Microenterprise development for better health outcomes / [edited by] Rosalia Rodriguez-Garcia, James A. Macinko, and William F. Waters.
Material type: TextSeries: Contributions in economics and economic historyPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001. Description: xii, 143 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780313316333 (alk. paper); 0313316333 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Public health -- economics | Health promotion -- economics | Commerce | Industry | International cooperation | Developing countriesDDC classification: 362.1/09172/4 LOC classification: RA441.5 | .M53 2001NLM classification: WA 30 2001MIItem type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-139) and index.
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.
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