Microenterprise development for better health outcomes
By: edited by Rosalia Rodriguez-Garcia, James A. Macinko, and William F. Waters
Contributors: Rodriguez-Garcia, Rosalia; Macinko, James A., 1967-; Waters, William F
Series: Contributions in economics and economic history -- no. 222
Publisher: Greenwood Pres
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Public health -- Developing countries; Small business -- Developing countries; Economic development projects -- Developing countries; Health promotion -- Developing countries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-139) and index
Table of contents: title: Overview. The health-microenterprise development link; title: On health and wealth; title: Conceptual framework, approaches, and methodologies. The microenterprise phenomenon; title: Making the link; title: Microcredit and health programs : to integrate or not to integrate? An economist's perspective; title: Challenges in evaluating the health- microenterprise development link; title: Linking theory with practice. Microenterprise development and health reform : evidence from Bolivia and the Dominican Republic; title: Approaches to linking microenterprise development with health programs; title: Selected case studies. Asia : Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI); The Grameen Bank, Bangladesh; Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), India; title: Africa : People's Bank of Nigeria: banking for health program; Freedom from hunger: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali; The Microenterprise Development Network (MED-Net), Uganda; title: 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; title: Conclusions