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Abstract :
A seminar on rural development planning (RDP) was held in Manila and Davao, the Philippines, in Dec. 1999. The objectives were to acquire a better appreciation of rural development issues and to discuss measures and approaches for strengthening capacity for RDP. The state of RDP in the following countries was presented: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, South Korea, Laos, Mongolia; Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Other subjects were: (1) current rural development issues in Asia and the Pacific; (2) outline of an RDP framework and designing rural development programmes; (3) financing and implementing rural development plans; (4) monitoring and evaluation of rural development programmes; (5) the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in rural development; and (6) environmental aspects of RDP. Generally, rural development programmes aimed at poverty alleviation have had little impact. Instances of successful RDP have demonstrated the need for leadership, self-reliance, co-ordinate action of NGOs and government agencies, and an appropriate balance between
Registration No : B1451
Author :
D. A. Cruz [editor]
Asian Productivity Organization
Edition :
Impresum : Tokyo: APO, 2002
Description :
Language : English
ISBN 92-833-2300-9
Classification:
1. 300 - SOSIO-CULTURAL COMMUNITY / 330.4 - SOCIAL WELFARE, WOMEN, LABOUR, MIGRANT WORKERS, POVERTY REDUCTION, & CIVIL SERVICES - Rural Development and Poverty Eradication
Keyword :
1 Rural development
2 Asia
3 Pacific
4 Planning
Availability :
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