Publications


NEED's simple, self-demonstrative training materials have been of benefit to many other organisations. Many are in direct replication among the large number of functional members of NGOs, Banking Officials, Cooperatives etc; thereby greatly facilitating many SHG members all over India at the grassroots level.

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View a list of publications by topic:

Micro-Enterprise
Rural Natural Resource Maximisation
Development Management
Women Empowerment
Monitoring and Evaluation
Micro Credit
International Newsletter
Grassroots Newsletter
 

 

 

Micro-Enterprise

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  • Action Learning Material on Mass Employment Generation in the Service Sector (Hindi)

  • Key to Micro & Small Enterprise Development Projects (Hindi)

  • Trade Based Self/Group Economic and Social Reliance (Hindi)

  • Action Learning Manual on Gender Sensitivity Approach to Women Trade Based EIGSEP (Hindi)

  • Documentary Film: EIGSEP and Women Livelihoods. Making a Difference Through Training. (English)

  • An Innovative Action Learning Manual on Livelihoods (Hindi)

Rural Natural Resource Maximisation

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  • Action Learning Material on Participatory cum Group Sensitivity, Effective Communication & Gender Sensitivity with Special Reference to Waste Land Management (Hindi).

Development Management

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  • Key Factors to Development Concept & its Operational Designs (Hindi).

  • "SHE did it! Stories on How Entrepreneurship Changed Women's Life" (English)
    An anthology of live case studies profiling poor women participants of NEED's programmes. A truly inspiration book, teaching about socioeconomic change, community empowerment and development in the context of marginalised women. The book contains the following seven chapters:

    1. Women Micro-Enterprise
    2. Women Collective Leadership and Action
    3. Impact of Mobilized Women Self Help Groups
    4. International Volunteer's Experience with NEED
    5. Development Doers
    6. Media Clippings
    7. Charging for Change

 


 

Women Empowerment

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  • Live Case Studies Comprising 80 Marginal Members of Women & Men of Uttar Pradesh Villages Based on Self Help Groups; 3 vol. (Hindi).

Monitoring & Evaluation

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  • Action Approach to Monitoring and Evaluation at Project and Organization Level (available in Hindi and English).

Micro-Credit

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  • Action Learning Manual on Self Help Group Formation, Functioning, Linkage, Maintenance and Management (available in Hindi and English). This publication and the following two were endorsed by Grameen Bank Chief, Mohammed Yunus. Currently, the Action Learning Manual is used by over 30,000 SHGs and NGOs throughout the sub-continent. Additionally, this publication and the proceeding two have been referenced in the United Nations Interagency Working Group on Gender and Development.

  • Register for Minutes of Records; to be used by SHGs for at least 3 years (Hindi)

  • Register for Credit Delivery Management and its Records; to be used by SHGs for at least 3 years (Hindi)

  • Micro-finance Discussion Paper: Questioning the Dominant Paradigms (English)

  • Appraising the Effects of Microfinance, Microenterprise Development and Mobilizing Pressure Groups: 3 Case Studies of the Dasheri Block in Lucknow, India. (English)

  • Pass-book; to be used by every individual group member (Hindi)

  • An Action Learning Manual exclusively for SHG's members & Village Animators (Hindi)

International Newsletter 'Woman for Change' (English)

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NEED’s quarterly international newsletter is a vibrant, resourceful collection of news, case studies and comment from the development team and the women in our project areas. It provides an original, realistic and unique insight how the rural women of Uttar Pradesh are working towards positive change in their lives. If you would like to regularly receive a copy, or would like to contribute to its publication, click here

The first issue was published in June 2002. View recent issues here:

Issue 12, January-March 2005 (View .pdf version)

 

Grassroots Newsletter: Chulhe se Choupal

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Published quarterly, Hindi newsletter produced under auspices of the PACS programme. A magazine for rural people and other NGO’s and CSO’s, with inspirational case studies from women entrepreneurs, achievements and developments within the programme, information about health, political issues, education for awareness generation, quotes from the project beneficiaries and other news from the project area.

The first issue was published in June 2004. View recent issues here:

Issue Four: January-March 2005 (View .pdf version)