This paper raises the issue of what kind of monitoring system can serve the learning needs of livelihood improvement projects which follow a process approach. It is concerned, in particular, with monitoring not only achievement of planned project outputs, but also with higher level project impacts normally needed to achieve project purpose or goal. A simple and rapid method to track the livelihood asset status at the household level is introduced. It is based on local perceptions and converts qualitative judgement to quantitative analytical data. Some initial field results are discussed along with problems, possible solutions, points for best practice and further research possibilities.

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The effects of spatial orientation (closed vs. open) and furniture arrangement (side vs. central) on Indian children's (6 to 8 years) and adolescents' (16 to 18 years) perceptions of crowding were studied, using Desor's (1972) Crowding Perception Test. The results indicated that spatial orientation and furniture arrangement had different effects on children's and adolescents' perceptions of crowding. The children perceived less crowding than the adolescents did, and central furniture arrangement was perceived as more crowded than side furniture arrangement was.

Greenhouse gas emissions and the allocation of responsibility compares the relative contributions of different nations to emissions of the three greenhouse gases which contribute most to global warming. It suggests some "measures" of emissions and efficiency on a comparative basis, relating them to each country's per capita income, and considers the extent to which each country been has efficient in its economic activities in terms of such emissions.