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Building Capacity Through Financial Management: A practical guide

30/08/2007

1 documents

120 pages long

Languages: English

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Much has been written about capacity building but little on how to use financial management to build capacity. Donors are increasingly requiring their non-profit beneficiaries to have sound financial systems before they will provide funds. This guide provides an overview of financial management and the practical tools that can help build the financial capacity of […]

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Producer Organisations: A practical guide to developing collective rural enterprises

30/08/2007

2 documents

200 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Small-scale producers face huge challenges in today’s world. They have to adopt a market-oriented approach if they want to compete in and benefit from local and global markets. This book opens with an explanation of why collective action in the form of producer organisations is a key strategy for increasing their access to and power […]

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Effective Consultancies in Development and Humanitarian Programmes

01/07/2006

1 documents

112 pages long

Languages: English

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This guide to good consultancy practice is unusual in two respects: its focus is consultancy work in the international development sector; and it describes the process from the perspectives of both clients and consultants, helping each side to understand what the other does. Using detailed checklists, the authors explain the stages of a typical consultancy, […]

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Cash-Transfer Programming in Emergencies

01/02/2006

2 documents

112 pages long

Languages: English

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In emergencies, distributing cash can often meet people’s immediate needs more quickly and appropriately than the direct distribution of commodities. Cash gives people choices and thereby preserves their dignity. Commodity distribution often poses logistical problems, and – in the case of food aid – it may disrupt local markets. But among humanitarian agencies there are […]

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Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Development and Humanitarian Programmes

01/07/2004

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

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AIDS has radically changed the contexts in which development and humanitarian organisations operate, and now they need to adapt their policies and practice accordingly. Sue Holden explains the concept of ‘mainstreaming’ HIV/AIDS in simple language, with practical guidelines for applying the approach in a wide range of sectors. Sue Holden’s previous book, AIDS on the […]

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Practising Gender Analysis in Education

01/01/2003

1 documents

172 pages long

Languages: English

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Gender mainstreaming

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Tools and frameworks for gender-sensitive analysis have long been used in development contexts. They can help to clarify issues of gender bias, discrimination, and inequality, and to identify possible strategies for change. This book presents a number of established gender analysis frameworks and suggests modifications to suit educational settings, highlighting strengths and limitations and using […]

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A Guide to Gender-Analysis Frameworks

01/01/1999

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

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A variety of frameworks to analyse gender relations are used in development work. They can be helpful tools in planning gender-sensitive research projects, or in designing development interventions which address gender inequalities. Drawing on the experience of trainers and practitioners, this book contains step-by-step instructions for using different gender-analysis frameworks, and summaries of their advantages […]

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Managing Water Supply and Sanitation in Emergencies

01/01/1999

1 documents

191 pages long

Languages: English

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This book is based on a public-health approach to the provision of water and sanitation in emergencies: an approach that is information based (drawing on reliable, relevant data) and people-based (aiming for maximum impact on the health of the whole population, but sensitive to the needs of particularly vulnerable groups). It emphasises the need for […]

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Distributing Seeds and Tools in Emergencies

01/01/1998

1 documents

96 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam and other agencies often distribute seeds and tools in emergencies, whether resulting from war and displacement, or natural disasters. Such inputs can be of great value in enabling people who have lost everything, to re-establish themselves and move towards self sufficiency.

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Basic Accounting for Credit and Savings Schemes

01/01/1996

1 documents

102 pages long

Languages: English

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Intended for readers without any formal accountancy training, this book explains in clear and simple language how to document the financial transactions associated with credit and savings schemes.

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