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E-book: Fundamentals of Rural Development [Taylor & Francis e-book]

  • Format: 540 pages, 86 Tables, black and white; 37 Line drawings, black and white; 37 Illustrations, black and white
  • Pub. Date: 20-Mar-2025
  • Publisher: Routledge India
  • ISBN-13: 9781003541189
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  • Format: 540 pages, 86 Tables, black and white; 37 Line drawings, black and white; 37 Illustrations, black and white
  • Pub. Date: 20-Mar-2025
  • Publisher: Routledge India
  • ISBN-13: 9781003541189

The book expounds on the functioning of rural development as well as the practical problems encountered in the formulation of rural development policies and programs. It will be useful to undergraduate and post graduate students, researchers, teachers of development studies, economics, sociology, political science, and public administration.



The book expounds on the functioning of rural development as well as the practical problems encountered in the formulation of rural development policies and programs. It provides an exhaustive account of the various sectors and actors of rural development and presents it as a multidimensional concept by documenting its different components. It also details the paradigms and strategies of rural development adopted by developed and developing countries of the world.

This volume deals with rural cooperatives and livelihood in order to understand how the development process can be self-sustained and sustainable, following the vocal for local mantra. It also extensively discusses rural basic needs, poverty, employment, the role of Panchayati raj institutions, the corporate sector, NGOs, peoples’ participation and capacity building in rural development.

This book will be useful to undergraduate and post graduate students, researchers, teachers of development studies, economics, sociology, political science, and public administration. It will be useful for the administrators and development administration officials of state and central government, planners, policy makers, and people working in NGOs and corporate sector functionaries dealing with corporate social responsibilities especially those are handling developmental issues and challenges.

List of Figures vii List of Tables ix List of Boxes xii About the Author
xiii Preface xv 1 Introduction 1 2 Theoretical Perspectives on Rural
Development 28 3 Rural Development Paradigms and Strategies of Selected
Countries 55 4 Components and Approaches to Rural Development 81 5
Development of Agriculture 118 6 Natural Resources, Disaster Management, and
Sustainable Rural Development 150 7 Rural Industry and Entrepreneurship 186 8
Rural Livelihoods and Rural-to-Urban Migration 206 9 Rural Cooperatives and
Financial Institutions 237 10 Rural Infrastructure Development and Waste
Management 269 11 Rural Poverty and Basic Needs 299 12 Social and Economic
Issues in Rural Development 327 13 Rural Education, Health, and Women
Empowerment 356 14 Local Self-Government and Other Actors of Rural
Development 385 15 Management of Rural Development: Projects and Programmes
412 16 Development Communication and Peoples Participation 437 17 Training
and Rural Development 468 18 Rural Development Programmes in India: An
Overview 491 Index 519
Bikram Keshari Pattanaik is Professor and was two terms Director at the School of Extension and Development Studies in the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi.