Reasons for Hope: Instructive Experiences in Rural Development
Anirudh Krishna, Norman Uphoff, and Milton J. Esman, editors | | ISBN: 978-1-56549-064-2 $72.00 |
| ISBN: 978-1-56549-063-5 $26.00 |
| 1996/322 pages/LC: 9626552 A Kumarian Press Book |
DESCRIPTION
Eighteen of the world's most exemplary rural development successes from Africa, Asia, and Latin America are presented in the words of their originators and managers. This is a true story of hope that shows what can be done.
CONTENTS
- Instructive Engagements in Rural Development.
- MULTISECTORAL DEVELOPMENT.
- The Grameen Bank Story: Rural Credit in Bangladesh—M. Yunus.
- The Orangi Plot Project: Uplifting a Periurban Settlement near Karachi, Pakistan—A.H. Khan.
- The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee: How BRAC Learned to Meet Rural People's Needs Through Local Action—F.H. Abed and A.M.R. Chowdhury.
- SANASA: The Savings and Credit Cooperative Movement in Sri Lanka—P.A. Kriwandeniya.
- Six-S: Building Upon Traditional Social Organizations in Francophone West Africa—B.J. Lecomte and A. Krishna.
- DESEC: Thirty Years of Community Organization in Bolivia—J.Demeure and E. Guardia.
- AGRICULTURE-BASED DEVELOPMENT.
- The AMUL Dairy Cooperatives: Putting the Means of Development into the Hands of Small Producers in India—V. Kurien.
- Plan Puebla: An Agricultural Development Program for Low-Income Farmers in Mexico—Mexico—H. Díaz Cisneros, L. Jiménez Sánchez, R.J. Laird, and A.T. Fernández.
- Farmer-to-Farmer Experimentation and Extension: Integrated Rural Development for Smallholders in Guatemala—A. Krishna with R. Bunch.
- The National Irrigation Administration's Participatory Irrigation Management Program in the Philippines—B.U. Bagadion.
- Farmer Organization in Gal Oya: Improving Irrigation Management in Sri Lanka—C.M. Wijayaratna and N. Uphoff.
- Integrated Crop Pest Management with Farmer Participation in Indonesia—I.N. Oka.
- SOCIAL SERVICES: HEALTH, NUTRITION, FAMILY PLANNING, AND WATER SUPPLY.
- The Population and Community Development Association in Thailand—M. Viravaidya.
- The Iringa Nutrition Project: Child Survival and Development in Tanzania—A. Krishna with U. Jonsson and W. Lorri.
- The Self-Help Rural Water Supply Program in Malawi—A. Krishna with L.H. Robertson.
- NATURAL RESOURCES: AGROFORESTRY, WATERSHED, AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.
- A Haitian Peasant Tree Chronicle: Adaptive Evolution and Institutional Intrusion—G.F. Murray.
- Participatory Watershed Devleopment and Soil Conservation in Rajasthan, India—A. Krishna.
- The CAMPFIRE Program: Community-Based Wildlife Resource Management in Zimbabwe—S. Metcalfe.
- Reasons for Hope.
