- Microcredit interest rates
- Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 1996
- Description of a model for deciding on an interest rate which makes a micro-finance lender economically sustainable. Includes worked examples and a downloadable speadsheet for calculations
- Handbook on procedures and criteria for determining refugee status (UNHCR)
- Refworld, 1999
- Manual on public participation in environmental decision making (REC)
- Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary, 1999
- Format for appraisal of microfinance institutions
- R.P. Christen; B. Helms; R. Rosenberg / Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 1998
- This Appraisal Format facilitates a complete diagnosis of a micro-finance institutions operations - ranging from governance to funding methodology to financial performance. It assumes a high level of participation on the part of MFI s...
- How can participatory approaches improve the practice of veterinary epidemiology?
- A. Catley; J. Mariner / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2001
- This paper provides an overview of recent experiences with the use of participatory approaches and methods to understand livestock diseases in pastoral areas. These experiences include the emergence of participatory epidemiology as a ...
- Experiences of the participatory approach to development: accounts from World Bank staff
- Participation & Civic Engagement Group, World Bank, 1996
- An in-depth exploration of the conceptual foundations and operational applications of participation at the Bank. Contains first hand accounts from Bank staff of their experiences of using participatory techniques in their work. Conten...
- DAC guidelines on conflict, peace and development co-operation
- Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1997
- All development cooperation strategies and programmes must help societies to manage tensions and disputes without resorting to violence. How can international donors best promote peace-building and post-conflict reconciliation? A task...
- Guidelines for aid agencies on global environmental problems
- Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1992
- Problems offer ways that developed countries can promote international collaboration on environmental problems which transcend boundaries to become regional or global in nature. Aid agencies are taking steps to help developing countri...
- Microcredit in transitional economies
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999
- As a handbook for new microcredit programme managers, this report summarises the key building blocks of programme design and current experiences in efficient programme operations. It is organised into the following sections: Chapter 1...
- Guidelines for aid agencies on disaster mitigation
- Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1994
- These guidelines are intended to increase awareness among those involved in designing and implementing development co-operation programmes of the threats posed by natural hazards and of the range of measures that may be adopted so as ...
- The functions of habitats must be evaluated as part of cost/benefit analysis of programs
- World Bank, 2000
- The objectives of the current review are: to inform EA practitioners, task team leaders (TTLs), executing agencies and other project stakeholders about the costs and benefits of effective treatment of biodiversity in pr...
- Guide to the clinical management of TB: focus on TB in HIV-infected patients
- WHO Tuberculosis Programme, 2004
- This World Health Organization manual provides a guide to the clinical management of tuberculosis, particularly in patients suffering from co-infection with HIV.It aims to promote the best possible diagnosis and treatment in low-incom...
- A method for integrating gender considerations in policy making for forests.
- Forest Resources Assessment and National Forestry Action Plans (NFAP), FAO, 1997
- Aims to present a concrete and systematic mechanism through which gender considerations can be taken fully into account during the planning, implementation and review of national forest programmes. It highlights the importance of taki...
- Treatment of tuberculosis: guidelines for national programmes
- WHO Tuberculosis Programme, 2003
- Expert practical guidelines for the treatment and control of tuberculosis within the context of national TB programmes. Advocates standardized short-course chemotherapy regimens, applied under proper case management conditions, and ma...
- Making Values Count: Contemporary Experience in Social and Ethical Accounting, Auditing and Reporting [executive summary]
- C. Gonella; A. Pilling; S. Zadek; V. Terry / Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK, 1998
- Explores current practice in the field, focusing particularly on the pressing need for both quality assurance and standards in an area characterised by considerable diversity. It outlines the common principles underlying contemporary ...
- Handbook for the Incorporation of Social Dimensions in Projects
- Asian Development Bank Institute, 1994
- Methodology to be used for social assessment of ADB projects. Includes: overview of the facets which are covered in a SA, and describes the framework for application of this analysis. An appendix to this chapter provid...
- An Introduction to Advocacy: Training Guide
- R.R. Sharma / Support for Analysis and Research in Africa, USAID, 1997
- Manual on methods for advocacy Available in both English and French versions
- Libraries for all!: how to start and run a basic library
- L. Wendell / World Library Partnership, Inc., 1998
- Practical guide for community leaders, librarians, library committees, volunteers, aid workers and others who are interested in the practical aspect of starting and maintaining a successful library. The introduction to this man...
- An Inventory of Poverty Lines for Latin America and the Caribbean: 1985-1997
- J.A. Mejía 1998
- The tables in this document present an inventory of some of the available poverty lines for all IDB member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The listed poverty lines are expressed as per capita monthly amounts of nominal l...
- Selecting tree species on the basis of community needs
- K. Warner / Forestry Department, FAO, 1994
- Purpose of this manual is to help field workers to work with a community in order to identify the tree species that would best serve that community’s needs. A growing number of projects and programmes are recognizing that The spe...
- 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
