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No Time to Waste: Poverty and the global environment

01/01/1992

6 documents

224 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The world faces two contrasting crises: one fifth of its people live in poverty while a quarter enjoy lifestyles of profligate consumption. A deteriorating environment links them both. It is increasingly clear that environmental problems cannot be solved without full consideration of the process of development, the results of which are so often destructive rather […]

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Book

The Trade Trap

01/01/1992

5 documents

256 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This best-selling book explains how countries that depend on the export of primary commodities, like coffee or cotton, are caught in a trap: the more they produce, the lower the price falls on the international market. If they try to add value to their commodities by processing them, they run into tariff barriers imposed by […]

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Book

Vietnam: The price of peace

01/01/1992

9 documents

73 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Things are changing in Vietnam. Once a symbol of rigid Communism, the Government now encourages people to start up small businesses, and has opened the door to foreign companies. But a US ban on trade and aid has severely hampered efforts to rebuild after long years of war – and Vietnam remains one of the […]

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Basic Accounting for Small Groups

01/01/1992

1 documents

157 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The success of any venture, whatever its size, depends on proper financial control. This book offers a step-by-step guide to basic accounting and financial management techniques. It is written in plain language for people who have no previous experience of accounting and book-keeping. Using simple case studies, the author shows how to: construct a budget […]

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The Andes: A quest for justice

01/01/1992

1 documents

113 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Cholera epidemics, mass unemployment, drug trafficking, and conflict: these are the signs of Andean societies in crisis. Whole communities are now on the margins of survival in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Daunting levels of poverty have been created by harsh new economic policies, which compound the legacy of colonial exploitation, military dictatorship, unfair […]

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Book

Zimbabwe: A Land Divided

01/01/1992

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

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Civil society

Overview

Zimbabwe is a land divided – by its history as a British colony, and by its recent experience of liberation struggles and civil war. This book traces the evolution of a society that developed its own sophisticated culture over a thousand years ago, and is today recovering its own identity after a century of exploitation.

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Choosing Research Methods: Data collection for development workers

01/01/1992

1 documents

126 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Development workers often need to carry out specific research in order to obtain answers to vital questions about projects and programmes. Choosing Research Methods discusses the various ways in which such research can be carried out, and how to select the most appropriate method for particular circumstances. The advantages and disadvantages of a wide range […]

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Food Scarcity and Famine: Assessment and response

01/01/1992

1 documents

128 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Where people are suffering from food scarcity or famine, the obvious response seems to be food aid. This may indeed be necessary, but handing out food may not be the best solution, and other actions could be equally urgent, such as public health or income-support measures. Food Scarcity and Famine provides a new approach to […]

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Pictures of Oxfam: 50 years for a fairer world

01/01/1992

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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Agriculture

Overview

In October 1942, a small group of concerned men and women set up the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, to try to help starving people in Greece. Today. Oxfam is a major overseas aid charity. This book celebrates 50 years of Oxfam. telling the story of how people in many different countries work together to […]

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Journal article

The role of marketing in income generation: Two case studies

01/11/1991

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

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The author describes two income-generation weaving projects, in Thailand and in Indonesia, both of which have had involvement with Oxfam Trading. She attributes the success of the former to sound marketing, confirming demand for reasonably priced quality products. The Indonesian project has failed primarily due to a lack of investigation of potential commercial markets. This […]

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