Twenty years ago Chelsea Green published the first trade edition ofThe Man Who Planted Trees, a timeless eco-fable about what one person can do to restore the earth. The hero of the story, Elzéard Bouffier, spent his life planting one hundred acorns a day in a desolate, barren section of Provence...
This book is the result of seven years' experience of working on financial record-keeping with Oxfam's overseas offices and projects. But the procedures that it describes are not specific to Oxfam, or even to development projects. It should be useful to any small group that needs to keep accurate...