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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  

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Author:   Katar Singh ,  Anil Shishodia
Publisher:   SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Imprint:   SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Edition:   4th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9789351509981

ISBN 10:   9351509982
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   05 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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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. Anil Shishodia currently works in the Information/Reference Services Department of the Calgary Public Library in Calgary, Canada. He was formerly a Senior Lecturer in the Postgraduate Department of Economics, Sardar Patel University (SPU), Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat. He was a World Bank Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in environmental economics at the Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA, from August 1999 to May 2000, where he credited and audited a number of advanced courses in natural resources and environmental economics, including a course in environmental ethics. At SPU, he was instrumental in designing and offering a postgraduate level course in environmental economics. He has over 11 years of experience in teaching and research, and has published a number of articles on the subject.

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