- The group enterprise book: A practical guide for Group Promoters to assist groups in setting up and running successful small enterprises
- People's Participation, FAO SD Dimensions, 1998
- Book shows in simple illustrated steps how small enterprises can be developed and run by small groups in rural communities using a participative approach. It is intended for use by Group Promoters (or GPs), extension workers and other...
- Checklist to assist preparation of small-scale irrigation projects in sub-saharan Africa
- International Programme for Technology and Research in Irrigation and Drainage, 1998
- Checklist, with accompanying guidelines, aimed at assisting in the preparation of small-scale irrigation projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. The checklist has been developed to facilitate rapid assessment of potential farmer and community...
- Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting: An Operational Manual
- United Nations [UN] Statistics Division, 1999
- Provides hands-on guidance for the implementation of integrated environmental and economic accounting at the national level. It also discusses possible uses of the accounting results in planning and policy analysis.
- Five assessment tools that practitioners can use to gather information about their programs - and step by step instructions for using them
- Assessing the Impact of Microenterprise Services, USAID, 2000
- The manual was developed by the SEEP Network. It was developed by and for practitioners and, as such, responds to the particular needs and challenges they face in determining how their programs and services are affecting clients. ...
- Handbook for Emergency Field Operations
- World Health Organization, 1999
- Management and reference tool designed with field conditions in mind, following a logical sequence of events: from preparation for a field assignment, to operating in the field, through to departure.
- Capacity Development Resource Book
- Management & Governance Network, UNDP, 1997
- Collection of papers/reports from UNDP programmes on methodology for capacity development and institutional strengthening. Includes: training manual for developing capacities for effective governance. With traine...
- A field methodology for participatory self-evaluation ofPeople's Participation Programme (PPP) group and inter-group association performance
- N. Uphoff / People's Participation, FAO SD Dimensions, 1989
- Manual for group Promoters to assist PPP groups in creating their own participatory self-evaluation capability. Identifies both problems that some groups are having and successes that various groups are achieving. These problems and s...
- Community Initiatives in Urban Infrastructure
- A.P. Cotton; M. Sohail; W.K. Tayler / Water Engineering and Development Centre, 1998
- The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance for promoting increased involvement of low income urban communities in the procurement of neighbourhood (tertiary level) infrastructure. The contexts are several and varied including: ...
- How to set up and manage a resource centre
- Healthlink Worldwide [formerly Appropriate Health Resources and Technologies Action Group ], 2000
- Practical guide covers: planning a resource centre management and finance space, furniture and equipment developing the collection and organising the information computers, electronic...
- Manual for applying the often theoretical understanding of gender issues into practical development work
- A. Vainio-Mattila / Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for International Development Cooperation / FINNIDA, 1999
- Gender analysis is used to examine the impacts of development on both women and men, and is used as the basic tool to develop policy and action towards gender equality. Manual can be used both as an individual study guide, or a...
- Measuring household food consumption: a technical guide
- A. Swindale; P. Ohri-Vachaspati / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2005
- This guide was developed to systematise information on monitoring and evaluating impacts of food security and household nutrition project interventions. The guide describes the process and procedures for collecting information to asse...
- A practical guide to realising the mutually beneficial relationship between micro-enterprise, micro-finance and renewable energy
- A. Allderdice; J.H. Rogers / US Agency for International Development, 2000
- The guide is targeted at microfinance institutions (MFIs) and microenterprise support organisations that are interested in inproving the profitability of their members microenterprises through renewable energy (RE) technologies. RE su...
- A practical guide to expanding remote electrification opportunities
- A.C. Jimenez; T. Lawand / US Agency for International Development, 2000
- Guide aimed at helping decision-makers in rural areas with the responsibility for schools to accurately assess a school's energy need, evaluate appropriate and cost effective technologies to meet those needs, and to implement an effec...
- Reducing carbon dioxide through better forest management
- R.M. Clausen; H.L. Gholz / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2001
- This manual is written as briefing for USAID natural resource and environmental program officers, as well as for their host-country counterparts and other colleagues working on issues related to forestry. The report has two mai...
- PRSPs do not focus on implementation processes and intermediate project outputs sufficiently
- D. Booth / Overseas Development Institute, 2001
- This report reflects the first stage of a desk study of good practice in the development of PRSP indicators and monitoring systems. The article focuses on five main areas that are of potential importance in PRSP monitoring: ...
- Does Participatory Poverty Assessment improve the effectiveness of poverty reduction policy?
- A. Norton / Overseas Development Institute, 2001
- This article takes a critical look at participatory poverty assessment (PPA) as a methodology and investigates the use of this methodology in various case-studies. The article: summarises key findings from recent...
- Enhancing stakeholder participation in aid activities: technical note
- Department for International Development, UK, 1995
- Recommendations on methods for encouraging participation in development projects Part One provides definitions and describes the extent to which we can at the moment answer the questions of why, when and how to encourage stakeh...
- The participation toolkit: A USAID health population & nutrition officer's guide to using participatory approaches for managing HIV/ AIDS activities
- US Agency for International Development, 1998
- Toolkit designed for use by USAID HPN officers and their partners to facilitate the participatory management of their HIV/ AIDS programs. The toolkit is divided into four modules. Module 1 of this Toolkit seeks to define and ex...
- Conducting a participatory evaluation
- Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 1996
- Short set of methodological tips on how to undertake a participatory evaluation
- Recording and using indigenous knowledge: A manual
- International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, 1999
- Indigenous knowledge (IK) is a valuable resource for development. Under certain circumstances it can be equal to or even be superior to the know- how introduced by outsiders. Development efforts should therefore consider IK and use it...
- BetterEvaluation
- BetterEvaluation is an international collaboration to improve evaluation practice and theory by sharing information about options (methods or tools) and approaches. It offers online tools and materials organised into tasks: Approaches, Themes and Resources.
- ARPN Journal of Science and Technology
- Journal of Science and Technology is an international, open-access journal that publishes research intensive articles and scientific manuscripts and survey based contributions focusing all aspects of science and Technology. The objective of this journal is to bring together research fellows from academia and professional practitioners from industry to enlighten the latest topics of interest and bu...
- Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies
- Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) formerly known as Centre for Spatial Database Management and Solutions, is a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), located at Noida, near India’s capital city of New Delhi. CSDMS is committed to advocacy and developing solutions for under-privileged societies through the use of innovative and effective Information and Commun...
- Sustainable Community Development Services (SCODE)
- SCODE is a national NGO whose aim is to enable people in Kenya especially the poor, to improve their quality of life by adopting technologies and approaches that are environmental friendly and contribute towards sustainable development.
- Women and Children First (UK)
- Advocacy and research organisation working to improve maternal and newborn health.
- Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS)
- The Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) is a government institution mandated to provide strategic leadership and to coordinate and strengthen efforts of all stakeholders involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
- Code of Good Practice for NGOs Responding to HIV/AIDS
- The Code of Good Practice for NGOs Responding to HIV/AIDS was developed by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), for NGOs, drawing on the knowledge and experience gained since the response to HIV began. The Code sets out the key principles, practice and evidence base required for successful responses to HIV with the aim of: assisting NGOs to improve the quality and...
- Ba Futuru
- Ba Futuru, meaning “For the Future,” is a peacebuilding organisation located in Timor-Leste (East Timor). The organisation’s mission is to build a culture of peace and non-violence in Timor Leste by developing the values, skills, knowledge and wellbeing of conflict-affected, vulnerable and at-risk young people, and those who care for them. To this end, Ba Futuru engages children...
- The Citizen Lab
- The Citizen Lab engages in advanced research and development at the intersection of digital media and world civic politics.
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) Internet Training Platform
- Platform offering free training materials on organic agriculture
