Learning from the Extreme Poor: Participatory Approaches to Fostering Child Health in Madagascar

Blanchard, Caroline and Godinot, Xavier and Laureau, Chantal and Wodon, Quentin (2007): Learning from the Extreme Poor: Participatory Approaches to Fostering Child Health in Madagascar. Published in: e-Findings (World Bank Africa Region) No. 277 (1 August 2007): pp. 1-5.

Abstract

Very poor people are often considered ignorant and even incapable of thinking, because they have had no opportunity to gain skill in expression through education. The experience of contempt and exclusion is deep among the poorest, whether they live in rich or poor countries, and it often prevents them from participating in social programs. This note provides a summary of a study on access to health care conducted by the International Movement ATD Fourth World in Madagascar, with the aim to outline the organization's approach to reaching the very poor and building projects in close partnership with them.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Extreme Poverty, Health Care, Community Development, Madagascar
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty > I30 - General; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I10 - General

References

Godinot, X., and Q. Wodon, 2006, Participatory Approaches to Attacking Extreme Poverty: Case Studies Led by the International Movement ATD Fourth World, World Bank Working Paper No. 77, Washington, DC.

Marshall, K., and M. Van Saanen, 2007, Development and Faith: When Mind, Heart, and Soul Work Together, World Bank, Washington, DC.

Laureau, C., C. Blanchard, and X. Godinot, 2006, Making Health Services Work for Poor People: Ten Years of Work in Tananarive, Madagascar, in X. Godinot and Q. Wodon, 2006, Participatory Approaches to Attacking Extreme Poverty: Case Studies Led by the International Movement ATD Fourth World, World Bank Working Paper No. 77, Washington, DC.