This article discusses that tools of improvement do not always fit the hand in need. El Salvador lies in Central America. In the north–south split between the have and have-not countries, it clearly falls in the south. According to the World Bank, gross national income per capita is $2,200, compared with an average of a little more than $2,900 for all of Latin America and the Caribbean. In the developed world, per capita income is closer to $26,000. It is estimated that more than 40 percent of the 6.5 million people in El Salvador live below the poverty line; that is, they make so little that they cannot buy all the necessities of life. Backed by funds from Europe, the team finished three rural installations in the two and a half years between late 1999 and the middle of 2002. Rivas and the team are still working on the mechanical design. They have come up with a new adjustment mechanism that is easier to operate than the plate and pin system. This version uses a cable that attaches to hooks at various elevations on the support post to adjust the incline.
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The Tools of Improvement Don't Always Fit the Hand in Need.
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Mechanical Engineering. Feb 2005, 127(02): 37-40 (4 pages)
Published Online: February 1, 2005
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Hutchinson, H. (February 1, 2005). "Best Intentions." ASME. Mechanical Engineering. February 2005; 127(02): 37–40. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2005-FEB-3
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