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  1. Export Marketing for a Small Handicraft Business

    1996-01-03 Written in plain, jargon-free language, this book provides vital information to help producers export more effectively. Keeping the perspective and situation of small-scale exporters in mind, it covers every aspect of exporting that it is important to know. 186 pages, photos
    Marketing Business Skills Small Enterprise D... Small Enterprises Small Business

  2. Men's Work Shirts

    1987-01-01 This Industry Profile is one of a series briefly describing small or medium-sized industries. The Profiles provide basic information for starting manufacturing plants in developing nations. Specifically, they provide general plant descriptions, financial, and technical factors for their...
    Small Business Clothing VITA Downloads Patterns

  3. Hand Papermaking

    1979-01-01 In many areas of developing countries paper is scarce. Rural schools may not have enough paper for their students and market goods may be wrapped in old newspapers if at all. Often this is because resources are not available to invest in modern papermaking factories, which require large amounts...
    Papermaking Paper Industry VITA Small Business Downloads Small Enterprise D...

  4. Small-Scale Paper Bag Manufacturing Process

    1989-01-01 This process is for the manufacture of small, box-shaped paper bags (our specific process turns out one and three quarters kilo bags, but a similar process is possible for other sizes as well.) It is designed to make 500 bags per day with a labor force of 3 to 5 people. This method uses labor as...
    Small Scale Paper Industry Papermaking Paper Bag Small Business Construction Manual

  5. Paint Manufacturing

    1989-01-01 This Profile describes a small plant that will serve local needs, mainly in the trade-sales sector. Its output may exceed 4,000 liters per week (L/wk). For economic reasons, at least part of its total output may have been imported in bulk, and then tested, modified, and repackaged for the local...
    Paint Paint Production VITA Small Business Buisness Business Planning Downloads

  6. Glass Containers (Batch Process)

    1991-01-01 There are many processes by which the hot, viscous glass can be formed into the desired shapes. Bottles are made by blowing a thick bubble of glass into a mold to give it the desired external shape and to form such features as screw threads or emblems. Such articles as dishes and electrical...
    Glass Containers VITA Small Business Business management Downloads

  7. Women's Broadcloth Dresses

    1987-01-01 This Profile describes a plant operating with one shift and manufacturing 72,000 women's dresses a year (1,440/week, 288/day). It also describes a larger plant running a single shift and producing 104,000 dresses a year. Other similar products such as women's and girls' blouses, cotton skirts,...
    Clothing Patterns VITA Small Business Business management Downloads

  8. Baked, Leavened Breads

    1991-01-01 This profile describes a small bakery operating with a single shift and producing 100 tons of baked products a year. It also describes a medium-sized plant operating on the same basis but producing 250 tons of baked goods a year. Dry materials are received and water added to make dough, which is...
    Bread Baked Products Ind... Baking VITA Recipes Small Business Downloads

  9. Village Chicken Production Systems in Rural Africa: Household Food Security and Gender Issues

    The main findings of this study support the hypothesis that village chicken production forms the basis for transforming the rural poultry sector from subsistence to a more economically productive base. This study also highlights the importance of information systems, which include data management...
    Home-Based Businesses Rural Conditions Poultry Breeding Chickens Africa Small Business Food Security

  10. Value Chain Finance: Beyond Microfinance for Rural Entrepreneurs

    This book describes 13 cases from 10 countries around the world (Bolivia, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda and Tanzania) where such initiatives have unclogged value chains, improved the lives of the rural poor, produced more and high-quality agricultural products, and made the...
    Small Business Developing countries Small Enterprise D... Finance