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Build Your Own Tippy Tap

  • Technical Brief
  • English

A simple device for washing your hands after going to the toilet.

S.Somnath/J.Buono, www.watershedmg.org , Published by Practical Action on 09/28/11

Is a Community Based Micro-hydro Electrification Scheme Suitable for Your Village?

  • manual
  • English

This document helps a lay person to understand and gain an idea as to whether their village has a potential to meet...

P.G. Ajith Kumara, Published by Practical Action South Asia on 10/13/08

Urban Participatory Planning

  • Process Brief
  • English

This brief looks at some of the issues of participatory planning in general and what differences might be found...

Caroline Cage, Published by Practical Action on 11/21/11

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