Over the years, the Peace and Equity Foundation has published a number of books, articles and studies in line with its mandate and mission of alleviating poverty and marginalization. These publications are available to the public and should assist individuals and organizations develop and improve their own efforts and thrusts that are congruent to the Foundation's own goals. For copies of the following publications, please contact any of the PEF offices near you.
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Water Works Resource Kit (3 volumes) Download (PDF) Volume 1 High-quality printed copies of the Water Works Resource Kit (3 volumes) are also available at the PEF Offices. The kit includes a copy of "The ABC's of Potable Water Projects" (2 volumes) as well as the Field Manual. The individual volumes sell for Php250 each. You can also avail of the kit itself (3 volumes) for Php500. Buy 2 kits and get 1 kit free!
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With the Foundation’s growing focus on potable water provision as an effective strategy to our overarching goals of poverty reduction and empowerment, we also recognized the need to get better organized and put systems in place to ensure that our increasing interventions in this sector were effective, beneficial and sustainable. Finally, this manual hopes to supplement other available materials on water project development. Thus, this resource kit provides information spanning technical, legal, social, and economic/financial dimensions of potable water project implementation. It provides tools and methods that are applicable or adaptable to various contexts and conditions that partners encounter. And it is packaged in a user-friendly style that would be accessible to newcomers in the field. At the same time, this resource kit also promotes the Foundation’s standards and objectives for effectiveness, sustainability, cost-efficiency, partnership, collaboration, and poverty reduction. Thus, it contains standard formats, procedures and requirements to help partners ensure that their projects work and benefit their communities for a long time to come. Water works! then, represents PEF’s contribution to the larger potable water sector and the growing number of communities, NGOs, LGUs, and stakeholders who are implementing potable water projects. It is our hope that it will serve as a small step forward in the larger task of providing clean and safe water for all. |
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"Partners' Meeting: Harnessing the Power of Localization". You can download the publication here. | |
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In November 2007, PEF and CCLFI Philippines www.cclfi.org entered into a partnership to articulate, field test and publish a new development paradigm for anti-poverty programs--the “Knowledge for Poverty Alleviation” (KPA) framework. The collaboration aims to enrich this paradigm proposed by CCLFI.Philippines by applying it in selected PEF projects. The result is an electronic publication "Community Wealth Rediscovered", introducing the KPA framework as a new way of “seeing”, and showcasing case studies of six PEF community-based anti-poverty projects. Through this publication, PEF and CCLFI.Philippines take a first step in contributing towards more successful development projects that produce sustainable results. The e-book was launched during the World Bank-led Development Innovation Marketplace or Panibagong Paraan 2008 last April 9, 2008 at the SM Megamall Trade Exhibition Hall. |
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Poverty in the Philippines 32 pp |
Written by the Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development (ACERD) for the Peace and Equity Foundation, this publication examines research work done on the subject of poverty in the Philippines from 1990 to 2004. The publication aims to:
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The Arithmetics of Micro-Finance Borrowers 8 pp |
Introduction: "That the informal moneylenders have existed for so long in the countryside and in urban areas is an intriguing phenomenom. IN spite of efforts of the government as well as non-government organizations to supplant their operations, these lenders have not only managed to survive the onslaught, but they have even thrived during periods of intense 'competition.' More often than not, it is the government or NGO that is forced to close its operations. Much has been written about the winning strategies of the informal lenders. In fact, institutions involved in microfinance activities have adapted many of these approaches. As such, the concern of this article is not to regurgitate studies on the suppliers of credit. What is more interesting at this time is to understand the demand side of the transaction. Why, for instance, do poor borrowers in remote communities keep on going to informal lenders in spite of 'onerous' terms and conditions rather than to NGOs? Over the years, we have come accross some findings that contradict our conventional views about the small borrowers. As we shall present in the next sections, the artihmetic used by NGOs are not necessarily aligned to the context and logic of the users of credit in poor areas." Written by the late Enrico O. Garde, former PEF Executive Director. |
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Salo-Salo, A Taste of Development Recipes 56 pp |
A "Development Cookbook" that follows Pilipino culture and concepts related to cooking as applied to development work. The publication seeks to serve an interesting variety of "dishes" that will test the reader's appetite for, and in appreciation of, development work. Recipes are based on the not-so-secret menu of development "chefs." |
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The Fight Against Poverty in Southeast Asia • NGO Good Practices in Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines 190 pp |
Abstract from the Introduction: "Development NGOs have been in existence for decades now. The raison d'etre for most of them is to contribute to poverty reduction. However, many years have gone and various stakeholders of NGOs - communities, donors, government and people's organizations, continue to ask about the actual impact of NGO programmes. This research is a small contribution in identifying and analyzing good practices in development work in different countries and in ascertaining the impact of the work of NGOs especially in implementing poverty reduction programs. These studies highlight important insights and lessons to be learned which also have policy implications in governance. Hopefully, the book will give policy makers at both the regional and local levels some inputs in their battle against impoverishment in Southeast Asia." Published by the Ateneo Center for Social Policy and Public Affairs and the Catholic Institute for International Relations |
