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The use of iodized salt is not always practicable in developing countries, and iodine deficiency disorders can be a serious problem, particularly in isolated communities where people are too poor to afford an adequate diet This book gives advice […] View resource Book Plastic Sheeting: Its use for emergency shelter and other purposes 01/01/1989 1 documents 43 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Disasters Humanitarian practice Overview Oxfam has accumulated considerable experience in the use of plastic sheeting to provide temporary shelter in emergency situations. This technical guide has been prepared to help those concerned with planning and implementing emergency provision to understand the advantages and problems of plastic sheeting materials and how they can best be used in a variety of […] View resource Book Disaster Mitigation: A community based approach 01/01/1989 1 documents 113 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Development methods Disaster risk reduction Disasters DRR Humanitarian practice Overview More people die as a result of natural disasters now than in the past. The reason for this is that more people are living in vulnerable situations. Disaster Mitigation first examines the underlying causes for this increased vulnerability and looks at why poor people suffer most when disaster strikes. The major part of the book […] View resource Book Nicaragua: The threat of a good example? 01/01/1989 1 documents 81 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods Overview Nicaragua is a poor and underdeveloped country about the size of England and Wales. This report is based on Oxfam’s experience of over twenty years work there. The new Nicaraguan approach to development, based on the needs of the poor majority and the participation of ordinary people, offers real hope to the poor. View resource Book Zambia Debt & Poverty 01/01/1989 1 documents 73 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Debt Finance World Bank and IMF Overview Zambia Debt and Poverty examines the origins of Zambia’s debt and the circumstances of the break with the International Monetary Fund from the particular perspective of the poor of Zambia. The authors discuss the crisis in terms of its human costs and describe what some of Oxfam’s partners are doing to combat the growing poverty. View resource Book Central America Testimony 01/01/1988 1 documents 20 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Overview During Central America Week in March 1988, hundreds of British people gave evidence to the Central America Testimony. Bishops and bricklayers, teachers and nurses who had visited the region and worked there testified at public meetings. View resource Book Cities of Hunger: Urban malnutrition in developing countries 01/01/1988 1 documents 128 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Food security Maternal and child health Social protection Overview By the end of the century, half the world’s population will live in cities, so the need to improve the conditions of life of the urban poor is becoming increasingly urgent. A specific problem for poor city-dwellers, which to date has been under-researched, is that of providing sufficient food for themselves and their children. Cities […] View resource Book Indigenous Peoples: A field guide for development 01/01/1988 1 documents 169 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods Land rights Overview Throughout the world there are minority peoples who lead their lives independently of the nation state. Over generations they have watched national boundaries harden around and through their territories until they have become outcasts in their own lands. The economic activities of national societies have further undermined these people by encroaching on their land base […] View resource Book Tuberculosis Control Programmes in Developing Countries 01/01/1988 1 documents 73 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Health promotion Health systems Overview Tuberculosis is likely to remain a major health problem in developing countries as long as communities face poor housing, overcrowding and poor nutrition. Many countries have national tuberculosis control programmes, but these are seldom as effective as they could be because of difficulties in the implementation at village level. This book combines the most recent […] View resource Book Punishing the Poor: The international isolation of Kampuchea 01/01/1988 4 documents 193 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Disasters Finance Protection Overview Punishing the poor traces the Kampuchean people’s struggle to overcome the consequences of two decades of war, and the ravages of the Khmer Rouge regime. It focuses on their remarkable achievements since 1979 and the many problems which still beset their recovery. Kampuchea urgently needs peace, and the resources for the Kampuchean people to rebuild […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 … Page 29 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know