To the hands of the poor : water and trees

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To the hands of the poor : water and trees

Robert Chambers, N.C. Saxena, Tushaar Shah

Intermediate Technology Publications, c1989

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and indexes

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Description

Confronts the paradox of mass poverty coexisting with vast resource potentials in rural India, such as the potentials from groundwater and trees, previously underestimated. Combines empirical research with practical political economy.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • PART ONE: THE PARADOX OF POVERTY
  • Chapter One: Poverty and Priorities 3
  • Chapter Two: The Poor and the Potentials
  • Chapter Three: Who Gains and Who Loses? PART TWO: LIFT IRRIGATION AND THE POOR , Chapter Four: Access to Water through Groups
  • Chapter Five: Access to Water through Markets
  • Chapter Six: Practical Policy
  • Chapter Seven: Forestry for Livelihoods 143
  • Chapter Eight: Why Small Farmers Don't Plant Trees
  • Chapter Nine: A New Charter for the Poor
  • PART FOUR: PRACTICAL STRATEGY
  • Chapter Ten: Analysis and Action

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