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FIT regularly publishes and distributes training and other learning materials. You can order these materials via e-mail, or contacting FIT directly.

The following list is a sample of materials produced by FIT:

Project Management

Managing the Development Project – A Curriculum in Seven Parts (7 modules, includes Trainer's Guide)
Training for Women Project Managers (12 modules, includes Trainer's Guide)
A Project Planning Guide for Development Communications
Community Development

Working Together for Better Water
Self-Help Housing Improvement for Low Income Communities
Skills Development

H.E.A.R.T. School Leavers' Programme (9 modules)
Food Preservation Techniques (4 booklets: Salting & Drying of Fish, Tropical Fruit, Curing & Smoking of Meat, Food Safety)
Processing of Tropical Fruit (Video)
Come Again: Ensuring Repeat Business in the Hospitality Industry (Video)
Skills Development - Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB)
Institution Building & Human Resource Development
Cooperative Management
Training of Trainers
Leadership Development
Book-keeping
Credit Operation
Micro-enterprise, e.g. bee keeping, duck raising, vegetable gardening, fish culture
Health - Family Planning - Nutrition
Management

Training of Trainers
Marketing Management for Senior/Middle Managers
Organizational Development
Personnel Management
Production Management
Financial Management Workshop for Senior/Middle Managers
Philatelic Bureau Management Training
Seven Keys to Success in Supervision (Video)
Small Enterprise Development

Guide to Small Business Consultancy in Developing Countries
Small Business Training Programme for the Caribbean (FIT/CDB/CARICOM) (7 modules, includes audio cassettes)
The Emergence of Small Enterprise (Video Series: From a Small Beginning, Seeds of Promise, The Spirit of Entrepreneurship, The Way Forward)
Paul Keen-Douglas Shorts on Small Business (Video shorts used for small business promotion)
The Daughters of Hatshepsut: A Film About Small Enterprise Development in Egypt - 18 minute video focusing on successes in supporting women entrepreneurs. It tells the story of the FIT's program in Egypt, the Women's Initiative Fund, through the eyes of the women that are creating change within their own lives and demonstrating new opportunities for others in their communities.


Environment and Sustainable Development

Human Resources for Sustainable Development
Decision Making and the Environment (Concepts & case studies, and video)
On Common Ground: Managing Human Planet Relationships (Primer)
The Challenge of Sustainability (1993)
Environmental Evaluation Guidebook (1993)
Balancing the Scale: Integrating Environmental and Economic Assessment (1995)
Population

Managing Global Population Issues (video: 1994) - captures a compelling presentation delivered in 1994 by Margaret Catley-Carlson, former CIDA President and current President of the Population Council. Catley-Carlson shares her insights and outlines in unambiguous terms the varied dimensions of the population crisis. 39 minutes
Economic Development

Agricultural Policy Analysis (2 volumes: Participants' manual, Instructor's Manual)
Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries (3 volumes: Introductory Trainer's Guide, Exhibits, Handouts)
Financial Analysis and Planning for Economic Development
Public Sector

Managing Public Sector Enterprises (8 modules, includes video)
Financial Management (3 volumes, 25 modules)
Procedures Manual for Project Officers (GAIBANK)
Procedures Manual for Project Analysis
Procedures Manual for Development Bank Project Officers
Project Appraisal Reference Manual for Project Officers in the Development Finance Corporations
International Trade and Export Marketing

Procedures Manual on Investment Promotion
Establishing Joint International Business Ventures – General Guidelines for Foreign Investors
Establishing Joint International Business Ventures – General Guidelines for Developing Countries
Negotiating International Joint Ventures in Developing Countries
Export Marketing Management
Foreign Trade Management (1 volume series of international papers)
Import and Export Techniques (2 volumes)
International Trade Techniques (3 volumes: Course Leader's Guide, Exhibits, Handouts)
Licensing Technology from Abroad
Technology Transfer

Management Manual for Productive Research and Development – Strategic Planning & Budgeting
Management of Research and Development Institutes – An Asian Perspective
Volume of Contributions on the Management of Research and Development Institutes
Guide to Engineering Consultancy Practice in Developing Countries
Science and Technology for National Development