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Agents of Change: Proceedings of a conference on the policy environment for small enterprise in Africa
Edited by Georges Henault and E. Philip English
This book discusses national strategies for small enterprise, examines legal, regulatory, and tax reform, and makes proposals on how to improve competitiveness and access to credit. Agents of Change provides practical solutions and suggestions for real change, and will be of interest to scholars, students, policymakers, business associations, bankers and NGOs involved in fostering small-and medium-size enterprises in developing countries.
ISBN 1853392723, (ITP), 1995, 353pp, £19.95,

Basic Accounting for Small Groups
John Cammack
A step-by-step guide to basic accounting and financial management techniques for those with no previous experience of accounting and bookkeeping, this book is ideal for any small group which needs to keep accurate records of its financial transactions.
ISBN 0855981482, (Oxfam), 1992, 64pp, £5.95,

Business Arithmetic for Co-operatives and Other Small Businesses
Trevor Bottomley
A manual designed for staff of co-operatives or anyone interested in learning or revising simple business calculations. Includes simple check questions and an appendix of further exercises.
ISBN 0903031477, (ITP), 1978, 88pp, £7.50,

Consultancy for Small Businesses
Malcolm Harper
This manual is the result of a six year experiment to provide an economic on-the-spot advisory service to small businesses in developing countries. It provides some solutions to the perennial problems of small-scale entrepreneurs.
ISBN 0903031426, (ITP), 1977, 254pp, £19.95,

Empowerment Through Enterprise
Malcolm Harper
Based on over 20 years' experience in training NGO staff in enterprise development, this manual provides detailed guidelines for an eleven-day training course whose objective is to enable NGO staff to better assist others trying to start their own businesses. It covers marketing, financial management, group enterprises, credit and gender.
ISBN 1853393320, (ITP), 1995, 184pp, £12.95,

Entrepreneur's Handbook
Technonet Asia
A guide for organizations responsible for entrepreneurship development, with chapters on entrepreneurial self assessment, planning and organizing business, marketing and financal management, and other essential topics.
ISBN , (Technonet Asia), 1981, 282pp, £16.95,

Export Marketing for a Small Handicraft Business: Second Edition
Edward Millard
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.
ISBN 1853393525, (ITP), 1992, 184pp, £9.95,

Financial Management of a Small Handicraft Business
Edward Millard
Originally prepared for Oxfam training programmes in India, this is a practical introduction to the financial controls and indicators vital to the prudent management of handicraft businesses, including cost calculations, pricing, and financial planning.
ISBN 0855980826, (Oxfam), 1987, 38pp, £4.95,

Flexible Specialization: The dynamics of small-scale industries in the South
Edited by Poul Ove Pedersen, Arni Sverrisson and Miene Pieter Van Dijk
Discusses how the concept of flexible specialization and innovation networks could facilitate the development of small and medium enterprises in developing countries. The book concludes that the potential for development through small and intermediate enterprises exists in many cases, despite severe obstacles which have so far prevented development from taking place.
ISBN 1853392170, (ITP), 1994, 186pp, £14.95,

How to Read a Balance Sheet
ILO
A programmed learning text, with sections on assets, liabilities, solvency, and liquidity. This edition has been revised to cover recent developments in accountancy, such as inflation accounting.
ISBN 922103898X, (ILO), 1985, 216pp, £9.45,

Improve your Business Handbook
Edited by D. E. N. Dickson
Aimed at small retailing, wholesaling, manufacturing and service businesses, and containing eight sections: buying and selling; manufacturing and service operating; bookkeeping; costing; marketing; management accounting; office work; and planning.
ISBN 9221053415, (ILO), 1986, 142pp, £6.75,

Improve your Business Workbook
Edited by D. E. N. Dickson
Aimed at small retailing, wholesaling, manufacturing and service businesses, and containing eight sections: buying and selling; manufacturing and service operating; bookkeeping; costing; marketing; management accounting; office work; and planning.
ISBN 9221053407, (ILO), 1986, 94pp, £4.05,

Just for Starters: A handbook of small-scale business opportunities
Alan Bollard
A practical and detailed survey of opportunities in the UK market. A general review of start-up possibilities, including statistical surveys of nearly 100 industry sectors, is followed by profiles of about 30 industries.
ISBN 0903031949, (ITP), 1984, 208pp, £19.95,

Looking Beyond Credit: Business development services and the promotion of innovation among small producers
Jonathan Dawson with Andy Jeans
In recent years, credit has become the predominant form of support to small producers, while other forms of business development services have diminished. Looking Beyond Credit assesses the need for targeted business development services other than finance, their growing importance among small producers and how they can work in tandem with credit schemes. The book shows that small producers generally face a range of onstraints other than finance such as access to improved technology, raw materials, skills training and information on market opportunities. Therefore, schemes that address these constraints are achieving a larger impact than those which focus on credit alone. The case studies examined here record significant achievements in terms of employment generation, increased incomes and product innovation and diversification, thus supporting the view that targeted business development services can play a bigger role and should be incorporated with credit schemes to provide total support to small producers. Looking Beyond Credit will be essential reading for anyone involved in the supply or demand of business development services. Published as the first title in the Intermediate Technology Working Papers series.
ISBN 1853394238, (ITP), 1997, 64pp, £12.95,

Microenterprises in Developing Countries
Jacob Levitsky
Deals with the structure of the microenterprise sector, government policies towards microenterprises, informal credit markets, financial and technical services, institutional aspects and a review of the experience of assistance projects.
ISBN 185339016X, (ITP), 1989, 304pp, £17.50,

Monitoring and Evaluating Small Business Projects: A step by step guide for private development organizations
SEEP
Explains how to document and control progess and how to apply the methods to actual situations, as well as forms, graphs and business procedures to enable implementation. Also included are case studies and a bibliography.
ISBN 0942127005, (PACT Publications), 1987, 272pp, £28.00,

Opening the Marketplace to Small Enterprise: Where magic ends and development begins
Ton de Wilde with Stijnte Schreurs and Arleen Richmond
Addressing three fundamental issues - how to find financial support, how to improve products, and how to access markets - this book describes proven innovative answers to the obstacles facing small enterprise, together with entrepreneurial case studies.
ISBN 1853390933, (ITP), 1991, 184pp, £14.95,

Small and Medium Enterprises: Technology policies and options
Edited by A. S. Bhalla with a foreword by Sergio C. Trindade
Technological issues and options facing small/medium enterprises in urban and rural settings in developing and advanced countries. Covers policies, programmes, institutions and the infrastructure that affect small businesses.
ISBN 1853391409, (ITP), 1992, 300pp, £30.00,

Small and Medium Enterprises: Technology policies and options
Edited by A. S. Bhalla with a foreword by Sergio C. Trindade
Technological issues and options facing small/medium enterprises in urban and rural settings in developing and advanced countries. Covers policies, programmes, institutions and the infrastructure that affect small businesses.
ISBN 1853391298, (ITP), 1992, 300pp, £19.95,

Small Beginnings: New roles for British businesses
Alan Bollard
Looks at the role of small firms and employment-generating technologies in reviving the economy. Includes studies of brewing, printing, brick-making, woollen textiles, plastic recycling, repair and servicing garages, and small-scale cheese production.
ISBN 0903031914, (ITP), 1983, 346pp, £14.95,

Small Business in Transition Economies: Promoting enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
Edited by Jacob Levitsky
With the collapse of the communist central planning regimes throughout Eastern and Central Europe and the vast area of the former Soviet Union there has been a trend toward building up a significant private sector and encouraging dynamic growth in the emerging markets of national economies. The donor agencies have responded by developing aid programmes to help in the creation of a strong private sector and more specifically to help in the development of small and medium enterprises (SME). This book looks at some of the experiences of SME projects carried out in the various countries in the region. Four themes considered of central importance to SME development - financial support, technical and management services, favourable policies conducive to SME development and the involvement of international donor agencies - are examined.
ISBN 1853393436, (ITP), 1996, 208pp, £9.95,

Small Business Promotion: Case studies from developing countries
Malcolm Harper and K. Ramachandran
A collection of case-studies - 28, from 17 countries - which describes failures as well as successes, and provides stimulating material for students, teachers, trainers and businesspeople themselves.
ISBN 0946688451, (ITP), 1984, 144pp, £12.95,

Small Enterprises and Changing Policies: Structural adjustment, financial policy and assistance programmes in Africa
Edited by Dr A. H. J. Helmsing and Th. Koltsee
Discusses the idea and practice of small enterprise development in Africa in a changing policy environment. Covers the impact of adjustment on small enterprise; financial policy reforms and assistance; how to sustain government and NGO assistance.
ISBN 1853391867, (ITP), 1993, 384pp, £30.00,

Small Enterprises and Changing Policies: Structural adjustment, financial policy and assistance programmes in Africa
Edited by Dr A. H. J. Helmsing and Th. Kolstee
Discusses the idea and practice of small enterprise development in Africa in a changing policy environment. Covers topics such as the impact of adjustment on small enterprise; financial policy reforms and assistance; and how to sustain government and NGO assistance.
ISBN 1853391859, (ITP), 1993, 384pp, £16.95,

Small-scale Production: Strategies for industrial restructuring
H. Thomas, F. Uribe Echeverria and H. Romijn
The bleak employment opportunities faced in many developing countries suggest a need for a large contribution by small-scale production units, looked at in this collection of case studies which represent six important dimensions in development contexts.
ISBN 1853390763, (ITP), 1991, 256pp, £17.50,

Their Own Idea: Lessons from workers' co-operatives
Malcolm Harper
Written for those whose job it is to assist people to start their own businesses, or who are considering the merits of group as opposed to individual enterprise, this book looks at 13 case studies which all contain important lessons.
ISBN 1853391395, (ITP), 1992, 176pp, £12.95,

Value for Money? The impact of small enterprise development
Malcolm Harper and Gerry Finnegan
Billions of dollars have been spent in the last twenty years on assistance for micro, small and medium businesses. Yet there have been few attempts to count the costs and compare them with the benefits. Value for Money? is the first book to systematically evaluate, measure and review the costs and benefits of small enterprise programmes through a range of examples of best practice from within the field. The authors, Malcolm Harper and Gerry Finnegan, have drawn on their extensive experience in business and as consultants within the enterprise development industry for this extensive study. They show that it is possible to measure and compare the costs and benefits of small enterprise development programmes, and that donors, NGOs, tax-payers and small business people themselves should demand that those who are responsible for such programmes must demonstrate that they are providing value for money. Value for Money? will be an invaluable guide to all those involved in small enterprise development programmes.
ISBN 185339436X, (ITP), 1998, 144pp, £14.95,

When the Harvest is in: Developing rural entrepreneurship
Shailendra Vyakarnam
Discussion of the problems besetting rural communities as they attempt to develop non-farm production at the same time as ensuring a constant food supply, with examples from India, Sri Lanka, USSR, South Africa, England and Ireland.