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Integration of the high-tech and low-tech in distance teacher training in China: An insight from the case of Jiangsu Radio and Television University
This paper reports the results of a pilot in-service teacher training program undertaken in China from 2001 to 2004. Upon completion, the in-service teachers were awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree (non-honor) specializing in English Language Education. Many interesting findings resulted from this pilot program. By integrating low- and high-technology in the distance in-service teacher training...
Developing sustainable communities: A toolkit for development practitioners
'Developing Sustainable Communities' is a toolkit of participatory learning and action tools for development practitioners published by ICIMOD for SNV/Nepal. It has four sections covering the major areas: Social Mobilisation in Action; Appreciative Participatory Planning and Action and People's Motivation; Market Analyses and Development and Entrepreneurship Development; and Enterprise Support...
Goatkeepers' animal health care manual
While the Goatkeepers’ Animal Health Care Manual is primarily intended for use by resource-poor goatkeepers living in the south-western region of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa it will also be useful in other similar agro-ecological areas of southern Africa. The manual has been designed for on-farm use by farmers as a guide to maintain herd health, to detect early signs of ill-health and...
Natural Resource Management – approaches and technologies in Nepal: NEPCAT Fact Sheets
Thirty technologies and approaches from the Nepal Conservation Approaches and Technologies (NEPCAT) database, are documented and are being published as printed fact sheets to make it easier to share with a wider audience. The fact sheets are designed to support the efforts of rural development, especially in Nepal, and provide impetus and ideas for decision makers, development actors, and land...
Together get a grip on the future: RRA in the Emmental of Switzerland
A training centre for extension workers in the Emmental region of Switzerland used RRA to explore changes in the farming community. This article describes in detail the programme, highlighting methods specific to this 'Northern' context (for example, using the telephone book to locate farms). Certain methods, such as visualisation through using cards on pinboards, were already familiar as an...
Organizational assessment: A framework for improving performance

The book examines the changes in development assistance and gives a guide for assessment of an organization. The environment that organizations work in is covered: administrative, political, economic and how rules are enforced. Leadership, strategic planning and capacity are analysed, as well as motivation and performance. Throughout the book, examples and questions make this a practical...

Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG): Update June 2008

This is the sixth update from the Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG), an informal alliance of in-country groups and international partners currently active in eight African and three Asian countries. FGLG aims to connect those marginalised from forest governance to those controlling it, to help both do things better. Since 2003 the organisation has been carrying out focused studies,...

Talking the walk: A communication manual for partnership practitioners - Communication for better partnerships

Cross-sector partnerships are by their nature challenging, requiring collaboration between players from diverse organisations that may have quite different priorities, values and ways of working. This manual provides guidelines on the use of communication to build and maintain effective partnerships. It looks in detail at the realities of communicating in partnership, including narratives and...

Handbook on community-led total sanitation
This handbook has been developed from experiences with Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) since December 1999. These have been in Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, China and Pakistan in Asia; in Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya and Sierra Leone in Africa; in Bolivia in South America; in Yemen in the Middle East; and in other countries. Users of this handbook...
Tourism in poor rural areas: diversifying the product and expanding the benefits in rural Uganda and the Czech Republic
The purpose of this paper is to explore strategies for expanding tourism in poor rural areas. It draws on an overview of the likely challenges and motivations involved in promoting rural tourism, and on two new case studies from the Czech Republic and Uganda, complemented by insights from other rural tourism initiatives elsewhere. It does not focus on rural tourism at well-established or high-...

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