Rural Development

Principles, Policies and Management
Third Auflage
ISBN: 978-81-7829-926-6
Verlag: Sage Publications India

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 520 g

Rural Development: Principles, Policies and Management, Third Edition, has been revised and repackaged as a comprehensive textbook on Rural Development and Planning. This book is primarily targeted at graduate and post-graduate students of Rural Development, Agricultural Policy and Planning and Rural Management. New chapters have been added, keeping in mind the curricula taught in most colleges, academic institutes, and universities in India. The updated content also takes into account training programmes in Rural Development, Rural Economics, Rural Management, Agricultural Policy and Planning.

The book focuses on the basic concepts, policy instruments, strategies, policies and programmes, and the management of rural development. In particular, it emphasises the pivotal role of human resources as both a means and an end of development. Recent developments and progress of rural development programmes like equity and growth-oriented programmes and natural resources and infrastructure programmes have been well-documented and analysed. Some new pedagogical features introduced in the book include:

- `Learning Outcomes` at the beginning of each chapter
- Two new sections, namely, ‘Main Points’, and ‘Questions for Discussion’ at the end of each chapter

Aspirants of competitive examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission and State Public Service Commissions and the admission tests conducted by academic institutes offering post-graduate programmes in Rural Management and Agri-business Management will also find this book useful. The book will also be of much interest to governmental and non-governmental organisations including donors and other funding agencies engaged in rural development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Singh, Katar

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Landschaftsplanung, Ländliche Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: 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

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART II: RURAL ECONOMY OF INDIA
Introduction

Size and Structure of the Rural Economy

The Characteristics of the Rural Sector

The Role of the Agricultural Subsector

The Role of the Non-agricultural Subsector

Challenges and Opportunities

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART III: MEASURES OF DEVELOPMENT
Introduction

Measures of Level of Rural Development

Measures of Income Distribution

Measures of Development Simplified

Concepts and Measures of Rural Poverty

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART IV: 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

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART V: DETERMINANTS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Introduction

Changes in Output

Natural Resources

Human Resources

Capital

Technology

Organisational and Institutional Framework

Relation between Rural Development and Its Determinants

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART VI: 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

Globalisation and Rural Development

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART VII: 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

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART VIII: POLICY INSTRUMENTS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Introduction

A Conceptual Framework

An Action System

Policy Instruments

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART IX: EQUITY-ORIENTED AND GROWTH-ORIENTED PROGRAMMES
Introduction

Equity-oriented Programmes

Growth-oriented Programmes

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART X: POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT ERADICATION PROGRAMMES
Introduction

Current Poverty Scenario and Trends

Rural Employment Scenario

Poverty and Unemployment Alleviation Programmes

Social Welfare-oriented Programmes (SWOP)
Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART XI: NATURAL RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
Introduction

Natural Resources-based Programmes

National Agriculture Insurance Scheme (NAIS)
Pilot Weather-based Crop Insurance Scheme (WBCIS)
Infrastructure Development Programmes

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART XII: PLANNING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Introduction

Levels and Functions of Planning

Decentralisation of Planning

Methodology of Micro-level Planning

Methodology for Block- and District-level Planning

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART XIII: ORGANISING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Introduction

A Detour to Organisational Models

The Search for a New Paradigm

Criteria for Designing an Appropriate Organisation

Government Organisations

Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)
Cooperatives

Voluntary Agencies/Non-governmental Organisations

Corporations and Rural Development

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART XIV: FINANCING RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Introduction

Domestic Institutional Sources

The Role of Non-institutional Agencies

Deficit Financing or Controlled Inflation

Foreign Sources of Funds

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

PART XV: IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Introduction

Project Implementation

Project Control

Integration and Coordination

People's Participation in Implementation

Project Monitoring

Project Evaluation

Main Points

Questions for Discussion

References and Select Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Singh, Katar
Katar Singh is currently Honorary (Founder) Chairman, India Natural Resource Economics and Management (INREM) Foundation, Anand, which is a nongovernmental academic organization committed to promoting teaching, training, and research in natural resource economics and environment management, and improving natural resource management policies and programs. He holds a PhD in agricultural economics from the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign, USA, and has done postdoctoral research and advanced coursework in natural resource economics in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA and in the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University Bloomington, USA.

He has over 50 years of teaching, training, research, and consulting experience in the areas of agricultural and rural development, and natural resource economics and management. He was the director and RBI Chair Professor in the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA), India, and also had a short stint as Director, Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow. He has also taught at G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India.

He has coordinated and conducted several research and consultancy projects funded by national and international agencies. A prolific writer, he has published over 120 articles and papers in professional journals of repute and has authored/co-authored nine books, including a textbook, Rural Development: Principles, Policies, and Management, second ed. (SAGE, 1999), and another entitled Environmental Economics: Theory and Applications (SAGE, 2007), coauthored with Dr Anil Shishodia. He has also co-edited three books, namely, Co-operative Management of Natural Resources (SAGE, 1996), Natural Resource Economics: Theory and Application in India (1997), and Designing and Managing Rural Development Organizations (2000).

Professor Singh is a life member of numerous professional bodies, including the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (ISAE), Indian Society for Ecological Economics, and International Society for Ecological Economics. He is a recipient of several awards and honors, including Rathindra Puraskar 2003, awarded by Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, in recognition of his significant contribution to education in rural development and Sir Chhotu Ram National Award for the year 1996–97, awarded by CSS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, in recognition of his outstanding research work in the field of agriculture and rural development.