Contents

Acknowledgements

Imprint

Dear readers

Focus

Appropriate technology is vital to survival: the NGOs and the crisis in west and central

Africa

Trauma and opportunity: on the devaluation in the countries of the CFA Franc zone

Fondation international pour le développement

Association pour la promotion des Initiatives communautaires africaines

A glance at Senegal: the economic crisis

Women and the crisis: experiences in Senegal

A glance at Cameroon: "Africa in miniature" and the NGOs

Report

How NGOs can make the best of e-mail

Nepal's biogas support programme: well designed

MAPET - a new service to empty pit latrines

AT activities

AT forum: re-organisation of disaster relief

Dare to share fair

Cheese production as a source of income

GTZ study: recommendations for handling asbestos

Eco-notes

Development scene

Bookbox

Courses and meetings

GATE publications