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Peer reviewedJones, Jerry; Wiggle, Ian – Community Development Journal, 1987
Explores the causes of the demise of community development and shows how a community development department could become the major agency for social and economic development. (JOW)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Development, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSetty, E. Desingu; Ross, E. Lamar – Community Development Journal, 1987
Discusses a program of the Gandhigram Rural Institute for Higher Education (Deemed University) that attempts to improve the socioeconomic condition of neighboring villages by developing educational awareness and providing training programs for children and adults. (JOW)
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education
Peer reviewedBarney, Ian – Community Development Journal, 2003
Case studies of three Indian businesses showed they were engaged in different types of community development: defensive, narrow, and positive. Addition of a sustainable livelihoods approach could add depth to business-community relationships with an outward focus, ability to deal with complexity, and emphasis on corporate citizenship. (Contains 27…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Case Studies, Community Development, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBelakere, Ramegowda; Jayaramaiah, K. M. – Community Development Journal, 1997
A survey of 100 farmers and 120 government development workers in India showed that farmers felt seeds, fertilizer, and relief employment were inadequate, while livestock feeding and soil/water conservation were helpful government interventions for drought. A large gap appeared between farmers' and government workers' perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Conservation (Environment), Drought, Farmers
Peer reviewedRew, Alan; Rew, Martin – Community Development Journal, 2003
A development project in a poor east Indian community used community development and sustainable livelihoods methods that understated the critical importance of rank, caste, and power relations. Implemented out of context, these models became obstacles to survival and development. (Contains 16 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Innovation
Peer reviewedKarunaratne, Garvin – Community Development Journal, 1976
The community development program, initiated in 1952, failed, in the author's opinion, because no sustained attempt was made to involve the people in the development process. Discussed are: program objectives, implementation, administrative structure, an evaluation of 15 program aspects, a community development strategy, and the failure of the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Involvement, Failure
Peer reviewedRutherford, Andy – Community Development Journal, 1987
The case study examines the work of a coalition between certain women's groups in India and a nongovernmental charitable trust. The mission of the coalition is to empower Indian women, who generally possess neither land nor power, to care for their livestock. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Animal Husbandry, Community Development, Developing Nations
