01 Januari 2000 This issue sees the birth of 'Problems, Problems', with Professor Malcolm Harper trying to give helpful answers and suggestions to the hard-pressed and lonely managers of microfinance and BDs projects everywhere. While light-hearted in tone, we hope that his section will try to get to grips with...
The articles in this edition, and the banks and other financial institutions they describe make a clear distinction between the two and use different approaches, and often different staff, to serve them. Donors and development agencies in their promotional materials aimed at a "nothern" public...
01 Januari 1991 This book reports on the proceedings of the National Conference which was help to present and discuss the specific experiences of different government and nongovernment organizations involved in the promotion and development of microenterprises in the Philippines.
This book is the result of seven years' experience of working on financial record-keeping with Oxfam's overseas offices and projects. But the procedures that it describes are not specific to Oxfam, or even to development projects. It should be useful to any small group that needs to keep accurate...
With this book, ACCION wishes to illustrate the importance of the micro-business sector as a whole to the economic future of Latin American countries and to provide insight into the complex nature of the urban slum economy.
This book brings together important aspects of both the technological and business skills needed to successfully start and operate a small food proccessing business. The emphasis is on thorough planning before the enterprise is established and then careful control of production to minimize costs...
01 Januari 1993 Discover how easy and profitable it is to grow and sell vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs and small livestock from your own Backyard Market Garden.
01 Januari 1996 A couple working six months per year for 50 hours per week on 20 acres can net $25,000-$30,000 per year with an investment equivalent to the price of one new medium-sized tractor. Seldom has agriculture held out such a plum. In a day when main-line farm experts predict the continued demise of the...
Appropriate Food Packaging is a compendium of packaging materials and cost-effective methods that can be applied at a small to medium scale in developing countries. This book helps manufacturers to face the challenges that improving their packaging systems present, including assessing whether...