The following resources on financial management can be downloaded for free from the sites indicated; resources which only exist in hard copy are listed separately. For resources on other aspects of humanitarian work, see All In Diary.
BOND (2003), Guidance Notes on: Project Budget and Accounting; Core Funding Strategies; Monitoring and Evaluation & Logical Framework Analysis, London: British Overseas NGOs for Development. These Guidance Notes will be updated on the Bond site in 2009/2010
Civicus (2005), Civil Society Planning Toolkits, Johannesburg: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. Toolkits on: developing a financing strategy, financial controls and accountability, writing a funding proposal and budgeting. Also available in: English, Spanish, French and Russian
CGAP (2009), Glossary: translation of accounting terms between English and Arabic, Washington: Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
GDN (2009), Proposal writing and fundraising, New Delhi: Global Development Network.
Intrac (2009), Links to donor agencies, Oxford: International NGO Training and Research Centre
Lewis, T. (2003), Practical Financial Management for NGOs, Course Handbook, Oxford: Mango: Management accounting for non-governmental organisations
Mango (2005), Introductory guide to financial management for NGOs and Financial Management Health Check for NGOs, Oxford: Mango. Mango: Management accounting for non-governmental organisations
MRDF (2005), Strength to Strength newsletter: Financial Management, London: Methodist Relief and Development Fund. Also available in French and Spanish
Tearfund (1992-2008), Footsteps No 11: Basic bookkeeping; Footsteps No 26: The Analysed Cash Book; Footsteps No 57; Managing money - Footsteps No 76: Accountability, Teddington: Tearfund. Footsteps No 26, 57 & 76 also available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
UNHCR (2003), Partnership: an operations management handbook for UNHCR's partners, chapters 2 and 5, Geneva: United Nations High Commission for Refugees
UNHCR (2007), UNHCR Handbook for Emergencies, chapter 23, Geneva: United Nations High Commission for Refugees
UNHCR (1999), Effective Planning Guidelines for UNHCR Teams, Geneva: United Nations High Commission for Refugees
These books are generally available from online bookshops otherwise the publisher. The ten digit ISBN is given as shown in the book where known. It may be necessary to search using the ISBN with or without the hyphens, or even replace the hyphens with spaces. Note also that publishers are changing over to the new 13 digit ISBN system: to convert from one system to the other, see www.isbn.org/converterpub.asp
Borgenvall, M., Jarskog, H., Murray, B. and Karlstedt, C. (1999), Improve Your Business, Basics, Geneva: International Labour Office. ISBN 92-2-110853-8. Also available in French ISBN 92-2-206535-2
Cammack, J. (2000), Financial Management for Development: accounting and finance for non-specialists in development organisations, Oxford: International NGO Training and Research Centre ISBN 1-897748-52-3
Cammack, J. (2003), Basic accounting for small groups: with exercises for individual and group learning, Oxford: Oxfam. ISBN 0-85598-473-2
Cammack, J. (2007), Building Capacity through financial management, a practical guide, Oxford: Oxfam. ISBN 0-85598-576-3
Davis, J. and Lambert, R. (2002) Engineering for Emergencies: A practical guide for relief workers, London: Practical Action Publishing. ISBN 1-85339-521-8
Eastwood, M. and Norton, M. (2002), Writing Better Fundraising Applications, London: Directory of Social Change ISBN 1-903991-09-9. New edition due in January 2010.
Gupta, K. N. and Fogla, M. (Ed.) (2004), Manual of Financial Management and Legal Regulations, Delhi: Financial Management Services Foundation
IFRC (1997), Handbook for Delegates, Geneva: IFRC. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ISBN 92-9139-034-8
Sayer, K. (2007), A Practical guide to Financial Management, London: Directory of Social Change. ISBN 1-903991-72-2