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Front Cover; Towards Global Action for Appropriate Technology; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; PART I: CONCEPTS, CRITERIA, STRATEGIES; CHAPTER 1. APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY: SOME CRITERIA; Introduction; Some Criteria of Appropriateness; Conclusion; CHAPTER 2. TECHNOLOGIES APPROPRIATE FOR A BASIC NEEDS STRATEGY; Introduction; A Basic Needs Approach and Strategy; Technological Contents of a ""BN"" Strategy; Technologies Appropriate for Basic Needs Satisfaction; A Suitable Policy Frame; Concluding Remarks; PART II: EXISTING INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK.

AbstractThis paper examines interrelationships between health status, access and utilization. Indicators for each of these are measured for China and India. It is shown that China, both during Mao and Deng periods, scores over India in the provision of health services to the rural population. Differences in economic inequalities, organization of health services and motivation account for this. Contrary to the prevailing view there is no conclusive evidence that the post‐Mao reforms have lowered the access of rural people to health services. The decline of barefoot doctors has been accompanied by an increase in private medical practitioners, and a decline in rural health insurance has coincided with new and alternative experiments in this domain.