• DocumentCode
    304196
  • Title

    Project WEALTH (water, energy, agriculture, lighting, training and health)-harnessing the wealth of nations

  • Author

    Kashkari, Chaman

  • Author_Institution
    Akron Univ., OH, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    11-16 Aug 1996
  • Firstpage
    1526
  • Abstract
    Project WEALTH, hereafter referred to as WEALTH, is a global plan for the economic development of an estimated one million villages in the world, where one billion people live. The plan will focus on the provision of: water, energy, agriculture, lighting, training, health (WEALTH), by harnessing the natural resources of the villages and utilizing the technologies available in the industrialized countries. In the first phase of the project, one model village (WEALTH Center) will be established in every developing country of the world. The Center will serve as the training and demonstration center and promote the project in the country. WEALTH will provide economic opportunities for the industrialized and the developing countries. The small business sector will play a major role in the implementation of the project. The project will be developed and implemented, not by governments, but by private sector, in cooperation with national governments. When fully operational, the project has the potential of generating business to the tune of billions of dollars every year. The inner-cities of the US can participate in the project resulting in their own rapid development. WEALTH will spur global economic growth and lay the foundation for prosperity and peace in the twenty-first century
  • Keywords
    agriculture; economics; health care; lighting; natural resources; power systems; training; water supply; Project WEALTH; US inner-cities; agriculture; developing country; energy; global economic growth; health; industrialized countries; lighting; natural resources; training; villages; water; Agriculture; Business; Drilling; Environmental economics; Government; Industrial training; Power generation economics; Renewable energy resources; Reservoirs; Water resources;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1996. IECEC 96., Proceedings of the 31st Intersociety
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • ISSN
    1089-3547
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3547-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IECEC.1996.553325
  • Filename
    553325