Social and Economic Development
For social entrepreneurs and business entrepreneurs technology is only half the story. This section of Practical Answers includes material that aims to support the introduction of new technology and technology innovation on a sustainable basis by looking at elements of development practice such as project planning and implementation. It also covers economic issues that might be faced by small entrepreneurs in their business lives such as market analysis.
General Resources
Consensus Building With Participatory Action Plan Development
A facilitator's guide to a structured set of activities that helps people identify key problems and constraints...
Discovering Technologists: Women's and Men's Work at Village Level
Gender and technology training guidelines.
Income and Employment from Services
Looking at the options for income generation through improvements to infrastructure services.
Learning from Practice: Empowering Community Organisations.
This document looks at a light touch approach to empowering community organisations.
Maximising The Value of "Cash for Work"
Lessons from a Niger land recuperation project (CRS EARLI - Emergency Agricultural Recovery of Livelihoods Initiative)
Maximising The Value of "Cash for Work" - Maximiser Les Benefices de L’approche “Travail Contre Rémunération”
Les leçons du projet EARLI de restauration des terres au Niger
Participatory Appraisal
Participatory appraisal is a technique that can be used in development projects to capture the true voice of a...
Sustainable Slum Upgrading
Find about Slums and some recommendations that slum upgrading practitioners should consider when aspiring for...
Sustainable Slum Upgrading - Réhabilitation Durable Des Bidonvilles
La mission donne quelques recommandations que les médecins généralistes des quartiers pauvres doivent prendre en...
The Pitfalls of Questionnaires
The purpose of this document is to generate debate and discussion about the effectiveness of the questionnaire survey.
The Pitfalls of Questionnaires - Los Riesgos de Los Cuestionarios
El propósito de este docuemnto es promover el debate y discusión acerca de la efectividad de los cuestionarios.
Urban Participatory Planning
This brief looks at some of the issues of participatory planning in general and what differences might be found...
What is Appropriate Technology? - La Tecnología Apropiada
Tecnología: ¿Elección o compromiso?