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Microenterprise development for better health outcomes / [edited by] Rosalia Rodriguez-Garcia, James A. Macinko, and William F. Waters.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contributions in economics and economic history 0084-9235 ; no. 222.
- Contributions in economics and economic history, 0084-9235 ; no. 222
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public health--Developing countries.
- Public health.
- Health promotion.
- Developing countries.
- Small business--Developing countries.
- Small business.
- Economic development projects--Developing countries.
- Economic development projects.
- Health promotion--Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 143 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Pres, 2001.
- Summary:
- Argues for strategies that link income generation with the promotion of family health.
- Contents:
- Overview. The health-microenterprise development link
- On health and wealth
- Conceptual framework, approaches, and methodologies. The microenterprise phenomenon
- Making the link
- Microcredit and health programs : to integrate or not to integrate? An economist's perspective
- Challenges in evaluating the health- microenterprise development link
- Linking theory with practice. Microenterprise development and health reform : evidence from Bolivia and the Dominican Republic
- Approaches to linking microenterprise development with health programs
- Selected case studies. Asia : Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI); The Grameen Bank, Bangladesh; Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), India
- Africa : People's Bank of Nigeria: banking for health program; Freedom from hunger: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali; The Microenterprise Development Network (MED-Net), Uganda
- Latin America and the Caribbean : Project HOPE: village health banks in Honduras and Ecuador; Pro mujer, Bolivia; Asociación para Desarrollo de Microempresas, Inc. (ADEMI), Dominican Republic
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [133]-139) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313316333
- OCLC:
- 44172990
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