Rural Development
Principles, Policies, and Management

Fourth Edition

Katar Singh - Former Director, Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA), Gujarat
Anil Shishodia - Information and References Services, Calgary Public Library, Canada

An unparalleled textbook on the subject, extensively revised to provide updates of various policies, strategies, and programs in the spheres of rural development and management in India.

This time-tested textbook on the basic concepts, policy instruments, strategies, policies, programs, and management of rural development provides a comprehensive coverage of the subject. Primarily targeted at graduate and postgraduate students of rural development, this textbook also emphasizes the crucial role of human resources as both a means and an end to development. The book aims to equip the reader to hone skills in planning, formulation, monitoring, and evaluation in rural development programs.

Key Features

• Extensive analytical coverage of concepts, policies, and strategies in rural development

• New sections added on various methodologies of estimating poverty, National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) and the National Livestock Mission (NLM), seven new social welfare-oriented programs, and planning machinery in India

• Complete revision of all original tables and statistical figures along with new data on employment/unemployment and poverty scenario in India

Preface to the Fourth Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

Concepts and Connotations of Rural Development

Basic Elements of Rural Development

Growth versus Development

Why Rural Development

Rising Expectations and Development

Development and Change

Human Beings as the Cause and Consequence of Development

Some Dilemmas in Development

RURAL ECONOMY OF INDIA

Introduction

Size and Structure of the Rural Economy

The Role of the Agricultural Sector

Major Problems of the Agricultural Sector

The Role of the Non-agricultural Subsector

Challenges and the Ways Forward

MEASURES OF DEVELOPMENT

Introduction

Measures of Level of Rural Development

Measures of Income Distribution

Measures of Development Simplified

Concepts and Measures of Rural Poverty

SOME PARADIGMS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Introduction

The Modernisation Theory

The Dependency Theory of the Marxist School

Rosenstein-Rodan’s Theory of the “Big Push”

Leibenstein’s “Critical Minimum Effort Thesis”

Lewis’ Model of Economic Development

Gunnar Myrdal’s Thesis of “Spread and Backwash” Effects

The Human Capital Model of Development

The Gandhian Model of Rural Development

Development Theories from Other Social Sciences

DETERMINANTS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Introduction

Changes in Output

Natural Resources

Human Resources

Capital

Technology

Organizational and Institutional Framework

Relation between Rural Development and Its Determinants

RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES

Introduction

freedom, Control, and Public Policy

Need for a Rural Development Policy

Goals of Rural Development Policy

Hierarchy of Policy Goals

Rural Development Policies in India

Globalization and Rural Development

STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Introduction

The Concepts of Sustainability and Sustainable Development

Some Indicators of Non-sustainable Development

A Critical Review of India’s Strategies of Rural Development

Some Elements of a New Strategy for Sustainable Development

POLICY INSTRUMENTS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Introduction

A Conceptual Framework

An Action System

Policy Instruments

EQUITY-ORIENTED AND GROWTH-ORIENTED PROGRAMS

Introduction

Equity-oriented Programs

Growth-oriented Programs

POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT ERADICATION PROGRAMS

Introduction

Current Poverty Scenario and Trends

Current Rural Employment Scenario and Trends

Poverty and Unemployment Alleviation Programs

NATURAL RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

Introduction

Natural Resources-based Programs

National Crop Insurance Program (NCIP)

Weather-based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS)

Infrastructure Development Programs

PLANNING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Introduction

Levels and Functions of Planning

Decentralization of Planning

Methodology of Micro-level Planning

Methodology of Block- and District-level Planning

Institutional Structure for Planning

ORGANIZING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Introduction

A Detour to Organizational Models

The Search for a New Paradigm

Criteria for Designing an Appropriate Organization

Government Organizations

Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)

Cooperatives

Voluntary Agencies/Nongovernmental Organizations

Corporations and Rural Development

FINANCING RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Introduction

Domestic Institutional Sources

The Role of Non-institutional Agencies

Deficit Financing or Controlled Inflation

Foreign Sources of Funds

IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION

Introduction

Project Implementation

Project Control

Integration and Coordination

People’s Participation in Implementation

Project Monitoring

Project Evaluation

Knowledge Management in Rural Development

Bibliography

Index

Supplements

Companion Website

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