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.
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...
