Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. Illustrations xiii
4. Foreword xv
5. Preface xxix
6. Acknowledgments xxxiii
7. Map of Tajikistan xxxix
8. 1. Introduction 1
9. Part I. The Beginning of the Encounter
10. 2. Health in the Time of the USSR 21
11. 3 Seeking Help at the End of Empire 38
12. Part II. Life at the End of Empire
13. 4. The Health Crisis in Badakhshan 49
14. 5. Minding the Gap? 67
15. Part III. Transplanting Ideology
16. 6. Bretton Woods to Bamako 85
17. 7. From Bamako to Badakhshan 100
18. Part IV. The Aftermath
19. 8 Privatizing Health Services 113
20. 9 Revealing the Blind Spot 124
21. 10 Epilogue 136
22. Notes 145
23. Bibliography 185
24. Index 231