During a 6-month period 185 rural Bangladeshi children (80 boys and 105 girls) aged 4-27 months were observed to investigate developmental,... Read more...
The effect of an agricultural technical change on intra-household welfare is discussed. Existing theories suggest that the distribution of resources... Read more...
The Rural Sanitation Programme in Kerala, India, was only taken up in a concerted manner around 1986. Read more...
This article gives an overview of rural sanitation research and implementation programmes undertaken in India since 1928. Read more...
Article describes a field study aimed at measuring the personal cost of illness from five major water-related diseases (enteric fever, acute... Read more...
This article examines factors that determine the success or failure of rural information centres in Africa. Two types of information centre are... Read more...
Some factors contributing to the low standard of living of rural women in Africa are discussed and the ineffectiveness of government programmes to... Read more...
The New Horizon's workshop in Bangalore, India, from 28 November to 2 December 1994 was the culmination of two years of collaborative investigation... Read more...
One hundred and eight rural mothers were interviewed about childhood diarrhoea. Read more...