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Forty Years: A Learning Curve: The Ford Foundation in India 1952-1992
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Forty Years: A Learning Curve: The Ford Foundation in India 1952-1992




A thematic history of the Ford Foundation's programs in India 1952-1992.

Staples, Eugene S.
1992
91 pages


Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 India and the Ford Foundation the Origins
Chapter 2 Food Production, Rural Poverty and Sustainable Agriculture
The Community Development Program
Increasing Food Production: the Intensive Agricultural Districts Program
Beyond The Iadp: Education and Research
Rice: The Problem Grain
Resource Management and Sustainable Agriculture
Non-Governmental Organizations (Ngos)
Women's Employment
Chapter 3 Education and Culture, Rights and Governance
Secondary Teacher Training
Rural Universities
Dealing with the Language Issue
Other Early Experiments
The Universities
Women's Studies
Culture
Law, Rights and Governance
Chapter 4 Planning and Management
Public Administration
The Analytical Bases: the Social Sciences
Management
Small Industries
Urban And Regional Planning
Chapter 5 Population, Child Survival and Reproductive Health
Population
Health and Nutrition
Chapter 6 the International Connections
Understanding the World Outside
Understanding India Abroad
Chapter 7 a Summing Up: an Outlook
Footnotes
Notes
Chapter 1: India and the Ford Foundation: the Origins
Chapter 2: Food Production, Rural Poverty and Sustainable Agriculture
Chapter 3: Education and Culture, Rights and Governance
Chapter 4: Planning and Management
Chapter 5: Population, Child Survival and Reproductive Health
Chapter 6: the International Connections
Chapter 7: a Summing Up: an Outlook