Developments
Sustainable Livelihoods - a new approach?
More than four decades of development efforts in emerging countries have largely failed to meet the expectations of governments, donors and intended beneficiaries. Justifiably, all concerned have been . . .
Food, income and social pay-off
A project that started with building on successful experiences with Integrated Pest Management in rice-fish culture in northwest Bangladesh has developed to provide far more wide-ranging benefits. At first . . .
Drought in Eastern Africa brings added concerns to livestock owners in the region who are now at greater risk from a resurgence of epidemic diseases, including rinderpest, as livestock . . .
From maths matrix game to management tools
A traditional board game, which is played throughout sub-Saharan Africa, is being used in two distinct ways. For use as participatory budgets, methods based on the game have been . . .
World Water Forum whets interest
Is it ethically proper to fix a price to one of the world's most precious natural resources? At the World Water Forum held recently in The Netherlands, this was one of the most hotly . . .
