1996/322 pages
A Kumarian Press Book

Reasons for Hope:

Instructive Experiences in Rural Development

Anirudh Krishna, Norman Uphoff, and Milton J. Esman, editors

Hardcover: $72.00

ISBN: 978-1-56549-064-2

Paperback: $26.00

ISBN: 978-1-56549-063-5

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.

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.

Reasons for Hope:

Instructive Experiences in Rural Development

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Reasons for Hope:

Instructive Experiences in Rural Development

1800 30th street, suite 314 · Boulder, CO 80301

TEL: 303-444-6684 · FAX: 303-444-0824

EMAIL: [email protected]

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