Creating Markets With the Poor: Selling Treadle Pumps in India

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dc.contributor.authorVan Steenbergen, Frank W.
dc.coverage.countryIndiaen_US
dc.coverage.regionMiddle East & South Asiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-25T15:32:50Z
dc.date.available2010-08-25T15:32:50Z
dc.date.issued2003en_US
dc.description.abstract"With public sector funding stalled in many developing countries, much is expected from local private investment for generating the finances required to develop essential services, such as water supply and irrigation. This philosophy is known as the 'market creation approach', and involves creating viable business chains for affordable products and services for the poor. This paper reviews one attempt at market creation; selling treadle pumps in North Bengal, India. Treadle pumps are ergonomically superior manual irrigation pumps, which in principle can lift a family out of poverty. The paper analyses five seasons of promoting and setting up supply chains for the treadle pumps."en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/6196
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisher.workingpaperseriesInternational Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), Londonen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGatekeeper Series, no. 107en_US
dc.subjectwater resourcesen_US
dc.subjectmarketsen_US
dc.subjectlivelihoodsen_US
dc.subjectpoverty alleviationen_US
dc.subject.sectorSocial Organizationen_US
dc.subject.sectorWater Resource & Irrigationen_US
dc.titleCreating Markets With the Poor: Selling Treadle Pumps in Indiaen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
dc.type.methodologyCase Studyen_US

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