-missed publication for decision makers, man-
agers and advisers with responsibility for municipal sanitation.
ISBN 1853395587, July 2003, 256pp, £19.95/US$34.95
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making of a machine that is basic equipment for any work-
shop producing items in sheet metal, such as water troughs,
fuel tanks, stove pipes, vehicles and agricultural equipment.
ISBN 0946688117, 1985, 20pp, £4.95/US$8.50
How to Make a Pipe-bending
Machine (Manual no. 5)
Michael Walsby
Articles such as hospital and school equipment – bed
frames, chairs, tables, handrails – all require the bending of
pipe. This manual gives full instructions on how to make a
pipe-bending machine, which can be made by most work-
shops or blacksmiths.
ISBN 0946688214, 1986, 28pp, £4.95/US$10.00
How to Make a Treadle-
operated Wood-turning Lathe
(Manual no. 6)
Bob Ingham and Paul Smith
This machine enables new products to be made without the
use of electricity. It can be built by most small metal work-
shops and blacksmiths as shown in this manual.
ISBN 0946688168, 1986, 32pp, £4.95/US$10.00
NEW Community Water,
Community Management
From System to Service in Rural Areas
Ton Schouten and Patrick Moriarty
After more than two decades of applying the concept of
community management, it is time to look back and con-
sider its opportunities and constraints in bringing water to
the millions of people who need it. Is community manage-
ment the right way to increase both the sustainability of
water supply systems and the coverage of safe and reliable
water supply in rural areas?
This book is based on experience of working to
strengthen the capacities of rural communities to manage
their own water supply systems. The day-to-day experi-
ences of twenty two communities in six different countries
are at the heart of this fascinating book. It shows the power
and creativity with which community people work to keep
their water supply systems operational, and it also shows
their struggles and difficulties. The authors bring to life the
little things that can go wrong, the nitty-gritty details that
are so crucial in making community management work,
with clear sympathy for the people in the communities and
the project staff working with them.
This inspiring book is for all who manage or study
water schemes.
Published in collaboration with IRC International
Water and Sanitation Centre
ISBN 1853395641, July 2003, 192pp, £14.95/US$26.95
Dictionary of Water
NEW Engineering
Ken Nelson with contributions from Charles
Kerr and Robert Legg
The Dictionary of Water Engineering provides an essential,
up-to-date and economically priced source of information
on all aspects of water engineering and technology.
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How to Make a Hand-operated
Hole-punch (Manual no. 7)
Ted Stone and Jim Tanburn
This manual describes the process of building a machine
for punching holes in sheet metal, with full dimensions and
instructions. Designed for construction from readily avail-
able steel sections, this machine can be built by most work-
shops or blacksmiths.
ISBN 0946688133, 1986, 40pp, £4.95/US$10.00
How to Make a Metal-bending
Machine (Manual no. 10)
R D Mann
Using simple plans and photographs, this manual describes the
construction and assembly of the machine, whose main feature
is the ability to form wheel rims from cold flat mild steel; this
wheel can be used on farm carts and other basic equipment.
ISBN 0903031299, 1987, 20pp, £4.95/US$10.00
Emphasis is placed on the needs of the poorer communities
and on the importance of environmental sustainability.
The entries cover the many facets of water engineering
and technology including: water supplies for urban and
rural communities, wastewater systems, water resources,
hydrology, irrigation, river improvement, drainage, ero-
sion, groundwater exploration, hydrography, flood protec-
tion, hydraulic machines, dams and water power.
The dictionary is designed to meet the needs of engineers,
technicians and students throughout the world and all those
with a serious interest in water. It is a practical handbook of
down-to-earth use for all those involved in sustainable devel-
opment programmes from planners to field workers.
The key features of the dictionary include: clear and
spacious layout for easy reference and reading; 3500 clear-
ly defined terms; numerous key terms explained more
fully; cross-references to associated and alternative terms;
and illustrations to help clarify more complex terms,
equipment and structures.
ISBN 1853394904, hb, 2003, 384pp, £35.00/US$65.00
ISBN 1853395269, pb, 2003, 384pp, £15.95/US$27.95 SE*
Small-scale
NEW Water Supply
A Review of Technologies
Brian Skinner
Small-scale Water Supply provides non-specialists with an
overview of the technologies available for water supply in
low-income communities in rural areas of developing
countries. Focusing chiefly on 'point supplies' such as
wells, boreholes, springs and rainwater catchment systems,
the book also introduces the reader to powered pumps,
water treatment and piped distribution systems.
Chapters cover design capacity, sources of water, raising
water, storage and water treatment. The book contains use-
ful illustrations of each of the technologies and outline guid-
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ance on making appropriate choices between technologies.
The subject of water supply is vast and this handy book
shows the reader where to begin in designing water supply
systems. Extensive appendices give sources of further
information for each technology, both in printed form and
from Internet web pages. An ideal starter-book for non-
specialists looking for appropriate methods of supply.
Published in collaboration with WELL (Water and
Environmental Health at London and Loughborough)
ISBN 1853395404, May 2003, 128pp, £9.95/US$17.50
Productive Water Points in
Dryland Areas
Guidelines on Integrated Planning for
Rural Water Supply
Chris Lovell
'I experience a feeling of regret as I read this book at
the beginning of the year 2002. My regret was that I
had not done so sooner. If you are involved in rural
water supply development … then I strongly recom-
mend that you read this book.'
Dr Richard C Carter
When more water is available, not only are basic drinking
and washing needs satisfied, but also other activities with a
high economic value become feasible.
This book shows how research in Southern Africa has
shed light on why conventional wells and boreholes fail, on
the potential of the groundwater resource to support pro-
duction through improved siting and selection of more
appropriate well designs, and on the positive impacts and
some problems that can emerge at productive water points.
The findings are presented in a practical manner to encourage
planners and practitioners in rural water supply to consider
developing productive water points in drought-prone areas.
ISBN 1853395161, 2000, 240pp, £13.95/US$22.50
Hand Dug Wells and their
Construction
S B Watt and W E Wood
This definitive work provides step-by-step guidance in the
techniques of digging and constructing a well, including
the principles of groundwater storage, the actual construc-
tion, the materials required and details of additional
sources of information. Practical and authoritative.
ISBN 0903031272, 1979 (rp2001), 256pp,
£14.95/US$24.50
Rainwater Catchment
Systems for Domestic Supply
Design, Construction and
Implementation
John Gould and Erik Nissen-Petersen
'The book is well written … [It] is recommended to water
engineers, hydrologists, rural and urban planners, water-
resources planners, development agencies, NGOs, gov-
ernment officials, gender advocates and students alike.'
World Meteorological Organization Bulletin
This book provides a state-of-the-art review of practices
used in the collection of rainwater. It presents case studies
with numerous examples from around the world which will
help anyone intending to design or construct a rainwater
catchment system. All aspects of design and construction
are covered including training, operation and maintenance.
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In addition, non-technical factors such as water quality,
health, social, cultural, political, institutional and gender
issues are discussed.
Fully supported with drawings and photographs, a
detailed illustrated step-by-step account is provided of how
to build several different types of household rainwater
tanks with volumes from 2 to 90 cubic metres. The volume
is based on practical experience and lessons learnt during
over 20 years constructing and researching rainwater systems
in Africa and Asia. It will be of use and interest to project
managers, development workers, water engineers, architects,
builders, researchers and appropriate technology enthusiasts.
ISBN 1853394564, 1999, 352pp, £16.95/US$29.50
Negotiating Water Rights
Edited by Bryan Randolph Bruns and Ruth S
Meinzen-Dick
'A good tool .... It offers excellent references, contact
addresses and suggestions for further reading and action.'
International Journal of Rural Studies
This book presents a thorough exploration of water rights
in the context of growing water scarcity and competition. It
uses case studies from across the globe to identify the range
of water rights and basis for claims on the resource, as well
as local experiences in negotiating water rights and opportu-
nities to empower farmers in water resource management.
ISBN 185339484X, 2000, 396pp, £15.95/US$27.95
Not available from ITDG Publishing in South Asia
A Handbook of Gravity-flow
Water Systems
New Edition
Thomas Jordan
This book is written for the construction of gravity-flow
drinking water systems, organized for quick reference and
is quickly and easily understood.
ISBN 0946688508, 1984 (rp2000), 256pp,
£13.95/US$19.50
Storm Drainage
An Engineering Guide to the Low-cost
Evaluation of System Performance
Pete Kolsky
This manual is written to help engineers, aid and agency
workers understand drainage problems more clearly in the
developing world, so that they can work towards finding
practical solutions. It focuses on three questions of partic-
ular relevance to low-income urban areas in developing
countries: What is drainage performance? How can we
evaluate a drainage system in order to assess how best to
improve its performance? What are the effects of solids in
drains upon performance?
ISBN 1853394327, 1999, 144pp, £13.95/US$25.00
Field Hydrology in Tropical
Countries
A Practical Introduction
Henry Gunston
Making hydrological measurements in the field is an essen-
tial part of water resources planning and management. This
book is an introduction to the practical skills and knowl-
edge required to take measurements and to manage data
collection programmes. The author draws on 30 years of
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experience of working in tropical countries. The book is
well illustrated with diagrams of hydrological equipment
and how to use it, together with photographs of field instal-
lations in countries as far afield as Kenya, Ecuador and Sri
Lanka, among others.
ISBN 1853394270, 1998, 120pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Modern Irrigation
Technologies for Smallholders
in Developing Countries
Gez Cornish
This book reviews the experience of smallholders with irri-
gation technologies in a range of diverse conditions in
many different countries. It is an invaluable guide for proj-
ect workers, planners and smallholders involved in plan-
ning and designing irrigation projects.
ISBN 1853394572, 1998, 96pp, £13.95/US$25.00
Community Water
Development
Selected and edited by Charles Kerr
This collection of articles covers: sources of water, abstrac-
tion, pumping and distribution, and training and mainte-
nance. It is an excellent training guide.
ISBN 0946688230, 1989 (rp1998), 292pp,
£15.95/US$27.95
Water and Sanitation for All
Partnerships and Innovations
Edited by John Pickford and others
The 44 papers from the 23rd WEDC Conference on part-
nerships and innovations cover a wide range of topics,
including ways in which innovative water and sanitation
processes and technologies can be introduced. This book is
designed for professionals who are working to plan, pro-
vide, operate and maintain hygiene, water and sanitation
schemes and programmes.
ISBN 1853394440, 1998, 188pp, £19.95/US$39.95
Latrine Building
A Handbook for Implementation of the
SanPlat System
Björn Brandberg
This book describes a practical solution to the lack of basic
sanitation facilities in the form of a 'Sanplat': a specially
designed concrete platform which can be installed easily in
rural latrines to improve sanitation and safety. It has
footrests to help users find the right position to avoid foul-
ing the latrine; the drop hole is large enough to use comfort-
ably and small enough to be completely safe, even for a child;
and it is easy to keep clean. The latrines described here can be
built using locally available materials and skills, and are
affordable and appropriate to the needs of rural communities.
ISBN 1853393061, 1997, 176pp, £13.95/US$19.50
Water Pumping Devices
A Handbook for Users and Choosers
Second Edition
Peter Fraenkel
At the heart of effective irrigation lies the problem of lifting
or pumping water, and this revised and reformatted hand-
book surveys the water-lifting technologies that are available
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and appropriate for smallholdings. It is a detailed and practi-
cal review of the options, especially for irrigation but also for
other purposes, and the costs and general suitability of the
different technologies are examined with the aim of enabling
farmers and policy makers to make informed choices.
ISBN 1853393460, 1997, 264pp, £19.95/US$34.95
Reaching the Unreached
Challenges for the 21st Century
Edited by John Pickford and others
This book aims to find ideas and techniques that will aid
fieldworkers in planning, operating and maintaining water
and sanitation to 'reach the unreached'. Covering an exten-
sive range of topics including management, people and
health, and emergency situations, the book adopts a multi-
directional approach to tackle this challenging task.
ISBN 1853394122, 1997, 200pp, £19.95/US$37.95
Crops, People and Irrigation
Water Allocation Practices of Farmers
and Engineers
Geert Diemer and Frans P Huibers
In the case studies presented here, irrigation engineers
describe water distribution practices as they actually occur
in various schemes. Six of the schemes are farmer-man-
aged, and two are managed jointly by farmers and techni-
cal officers. The authors relate water flows to social
processes and contrast conventional engineering wisdom
with the practices they have observed.
ISBN 1853393045, 1996, 168pp, £12.95/US$22.50
Sustainability of Water and
Sanitation Systems
Edited by John Pickford, Peter Barker, Bob
Elson, Cath Ferguson, Jeremy Parr, Darren
Saywell, Rod Shaw and Brian Skinner
Developing countries experience special difficulties in main-
taining systems in full working order, so maintenance is a
recurring topic. Other wide-ranging topics include the sustain-
able development of underground and surface water resources,
and sustainable hygiene education to enable communities to
derive long-term benefits from new or improved facilities.
ISBN 1853393398, 1996, 166pp, £24.95/US$43.95
Hill Irrigation
Water and Development in Mountain
Agriculture
Linden Vincent
Irrigation plays a range of roles in mountain farming systems
and their dynamics or change. Hill Irrigation examines the
environmental constraints and socio-economic contexts to suc-
cessful mountain agriculture, and reviews the policies and tech-
nological approaches used to promote irrigation in different
mountain regions. This survey is accompanied by a detailed
bibliography of over 500 entries of literature on the subject.
ISBN 1853391719, 1995, 232pp, £14.95/US$27.00
How to Make and Use the
Treadle Irrigation Pump
Carl Bielenberg and Hugh Allen
The treadle irrigation pump is able to lift up to seven thou-
sand litres of water per hour using the power of the human
body, and can be made locally at low cost in small-scale
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metalworking shops. The current design in this manual has
evolved from the original into a fully portable pump with
both lift and pressure capacity, and is especially good for
use in permeable soils where water cannot easily be dis-
tributed through channels.
ISBN 1853393126, 1995, 88pp, £9.95/US$17.50
Low-cost Sanitation
A Survey of Practical Experience
John Pickford
About two billion people in the world have no adequate
sanitation provision. This book is a guide to what has been
learned about providing sanitation coverage for both rural
and urban low-income communities, and outlines what is
appropriate, practical and acceptable.
ISBN 1853392332, 1995, 176pp, £13.95/US$24.50
Sustainable Sewerage
Guidelines for Community Schemes
R A Reed
This handbook describes how conventional sewerage
schemes can be modified to reduce the cost of construction
and maintenance, and suggests methods of prioritizing
sewerage needs. It also surveys planning, selection, design,
management and maintenance of community schemes as
well as providing financial and technical guidance on cost-
effective practice and procedures.
ISBN 1853393053, 1995, 112pp, £10.95/US$18.95
Buried Pipelines for Surface
Irrigation
Robert van Bentum and Ian K Smout
A guide to the use of low-pressure pipelines instead of
canals for the distribution of irrigation water. The book
highlights local techniques using local industries, and the
areas where these techniques are appropriate.
ISBN 1853391875, 1994, 232pp, £17.95/US$31.50
A Manual on the Hydraulic
Ram for Pumping Water
S B Watt
Part One contains details of how to make and maintain a
small hydraulic ram on a suitable site, whilst Part Two takes
a more technical look at ram performances and design con-
siderations and also contains a useful bibliography.
ISBN 0903031159, 1975 (rp1993), 42pp, £7.95/US$13.95
Hydraulic Ram Pumps
A Guide to Ram Pump Water Supply
Systems
T D Jeffrey, T H Thomas, A V Smith, P B
Glover and P D Fountain
Step-by-step instructions on designing, installing and operat-
ing water supply systems based on hydraulic ram pumps. With
illustrations and diagrams, details of a pump designed for local
manufacture, and notes for those developing their own model.
ISBN 1853391727, 1992, 144pp, £14.95/US$26.95
How to Make a Rope and
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Robert Lambert
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ISBN 1853390224, 1990, 32pp, £6.95/US$12.00
The Worth of Water
Technical Briefs on Health, Water and
Sanitation
With an introduction by John Pickford
This book contains highly illustrated introductions to many
of the main technologies and processes in the field of vil-
lage and community level water and sanitation, ranging
from household water storage to public standposts.
ISBN 1853390690, 1991, 144pp, £14.95/US$24.50
Running Water
More Technical Briefs for Health,
Water and Sanitation
Edited by Rod Shaw with an introduction by
Ian Smout
This second collection of 32 short, highly-illustrated intro-
ductions to appropriate water and sanitation technologies
and processes covers water source selection, handpump
maintenance, sanitary surveying, hygiene understanding
and community management.
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Water Supplies for Rural
Communities
Colin and Mog Ball
This book is for all implementing rural water supply proj-
ects, from engineers to hydrologists to health workers.
Published in association with VSO
ISBN 1853391123, 1991, 64pp, £7.95/US$15.00
Operation and Maintenance of
Small Irrigation Schemes
Peter H Stern
This manual deals with the problems of operation and
maintenance at sources of supply, the conveying of water,
its distribution, and also advises on drainage, health and
general management problems.
ISBN 0946688745, 1988, 52pp, £7.95/US$13.95
Groundwater Dams for Small-
scale Water Supply
Ake Nilsson
Looking at inexpensive methods for water supply schemes
in rural areas of developing countries, this book examines
the suitable conditions and economic factors for different
types of groundwater dam, and describes planning and
investigation methods.
ISBN 185339050X, 1988, 80pp, £9.95/US$17.50
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Water Treatment and Sanitation
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H T Mann and D Williamson
A handbook of simple methods for rural areas with an
appendix on planning in developing towns.
ISBN 090303123X, 1982, 96pp, £9.95/US$13.95
Ferrocement Water Tanks and
their Construction
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This book describes how cylindrical water storage tanks of
up to 150 cubic metre capacity can be built using wire-rein-
forced cement-mortar. It covers design and planning, costs,
standards, recommended and alternative construction
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NEW
HIV and AIDS Guidelines for Developing Countries
NGO Experiences of Scaling Up Douglas Stockman
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As the HIV/AIDS epidemic es of ill health in communities so as to provide more effec-
has grown to become the tive and less costly health interventions. Topics explored
include basic demographics, water and sanitation, food
fourth biggest killer in the
preparation and nutrition, community resources, health and
world and the leading cause
of death in sub-Saharan endemic diseases, and an introduction to the growing field
of Rapid Epidemiological Assessment.
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when expansion is appropriate, how to make it effective, role of nutrition in famine which can be used to analyse the
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organizations may be. The book examines these issues the risk of disease and death. Based on experience in situ-
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Equipment
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Abbiw, D 17 Cassaniga, N 4 Micro-enterprises 23 Guijt, I 9 Improving Food Security 16

Accounting and Bookkeeping for the Castro, A P 7 Elson, B 28 Guillaud, H 21 In a Nutshell 6
Small Building Contractor 21 Catley, A 17 Empowerment through Enterprise 12 Guinebault, A 24 Indigenous Knowledge Development
Adjare, S 29 Cereal Processing 19 Encouraging Diversity 15 Gündel, S 15 in Bangladesh 6
Agevi, E 20 Challenging the Professions 5 Energy and Environment Technology Gunston, H 27 Indigenous Knowledge Enquiries 6
Agroecology 16 Chambers, R 5, 9, 10, 16 Source Books Four-volume Set 23 Hadrill, D 17 Indigenous Organizations and
Alamgir, M 17 Changing Women's Lives and Work 12 Energy Dimension, The 24 Hall, N 1, 2, 21 Development 7
Albee, A 14 Chen, M 5 Energy Efficiency for Small and Hamdi, N 11, 21 Ingham, B 26
Allen, H 24, 28 Chidumayo, E N 17 Medium Scale Enterprises 23 Hamm, B 2 Innis, D Q 7
Allinson, C 23 Children with Cerebral Palsy 29 Energy for Rural Livelihoods 22 Hand Dug Wells and their Inside NGOs 10
Almekinders, C 15 Chinese Biogas Manual, A 23 Energy Options 24 Construction 27 Integrated Urban Infrastructure
Alms Bazaar, The 5 Clancy, J 23 Engineering in Emergencies 8 Handbook of Gravity-flow Water Development in Asia 2
Altieri, M 16 Cloning Grameen Bank 14 Enterprise in Africa 12 Systems, A 27 Intercropping and the Scientific
Amanor, K 29 Coburn, A 21 Esipisu, E 14 Hands On – Energy, Infrastructure Basis of Traditional Agriculture 7
Anderson, M B 8 Colin, J 26 Estrella, M 9 and Recycling 4 Introductory Technology 6
Anderson, S 15 Communicating for Development 1 Ethnoveterinary Medicine 6 Hands On – Food, Water and Inversin, A 24
Anderson, T 23 Community Assessment 29 Ethnoveterinary Research and Finance 4 Irving, T F 24
Andersson, C A 22 Community Water Development 27 Development 7 Hardingham, M 25 Ivan-Smith, E 9
Appleton, H 5 Community Water, Community Everts, S 23 Harper, M 11, 12, 13, 14, 29 Jackson, T 22
Appropriate Building Materials 20 Management 26 Experience of Poverty, The 5 Harries, D 25 Jacolin, P 16
Appropriate Food Packaging 18 Community-based Animal Export Marketing for a Small Hart, R 2 Janssen, J J A 20
Appropriate Paper-based Healthcare 17 Handicraft Business 12 Harvey, A 23, 24 Jansson, S 24
Technology (APT) 25 Complex Problems, Negotiated Facing Kirinyaga 7 Hathway, G 22 Jarman, C 25
Arora, P 17 Solutions 10 Famine Early Warning and Haverkort, B 17 Jaspars, S 29
Axtell, B 18, 19 Conroy, C 17 Response 8 Havet, J 12 Jayanetti, L 20
Azam-Ali, S 18, 19 Consultancy for Small Businesses 13 Farmer First 16 Heer, B 25 Jazairy, I 17
Baking for Profit 19 Co-operative Success 11 Farmer Participatory Research 16 Hellin, J 3, 8 Jeans, A 12
Ball, C 28 Copy Book, The 11 Farmer-led Extension 16 Helmsing, Dr A H J 12 Jeffrey, T D 28
Ball, M 28 Cornish, G 27 Farmers' Jury, A 8 Hess, C G 7 Jenkins, P 5
Barker, G 4 Cornwall, A 8 Farmers' Research in Practice 16 Hettiarachi, P 24 Jhabvala, R 5
Barker, P 28 Coupe, S 4, 8 Farmers' Seed Production 15 Hiemstra, W 16 Johnson, D 9
Barlow, R 24 Cover Crops in Smallholder Farrell, A 6 Higman, S 3 Johnson, D A 16
Barnett, A 24 Agriculture 15 Farrington, J 16 Hileman, M 12 Johnson, K L 9
Barr, J 6 Cowley, P 23 Feeding the Market 3 Hill Irrigation 28 Johnson, V 9
Barwell, I 22 Creevey, L 12 Feinberg, W 25 Hinchcliffe, A 29 Joining Farmers' Experiments 17
Basic Blacksmithing 25 Crick, F 24 Fellows, P 18, 19 Hinchcliffe, F 9 Jones, S 1, 2
Bathie, G 19 Crops, People and Irrigation 28 Ferguson, C 28 Hindson, J 22 Jonsson, L-O 19
Battcock, M 18, 19 Cullis, A 28 Fernando, V 23 Hislop, D 24 Jordan, T 27
Baumann, M 16 Cultivating Biodiversity 14 Ferrocement Water Tanks and their Hitchings, R 25, 26 Joste, S 5
Beating Hunger, the Chivi Cultivating Knowledge 29 Construction 29 Holland, J 9 Judge, E 4, 18
Experience 15 Cultural and Spiritual Values of Ferron, S 8 Holloway, A 8 Jurema's Children in the Forest of
Bebbington, A 29 Biodiversity 15 Fertile Ground 9 Holloway, R 5 Spirits 7
Beck, T 5 Cultural Dimension of Field Engineering 21 Holmes, S 20 Kapila, S 11
Bell, J 16 Development, The 7 Field Hydrology in Tropical Hometown Associations 7 Kaplinsky, R 19
Beusch, A 22 Culture, Cash and Housing 21 Countries 27 Honey, R 7 Kaumbutho, P 22
Bevan, A 21 Da Mota, C N 7 Field Manual of Camel Diseases, A 18 Hope, A 10 Kay, C 4
Beyond Farmer First 16 Dairy Processing 19 Financing Renewable Energy Hornsby, M J 24 Keable, J 21
Bhatt, M R 8 Davies, A 10 Projects 23 Horse Healthcare 17 Kenya Ceramic Jiko, The 24
Bielenberg, C 28 Davies, J 17 Finnegan, G 12 Hot-dip Galvanizing 24 Kerr, C 26, 27
Biological and Cultural Diversity 7 Davies, L 6 Fish Processing 19 Houben, H 21 Khennas, S 22, 23
Blackburn, J 9 Davies, S 8 Fisher, T 5 Housing without Houses 21 Killough, S 16
Blacksmithing Instructors' Guide 25 Davis, J 8 Follett, P 20 How to Make a Folding Machine for King, K 12
Blakeway, S 17 Davis, M 21 Food Security in Sub-Saharan Sheet Metal Work 25 Knaul, F 4
Blauert, J 9 Dawson, Jonathan 12 Africa 14 How to Make a Foot-operated Koechlin, F 16
Blunt, P 7 Dawson, Jonathon 22 Food Technology Source Books Workshop Drill 26 Köhler-Rollefson, I 18
Bokalders, V 19, 23, 24 De Boef, W 15, 29 Ten-volume set 20 How to Make a Hand-operated Kolsky, P 27
Borda, O F 9 De Leener, P 16 Forgotten Sector, The 5 Hole-punch 26 Kolstee, Th 12
Brandberg, B 27 DeJong, J 29 Foulds, J 25 How to Make a Metal-bending Kraus-Harper, U 13
Brick by Brick 20 Dendy, D A V 19 Fountain, P D 28 Machine 26 Kumar, S 10
Brokensha, D 7 Dennis, R A 22, 29 Fraenkel, P 23, 24, 27 How to Make a Pipe-bending Labour-based Road Construction 22
Brookfield, H 14 Derrick, A 23, 24 Franco, E 19 Machine 26 Lambert, R 8, 28
Brown, A 23, 24 Development and the Challenge of Fruit and Vegetable Processing 19 How to Make a Rolling Machine for Land is Life 16
Bruns, B R 27 Globalization 3 Fujisaka, S 7 Sheet Metal Work 26 Land Reform and Peasant
Bryceson, D 4 Development in Disaster-prone Fulford, D 23 How to Make a Rope and Washer Livelihoods 4
Buchanan-Smith, M 8 Places 8 Fundraising Close to Home Three- Pump 28 Land, Rights and Innovation 2
Building Businesses with Small Devereux, S 14 volume set 10 How to Make a Treadle-operated Larcher, P 22
Producers 11 Dicko, M 24 Future of Community Lands, The 16 Wood-turning Lathe 26 Latrine Building 27
Building Credibility, the Foundation Dictionary of Water Engineering 26 Gamage, N 14 How to Make and Use the Treadle Lazar, S 3
for Fundraising 10 Diemer, G 28 Gandelsonas, C 1 Irrigation Pump 28 Le Sann, A 18
Building Fundraising Programs to Dignard, L 12 Gaventa, J 9 How to Make Carpentry Tools 24 Learning from Change 9
Attract Community Support 10 Disappearing Peasantries? 4 Geneva Group, A 11 How to Make Cutting Shears for Learning from Gal Oya 9
Building Structures and Skills for Dixon, P 6 Gender Working Group 5 Sheet Metal 26 Legg, R 26
Fundraising 10 Do It Herself 5 Getting Down to Business 13 How to Make Low-cost Building Let Farmers Judge 16
Building Sustainable Urban Doig, A 22, 23 Ghimire, K B 4 Blocks 21 Levitsky, J 11, 12, 29
Settlements 1 Doing the Rights Thing 3 Ghose, A K 24 How to Run a Small Development Lewis, J 8
Building with Bamboo 20 Donkor, P 25 Glover, P B 28 Project 11 Lewis, V 4
Building with Earth 20 Doran, J 23 Golden Insect, The 29 Howe, J 22 Leyland, T 17
Building with Lime 20 Double Standards, Single Purpose 20 Gonsalves, J 9 Hubbard, M 16 Life Industry, The 16
Buried Pipelines for Surface Drying 19 Gordon, G 9 Hughes, R 21 Linney, B 11
Irrigation 28 Drying Food for Profit 18 Gould, J 27 Huibers, F P 28 Live Well, Live Wisely! 6
Bush, A 19 Dudley, N 16 Governing Cities 1 Hulscher, W 24 Livelihood from Fishing, A 18
Business Development Services 11 Dunnett, S 22 Granfelt, T 4 Human Rights of Street and Working Living with Drought 8
Byrne, I 4 Dyeing and Printing 25 Grassroot Horizons 9 Children, The 4 Living with Uncertainty 18
Campilan, D 9 Earth Construction 21 Gregory, J 23 Hungry for Hope 7 Living with Wildlife 4
Cane Sugar 19 Earth Roads 22 Groundwater Dams for Small-scale Hurst, C 24 Lock, D 25
Carpentry Toolmaking 25 Educating for Real 11 Water Supply 28 Hurst, S 24 Looking Beyond Credit 12
Carr, M 5 Edwards, R 23 Guidelines for Design, Production Hydraulic Ram Pumps 28 Lost-wax Casting 25
Carruthers, I 16 Een, G 5 and Testing of Animal-drawn Hygiene Promotion 8 Louineau, J-P 24
Carter, N 29 Electricity in Households and Carts 22 ILO 25 Louwaars, N 15

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Lovell, C 27 Murwira, K 15 Rai, K 22 Small-scale Mining 25 Try Drying It! 19

Low-cost Electrification 23 Musandu-Nyamayaro, O 20 Rai, S M 3 Small-scale Papermaking 25 Twigg, J 8
Low-cost Load-carrying Devices 22 Muttagi, P K 2 Rainwater Catchment Systems for Small-scale Soapmaking 25 Understanding Vulnerability 8
Low-cost Sanitation 28 Myers, D 15 Domestic Supply 27 Small-scale Vertical Shaft Lime UNIFEM 19, 20, 23
Lowe, L 20 Myth of Community, The 9 Rainwater Harvesting 28 Kiln, The 21 Uphoff, N 7, 9
Machell, K 19 Najda, R 6 Rakodi, C 1 Small-scale Water Supply 26 Urban Girls 4
Madeley, J 16, 29 Nature is Culture 7 Ramachandran, K 29 Smillie, I 4, 5 Urban Land Tenure and Property
Mahajan, V 5 Ndiaye, M 16 Ramírez, R 16 Smith, A V 28 Rights in Developing Countries 2
Making an Impact in HIV Ndione, E 16 Rammed Earth Structures 21 Smith, A 22 Urban Opportunity, The 2
and AIDS 29 Negotiating Water Rights 27 Rao, D S K 14 Smith, N 23, 24 Urban Poverty Alleviation 1
Making Common Ground 2 Nelson, K 26 Razavi, S 5 Smith, P 26 Urban Poverty in Africa 2
Making Health Care Equipment 29 Nelson, N 1, 2, 9 Reaching the Unreached 28 Smout, I K 28 Urban Sanitation 26
Making Wheels 29 New Forester, The 17 Redeby, L 23 Social Progress and Sustainable Useful Plants of Ghana 17
Managing for a Change 10 New Middlewomen, The 14 Reed, R A 28 Development 3 Value for Money? 12
Managing Mobility in African New Seed and Old Laws 16 Rees, D 23 Solar Energy for Rural Van Bentum, R 28
Rangelands 18 New World of Microenterprise Reijntjes, C 16 Communities 24 Van Buren, A 23
Managing the Globalized Finance, The 14 Rhyne, E 14 Solar Heating in Cold Regions 24 Van de Fliert, E 14
Environment 4 Newell, P 3 Ricafort, R 9 Solar-powered Electricity 24 Van der Kamp, J 17
Mann, H T 29 Niamir-Fuller, M 18 Richards, E G 25 Speaking Out 5 Van der Werf, E 16
Mann, R D 26 Nielsen, T K 5 Richards, M 17 Spence, R 21 Van Dijk, M P 1
Manual of Practical Management Nilsson, A 28 Rios, W 19 Spoor, M 5 Van Gelder, B 17
for Third World Rural Nissen-Petersen, E 27 Rising from the Ashes 8 Stakeholder Incentives in Participatory Van Veen T W S 7
Development Associations 11 Noordhoek, M 1 Road Maintenance and Regravelling Forest Management 17 Van Veldhuizen, L 16
Manual on the Hydraulic Ram for Norton, J 20 (ROMAR) Using Labour-based Starkey, P 22 Vincent, F 11
Pumping Water, A 28 Nutrition Matters 29 Methods 22 Starr, M 24 Vincent, L 28
Manual Screw Press for Small-scale Ogutu, Z 4 Roads are not Enough 22 Starting a Small Food Processing Virk, D 16
Oil Extraction, The 19 Ohler, J G 15 Rocheleau, D 10 Enterprise 19 Vocational Training in the
'Market Panacea', The 5 Oil Processing 19 Rodriguez, M 16 Steinberg, F 2 Community 11
Martin, M 6 Okafor, S 7 Rohr-Rouendaal, P 11 Stepping Forward 9 Vogler, J 29
Mason, K 20, 21 Okali, C 16 Romaya, S 1 Stern, P H 28 Von Einsiedel, N 2
Mastering the Machine Revisited 4 O'Keefe, P 17 Root Crop Processing 20 Stern, P 21, 29 Von Kotze, A 8
Mathews, A 25 Okun, D A 29 Roots of Change, The 7 Stocking, M 14 Wakeford, T 8
Mathias, E 6, 7, 18 One Hundred Innovations for Roy, A K 11 Stockman, D 29 Wall to Wall Design 6
Maxwell, S 14 Development 5 Rozis, J-F 24 Stolton, S 15, 16 Walsby, M 26
Mayoux, L 13 Operation and Maintenance of Small Running a Biogas Programme 23 Stone 21 Warner, M 10
McCorkle, C M 6, 7 Irrigation Schemes 28 Running Water 28 Stone, T 26 Warren, M D 7
McDivitt, J F 25 O'Reilly, M 8 Rural Building Course 21 Storage 20 Water and Sanitation for All 27
McGrath, S 12 Organic Cotton 15 Rural Building Course Four Storm Drainage 27 Water Pumping Devices 27
McNelis, B 24 Otero, M 14 -volume set 21 Stulz, R 20 Water Supplies for Rural
Mead, D 11 Our Money, Our Movement 14 Rural Credit 14 Sumberg, J 16 Communities 28
Medical and Hygiene Textile Owens, A 6 Rural Energy Services 23 Supporting Citizens' Initiatives 5 Water Supply 23
Production 25 Pacey, A 16, 28 Rural Lighting 24 Surface Water Treatment for Water Treatment and Sanitation 29
Meeting the Challenges of Animal Packaging 19 Rural Transport 23 Communities in Developing Waterlines 29
Traction 22 Packer, B 25 Saywell, D 28 Countries 29 Waters-Bayer, A 16, 17
Meinzen-Dick, R S 27 Padmanabhan, K P 14 Scarborough, V 16 Sustainability of Water and Watson, C 4, 15
Metal Casting 24 Padoch, C 14 Schilderman, T 20 Sanitation Systems 28 Watt, S B 27, 28, 29
Methods for Community Paish, O 23 Schouten, T 26 Sustainable Development and the Wedgwood, H 15
Participation 10 Parkinson, J 26 Schrader, A 4 Future of Cities 2 Wegelin, E 1
Micro- and Small Enterprises in Parr, J 28 Schulte, B 23 Sustainable Learning for Women's Wellard, K 29
Latin America 11 Parsons, H 14 Schultz, C R 29 Empowerment 13 Wellings, K 19
Microenterprises in Developing Participatory Research with Scoones, I 16, 18 Sustainable Lifestyles? 6 Wheels of Trade, The 12
Countries 29 Livestock-keepers 17 Scott, A 3 Sustainable Sewerage 28 When Aid is no Help 29
Microfinance 13 Partnership Financing for Small Scott, P 9 Suzuki, N 10 Where There is No Artist 11
Micro-hydro Design Manual 24 Enterprise 14 Seeds of Choice 16 Tanburn, J 12, 26 White, R 1
Micro-hydro Pelton Turbine Pathways to Participation 8 Seeland, K 7 Tawney, C 15 Who Changes? 9
Manual, The 23 Payne, G 2 Septic Tanks and Aquaprivies from Tayler, K 26 Whose Reality Counts? 9
Micro-hydro Power 23 People's Participation 9 Ferrocement 29 Taylor, L 5 Whose Voice? 9
Mikkelsen, L H 11 Perier, J-P 16 Sericulture and Silk Production 25 Technical Principles of Building for Wichhart, L 10
Miles, D 21, 22 Pickford, J 27, 28 Setting Up a Food Drying Business 18 Safety 21 Williams, A 22
Millard, E 12 Piek, H 5 Shadmon, A 21 Technological Upgrading of Service Williamson, D 29
Miller, Carol 5 Piggott, H 22 Shah, M K 9 Institutions, The 5 Wilson, B 11
Miller, Cath 6 Pimbert, M 16 Shah, P 9 Technology Development in Rural Wilson, E W 10
Millington, D 25 Pitt, J 6 Shaw, R 28 Industries 5 Wilson, S 25
Mining on a Small and Medium Planning in Cities 1 Shekar, P 25 Thake, J 23 Win, E J 15
Scale 24 Plant Fibre Processing 25 Sillitoe, P 6 Thatching 21 Windpumps 24
Miombo Ecology and Management 17 Platt, A 29 Silveira, S 23 The Life Industry 16 Wingate, M 20, 21
Missing Links 5 Plumptre, R 25 Simpson, B M 7 Their Own Idea 12 Witcombre, J 16
Missionaries and Mandarins 5 Pomonis, A 21 Singh, K 2 Thin, N 3 Women and IPM 14
Mitche, M 21 Posey, D A 15 Singha, A 5 Third World Institute 2 Women in Micro- and Small-scale
Mitlin, D 2 Potts, K H 19 Sithole, M 24 Thomas, T H 28 Enterprise Development 12
Modern Coconut Management 15 Pound, B 15 Skinner, B 26, 28 Thomas-Slayter, B 10 Women's Roles in Technical
Modern Irrigation Technologies for Power and Participatory Skinner, R 11 Thompson, J 9, 16 Innovation 20
Smallholders in Developing Development 9 Slikkerveer, L J 7 Thrupp, L A 16 Wood and Woodworking Tools 25
Countries 27 Power Guide, The 24 Slocum, R 10 Thuillier, F 18 Wood, W E 27
Mohanty, A K 14 Power, Process and Participation 10 Small Business in Transition Timber Pole Construction 20 Woodrow, P J 8
Molyneux, M 3 Practical Microfinance 13 Economies 12 Time to Listen 5 Work from Waste 29
Mooij, J 4 Prain, G D 7 Small Business Promotion 29 Timmel, S 10 Workshop Equipment
Moore, A 24, 25 Pratt, G 8 Small Business Services in Asian Todd, H 14 Manuals – Pack 25
More Innovations for Development 5 Pretty, J N 9 Countries 11 Tool 21 World Guide 2003/2004, The 2
Morgan, J 8 Pridmore, P 9 Small Enterprise Development 14 Tools for Agriculture 16 Worth of Water, The 28
Moriarty, P 26 Productive Water Points in Dryland Small Enterprises and Changing Traditional Candlemaking 25 Wright, S 9
Morse, R 9 Areas 27 Policies 12 Traditional Foods 19 Yahya, S 20
Motors as Generators for Micro- Profit for the Poor 13 Small Wind Systems for Rural Training for Transformation: Yaron, G 17, 24
hydro Power 24 Proost, J 14 Energy Services 22 Book 4 10 Young, H 29
Mugova, A 20 Providing Food Security for All 17 Smallegange, L 23 Training for Transformation: Zetter, R 1
Muguti, E 23 Public Services through Private Small-scale Food Processing 18 Books 1-3 10
Mukerji, K 20 Enterprise 12 Small-scale Irrigation 29 Training in Food Processing 19
Mulugetta, Y 22 Pumps as Turbines 22 Small-scale Lime-burning 21 Triomphe, B 15
Mundy, P 18 Rahman, A 9 Small-scale Milling 19 Tripp, R 16

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