'Developing Sustainable Communities' is a toolkit of participatory learning and action tools for development practitioners published by ICIMOD for SNV/Nepal. It has four sections covering the major areas: Social Mobilisation in Action; Appreciative Participatory Planning and Action and People's Motivation; Market Analyses and Development and Entrepreneurship Development; and Enterprise Support Services and Sustainable Entrepreneurship; and a final section with detailed descriptions of thirty-four participatory learning and action (PLA) tools. It is designed for field practitioners, development workers, and facilitators involved in communities and can also serve as a resource book for planners, researchers, and managers of rural development projects.