Reasons for Hope: Instructive Experiences in Rural Development / Edition 1

by Anirudh Krishna, Norman Uphoff, Milton J. Esman

Overview

* Eighteen inspirational rural development success stories
* Covers Africa, Asia, and Latin America

In the personal words of international development initiators, Reasons for Hope tells true stories of what can be done to improve the lives of those in rural communities. Read individually for specific guidance, or collectively for cumulative advice on how to promote the most desirable forms of rural development, these stories offer a timely and crucial message concerning the plight of the rural poor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565490635
Publisher:	Kumarian Press, Inc.
Publication date:	10/28/1996
Series:	Books on International Development Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.78(d)

About the Author

Norman Uphoff is director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) and professor of government and international agriculture at Cornell Agriculture at Cornell University.

Milton J. Esman is John S. Knight Professor of International Studies, Emeritus Professor of Government at Cornell University.

Table of Contents

Instructive Engagements in Rural Development; MULTISECTORAL DEVELOPMENT; 1) The Grameen Bank Story: Rural Credit in Bangladesh; 2) The Orangi Pilot Project: Uplifting a Periurban Settlement near Karachi, Pakistan; 3) The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee: How BRAC Learned to Meet Rural People’s Needs Through Local Action; 4) SANASA: The Savings and Credit Cooperative Movement in Sri Lanka; 5) Six-S: Building upon Traditional Social Organizations in Francophone West Africa; 6) DESEC: Thirty Years of Community Organization in Bolivia; AGRICULTURE-BASED DEVELOPMENT; 7) The AMUL Dairy Cooperatives: Putting the Means of Development into the Hands of Small Producers in India; 8) Plan Puebla: An Agricultural Development Program for Low-Income Farmers in Mexico; 9) Farmer-To-Farmer Experimentation and Extension: Integrated Rural Development for Smallholders in Guatemala; 10) The National Irrigation Administration’s Participatory Irrigation Management Program in the Philippines; 11) Farmer Organization in Gal Oya: Improving Irrigation Management in Sri Lanka; 12) Integrated Crop Pest Management with Farmer; Participation in Indonesia; SOCIAL SERVICES: HEALTH, NUTRITION, FAMILY PLANNING, AND WATER SUPPLY;13) The Population and Community Development Association in Thailand; 14) The Iringa Nutrition Project: Child Survival and Development in Tanzania; 15) The Self-Help Rural Water Supply Program in Malawi; NATURAL RESOURCES: AGROFORESTRY, WATERSHED, AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; 16) A Haitian Peasant Tree Chronicle: Adaptive Evolution an Institutional Intrusion; 17) Participatory Watershed Development and Soil conservation in Rajasthan, India; 18) The CAMPFIRE Program: Community-Based Wildlife Resource Management in Zimbabwe; 19) Reasons for Hope

What People are Saying About This

Bruce F. Johnston

. . . a very timely and important book. The case studies provide concrete evidence that there are Reasons for Hope . . . An important conclusion is that aid can be more effective when it is associated with fuller participation by local individuals and organizations who 'own' the projects. (Bruce F. Johnston, Stanford University)

Editorial Reviews

"A very timely and important book. The case studies provide concrete evidence that there are Reasons for Hope ... An important conclusion is that aid can be more effective when it is associated with fuller participation by local individuals and organizations who ‘own’ the projects."

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