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Bamboo in African Region
Content Type: Collection
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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa, Western Africa
Bamboo related topics for Africa
Pipe Bending
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Publisher(s): Practical Action
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana

This technical brief describes the construction of a pipe-bending tool that you can make with only a small number of tools. It was originally field-tested in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana.
Incremental Upgrading of Existing Shelters in South African Informal...
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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Southern Africa

As a result of Apartheid, there are millions of displaced communities living in South African informal settlements. Although Government launched the ‘In-situ Upgrading of Informal Settlements’...

Evaluation of home gardens project
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Date: Feb 2014
Location: Lesotho

The Home Gardens Project (HGP) is being funded by United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF) and is being implemented by the Department of Field Services (DFS) of the Ministry of Agriculture...

Small Scale Production of Lime for Building
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Publisher(s): German Appropriate Technology Exchange (GATE)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: Botswana

This handbook provides a guide to using local lime for building projects, especially aimed at the field worker who is involved in the project investigation, planning, and implementation of small-...

The Human Settlements Finance Systems Series: Housing Finance System...
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Date: Feb 2014
Location: South Africa

This report examines the housing finance mechanisms in South Africa. It report looks at the macro-economic conditions and legal environment in which housing finance is operating. It discusses the...

Housing Finance System in South Africa
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Date: Feb 2014
Location: South Africa

This report examines the housing finance mechanisms in South Africa. The report looks at the macro-economic conditions and legal environment in which housing finance is operating. It discusses the...

Johannesburg recommendations for WCDR
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Publisher(s): United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
Date: Feb 2014
Location: South Africa

Africa is the only continent where the regional share of reported disasters in the world total has increased over the last decade. The Commission of the AU, the NEPAD Secretariat and UN/ISDR...