Rural Development Priorities

Contents: Preface. 1. Goals of rural development. 2. Rural development intervention. 3. Rural financial development. 4. South Asian credit access. 5. Rural development through peoples participation. 6. Challenges and opportunities of rural poverty reduction. 7. Assessment of rural poverty. Bibliography. Index.

"Mahatma Gandhi had predicted an almost a century ago that unless more than 5 lac villages are developed, India is not going to grow and progress. This prophecy is staring us more than ever before. This profound and scholarly book takes into account the infrastructural development to the rudimentary requirements like market, housing, utilities, health to education. All are interdependent. An essential ready reckoner for the NGOs, corporate rural outreach, policy planners and sociologists." (jacket)