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Barefoot Book
Economically appropriate services for the rural poor
Published: 1989
Pages: 104
eBook: 9781780441719
Paperback: 9781853390142
Barefoot Book explores the potential of `intermediate' services for the rural poor, using examples in the fields of health care, law, administration, economics, banking, management, craft, mechanics, building and geology.
| Acknowledgements (vi) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Introduction Marilyn Carr 1 | |||
| 2 Doctors in China - the origins of the barefoot approach Katherine Elliott 4 | |||
| 3 Vets in Nepal and India- the provision of barefoot animal health services David Hadrill 14 | |||
| 4 Lawyers in Bangladesh - an experiment in legal literacy Sobhan 20 | |||
| 5 Economists in Ecuador and Nepal - the barefoot approach to rural development planning Andrew Scott 29 | |||
| 6 Bankers in Bangladesh- giving credit where credit is due Ken Marshall 38 | |||
| 7 Management Consultants in Kenya - the provision of barefoot business services Malcolm Harper 49 | |||
| 8 Village Artisans in Botswana- the training of barefoot technicians David Inger 57 | |||
| 9 Mechanics in India- Village-level handpump maintenance in action Sanjit Roy 63 | |||
| 10 Builders in Iran, Guinea and the Sudan - the barefoot approach to shelter John Norton 71 | |||
| 11 Geologists in Sri Lanka - the barefoot approach to natural resource development Michael Katz 81 | |||
| 12 Lessons learned Marilyn Carr 88 |
Marilyn Carr Marilyn Carr is Chief of the Economic Empowerment Section of the United Nations Development Fund for Women. She is a development economist with over 20 years experience in Asia and Africa and specializes in the fields of small enterprise development and technology choice and diffusion.
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