Managing Rural Development
Health and Energy Programmes in India
1st Edition
Published on 11. April 1991
Book
Hardback
226 pages
978-0-8039-9678-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a pioneering attempt to analyze rural development programmes in terms of efficient management of related delivery systems within a comprehensive multidisciplinary approach. The original essays, all based on extensive research in the field, explore different and specific rural development programmes under varying socio-economic conditions.
Reviews / Votes
`There is an interesting analysis of the `transfer' system in government departments, and another illuminating one of the differing criteria for regarding a project as successful, depending on varying perspectives....The value of this volume lies in the meticulously compiled details of what happens at the field level and why.' - Economic TimesMore details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
421 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-9678-6 (9780803996786)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction - Klass W Van der Veen
Management and the Socio-Cultural Context
SECTION ONE
HEALTH PROGRAMMES
The Distribution of Health Care
An Introduction
Scaling-up for Child Survival - J K Satia
Key Issues
Management and Utilisation of Immunisation and Oral Rehydration Therapy in Rural Gujarat - Pieter H Streefland
Government and Private Health Care - Klass W Van der Veen
Two Competing Institutions
Centralised and Decentralised Rural Drinking Water Supply Systems and the Public-Private Nexus - Hein Streefkerk
A Constant Flux of Personnel - Frank de Zwert
Some Ideas on Personnel Transfers in Bureaucracy
SECTION TWO
ENERGY PROGRAMMES
Energy Problems
An Introduction
Strategic Management of the National Bio-gas Project in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu - Floris Blankenberg
Biogas Technology - Kanta Ahuja, M S Rathore and Deepak Gianchandani
Is it Appropriate?
Women and Cooking Technology - Loes Schenk-Sandbergen
The Vicissitudes of Improved Stove Projects in Rural Gujarat
The Success of Mixed Motives - Margaret M Skutsch
Stove and Forestry Programmes in Gujarat
Conclusion - Enno Hommes
Management Issues
Management and the Socio-Cultural Context
SECTION ONE
HEALTH PROGRAMMES
The Distribution of Health Care
An Introduction
Scaling-up for Child Survival - J K Satia
Key Issues
Management and Utilisation of Immunisation and Oral Rehydration Therapy in Rural Gujarat - Pieter H Streefland
Government and Private Health Care - Klass W Van der Veen
Two Competing Institutions
Centralised and Decentralised Rural Drinking Water Supply Systems and the Public-Private Nexus - Hein Streefkerk
A Constant Flux of Personnel - Frank de Zwert
Some Ideas on Personnel Transfers in Bureaucracy
SECTION TWO
ENERGY PROGRAMMES
Energy Problems
An Introduction
Strategic Management of the National Bio-gas Project in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu - Floris Blankenberg
Biogas Technology - Kanta Ahuja, M S Rathore and Deepak Gianchandani
Is it Appropriate?
Women and Cooking Technology - Loes Schenk-Sandbergen
The Vicissitudes of Improved Stove Projects in Rural Gujarat
The Success of Mixed Motives - Margaret M Skutsch
Stove and Forestry Programmes in Gujarat
Conclusion - Enno Hommes
Management Issues