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Financing Renewable Energy Projects: A Guide for Development Workers
ISBN: 9781853393877 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Access to affordable energy is essential for sustainable economic development and improvement in living standards. The aim of this book is to act as a guide for development workers for financing small renewable systems and a source of reference for further in-depth investigation.
The book examines the issues which affect the success of a renewable energy financing program on both a financial and a technical level: those interested in setting up financing schemes for renewable energy technologies must also be aware of the technical parameters, which can then be factored into any... Access to affordable energy is essential for sustainable economic development and improvement in living standards. The aim of this book is to act as a...
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Revolutionizing Development: Reflections on the Work of Robert Chambers
ISBN: 9781849713290 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book tells the story of development studies in practice over the last fifty years through the work of one remarkable individual, Robert Chambers. His work has taken him from being a colonial officer in Kenya through training and managing large rural development projects to a fundamental critique of top-down development and the championing of participatory approaches. The contributors eloquently demonstrate how he has been at the centre of major shifts in development thinking and practice over this period, popularising terms that are now at the centre of the development lexicon such as... This book tells the story of development studies in practice over the last fifty years through the work of one remarkable individual, Robert Chambe... |
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Women's Roles in Technical Innovation
ISBN: 9781853393075 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Women's indigenous technical knowledge and innovative solutions to problems are in evidence across the whole range of food cycle technologies. This book highlights the broad range of expertise that exists in rural areas. 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 working
with women. Women's indigenous technical knowledge and innovative solutions to problems are in evidence across the whole range of food cycle technologies. This bo...
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Hot-Dip Galvanizing: A Guide to Process Selection and Galvanizing Practice
ISBN: 9781853391903 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A useful technique for extending the life of equipment such as fishing vessels. Describes wet, dry and -old dry- processes, including principles, benefits, equipment, materials, health and safety, power supply, maintenance and quality control.
A useful technique for extending the life of equipment such as fishing vessels. Describes wet, dry and -old dry- processes, including principles, bene...
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Global Maya: Work and Ideology in Rural Guatemala
ISBN: 9780816529872 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the central highland Maya communities of Guatemala, the demands of the global economy have become a way of life. This book explores how rural peoples experience economic and cultural change as their country joins the global market, focusing on their thoughts about work and sustenance as a way of learning about Guatemala's changing economy. For more than a decade, Liliana Goldin observed in highland towns both the intensification of various forms of production and their growing links to wider markets. In this first book to compare economic ideology across a range of production systems,...
In the central highland Maya communities of Guatemala, the demands of the global economy have become a way of life. This book explores how rural peopl...
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Integrating Sustainable Development into National Frameworks: Policy Approaches for Key Sectors in Small States
ISBN: 9781849290340 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings policy-making for sustainable development into the mainstream of decision-making at all levels of governance and in all sectors. It builds on the 2005 internationally agreed 'Mauritius Strategy' which aims to implement the integration of sustainable development by small island developing states. Designed as a handbook for policy-makers and planners in government, as well as business and civil society leaders, it covers seven of the twenty issues that have been outlined in the Mauritius Strategy as being important for the sustainable development of SIDS - disaster management;...
This book brings policy-making for sustainable development into the mainstream of decision-making at all levels of governance and in all sectors. It b...
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The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible: A Free Market Odyssey
ISBN: 9780974969466 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Translated into more than 40 languages and 44 published editions, "The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible" has won numerous awards and has been endorsed by Steve Forbes, Walter Williams, John Stossel, Mark Skousen, and Austrian-School economists and educators throughout the world.
Translated into more than 40 languages and 44 published editions, "The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible" has won numerous awards and has been endorsed ...
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Bootstrapping Democracy: Transforming Local Governance and Civil Society in Brazil
ISBN: 9780804760560 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book investigates participatory budgeting-a mainstay now of World Bank, UNDP, and USAID development programs-to ask whether its reforms truly make a difference in deepening democracy and empowering civil society.
This book investigates participatory budgeting-a mainstay now of World Bank, UNDP, and USAID development programs-to ask whether its reforms truly mak...
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Bootstrapping Democracy: Transforming Local Governance and Civil Society in Brazil
ISBN: 9780804760553 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite increasing interest in how involvement in local government can improve governance and lead to civic renewal, questions remain about participation's real impact. This book investigates participatory budgeting--a mainstay now of World Bank, UNDP, and USAID development programs--to ask whether its reforms truly make a difference in deepening democracy and empowering civil society. Looking closely at eight cities in Brazil, comparing those that carried out participatory budgeting reforms between 1997 and 2000 with those that did not, the authors examine whether and how institutional...
Despite increasing interest in how involvement in local government can improve governance and lead to civic renewal, questions remain about participat...
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Developing Groundwater: A Guide for Rural Water Supply
ISBN: 9781853395963 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To increase access to sustainable supplies of safe water for the poor, groundwater resources need to be exploited successfully, sustainably and economically on a much larger scale than they are at present. Unfortunately, techniques for finding and exploiting groundwater are not widely available.
This book sets out to be a user-friendly guide to developing groundwater for rural water supplies. It is specifically designed and developed to meet the needs of rural water supply project staff in developing countries. It provides information on simple, effective techniques for siting... To increase access to sustainable supplies of safe water for the poor, groundwater resources need to be exploited successfully, sustainably and econom...
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Tax Audit Techniques in Cash Based Economies: A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780955354045 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This practical guide explains, for the benefit of tax collection professionals, how to detect unrecorded cash transactions. Most developing countries have largely cash-based economies, where it can be both easy and safe to conceal many transactions from the authorities. The size of the resulting 'informal economy' can rival or even exceed that of the formal economy. Even in developed countries cash transactions are often used to evade tax, thus the guide is of use to professionals worldwide. This second edition has been comprehensively updated, and included new material on brokers, estate...
This practical guide explains, for the benefit of tax collection professionals, how to detect unrecorded cash transactions. Most developing countries ...
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Urgency of Now: A Small Book about the Madness of Inequality and Poverty: How They're Wrecking People's Lives and Why Doing Something
ISBN: 9780855986292 / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable...Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: too late; Martin Luther King Jr It;s time to take a new look at how to change the world. Many people taking individual actions; signing a petition, giving to charity, recycling,; is important. But can it really make the difference needed to combat injustice and control a rapidly changing climate? Who really has the power to change the world? And what can you really do to help? This little...
We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable...Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of...
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Listen Africans! A Revolution Is Coming: Why It Must Come and How We Should Deal with It
ISBN: 9781450277341 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ""Etuk has been indefatigable in his profound determination for African revolution as admonished not only in this piece but also in his other works."" As Africa begins her journey into the twenty-fi rst century, the citizens ask: how can we survive? In "Listen Africans A Revolution is Coming," author Emma Samuel Etuk addresses the question of revolution-a fundamental change to the basic fabric of society-and its historical manifestations. Through thorough research, Etuk presents strong arguments about the need for... ""Etuk has been indefatigable in his profound determination for African revolution as admonished not only in this piece but also in his other works... |
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Listen Africans! A Revolution Is Coming: Why It Must Come and How We Should Deal with It
ISBN: 9781450277365 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ""Etuk has been indefatigable in his profound determination for African revolution as admonished not only in this piece but also in his other works."" As Africa begins her journey into the twenty-fi rst century, the citizens ask: how can we survive? In "Listen Africans A Revolution is Coming," author Emma Samuel Etuk addresses the question of revolution-a fundamental change to the basic fabric of society-and its historical manifestations. Through thorough research, Etuk presents strong arguments about the need for... ""Etuk has been indefatigable in his profound determination for African revolution as admonished not only in this piece but also in his other works... |
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Inside Ngos: Managing Conflicts Between Headquarters and the Field Offices in Non-Governmental Organizations
ISBN: 9781853394133 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inside NGOs acknowledges that NGOs are complex entities consisting of diverse offices staffed by diverse members who hold diverse values. It concentrates on the tension that arises between headquarters and field offices and suggests ways to resolve areas of conflict. The author addresses the major areas of tension existing between headquarters and field offices, which will be familiar to those working for NGOs, including flexibility and consistency in administrative practice, diversity and similarity of NGO staff, and field-orientated and organizationally-oriented attitudes of those staff....
Inside NGOs acknowledges that NGOs are complex entities consisting of diverse offices staffed by diverse members who hold diverse values. It concentra...
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Repenser les economies africaines pour le developpement
ISBN: 9782869783294 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Re-thinking African Economies for Development is delivered in the particularly historic context of the fiftieth independence anniversary of most African countries. This moment, therefore, calls for an assessment and suggestions for new alternatives. African countries have been searching for models of development since attaining political independence. Taking cognizance of the fact that African economies are today stuck in an impasse, many innovative ideas are proffered by the contributors to this book for new development strategies. These ideas are essentially hinged upon the successful...
Re-thinking African Economies for Development is delivered in the particularly historic context of the fiftieth independence anniversary of most Afric...
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La Complexit de La Violence
ISBN: 9789171066800 / Francuski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ce rapport est bas sur une tude de cas originale, incluant des entretiens extensifsavec les forces arm es en R publique D mocratique du Congo (RDC). En explorant de mani re critique et remettant en question de mani re convaincante les st r otypes existants et r cits sur les violences sexuelles dans des lieux de conflit, les auteurs mettent en lumi re le besoin d'une compr hension nuanc e des violences r sultant de pratiques traditionnelles et orient es sur les lesbiennes, gays, bisexuels et transsexuels (LGBT), ainsi que ses victimes invisibles. Leur analyse va au-del des explications r...
Ce rapport est bas sur une tude de cas originale, incluant des entretiens extensifsavec les forces arm es en R publique D mocratique du Congo (RDC). E...
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Mexico : What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
ISBN: 9780199773886 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today all would agree that Mexico and the United States have never been closer--that the fates of the two republics are inextricably intertwined. It has become an intimate part of life in almost every community in the United States, through immigration, imported produce, business ties, or illegal drugs. It is less a neighbor than a sibling; no matter what our differences, it is intricately a part of our existence. In this outstanding contribution to Oxford's acclaimed series, What Everyone Needs to Know(R), Roderic Ai Camp gives readers the most essential information about our...
Today all would agree that Mexico and the United States have never been closer--that the fates of the two republics are inextricably intertwined. It h...
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Informal and Formal Social Protection Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 9789970252411 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, social protection issues have gained unprecedented momentum in Africa. This is reflected in the fact that most African countries have either introduced or are considering social protection measures, as witnessed by initiatives within the African Union (AU), African national governments and their development partners in the international donor community. The 2004 Ouagadougou Declaration and Plan of Action, the 2006 Livingstone and Yaounde Calls for Action, the 2008 African Union Social Policy Framework for Africa and the 2010 Social Ministers Khartoum Declaration on Social...
In recent years, social protection issues have gained unprecedented momentum in Africa. This is reflected in the fact that most African countries have...
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The Agrarian Question in Tanzania? a State of the Art Paper
ISBN: 9789171066848 / Angielski / Miękka / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There are about four million peasant families in Tanzania. They farm on the smallest scale, the average farm being two acres in size. The principal agricultural equipment is the hand hoe. Since the onset of the colonial era, those in authority have pursued policies to dominate the peasantry. It is argued that the small scale of operations has contributed to the widespread poverty among farmers. There is still good agricultural land that is not farmed, but the current land tenure of peasants reproduces itself on new farmland. The conclusion is that in order to accelerate agricultural...
There are about four million peasant families in Tanzania. They farm on the smallest scale, the average farm being two acres in size. The principal ag...
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