Rural Development and Population

Contents: Preface. 1. Rural development. 2. Gender, population, and land tenure. 3. Right to work employment opportunities. 4. Population profile of India. 5. Rural development and population. 6. Land tenure and rural fertility/mortality. 7. Gandhian village economics. 8. A client-centered networking project in rural India. 9. Gender, rural fertility/mortality and farming systems. 10. Gandhian villages Vs. global villages. 11. Rural credit and RRBs in India. 12. Elderly women. 13. Social development. 14. Dynamics of a developing economy. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

"Growing population is leading to prove heavy burden on the limited and scarce resources--natural or manmade. This is more so in case of rural areas where gainful opportunities are very meager.

Though population explosion is a major problem all over the world yet its repercussions are more visible in poor and developing countries. Thus the various programmes for rural development launched vehemently are diluted due to over-population." (jacket)