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Peer reviewedOkpala, Donatus C. I. – Human Organization, 1980
The paper documents and analyzes the nature of community self-help efforts in rural areas of Anambra State, Nigeria. It notes that community perceptions of development are based on a social and economic yardstick and differ from the prevailing public policy on agricultural development. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Development, Community Planning, Developing Nations
Download full textSharma, Satish; Anstey, Eleanor – 1981
Using the perspective of sociology and social welfare, the report focuses on issues and concerns by considering the concepts and underpinnings of personal development, social development, community development, women's issues, rural social welfare, and self-help. Contexts are the social development and social welfare of total societies as well as…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations
THOTA, VYKUNTAPATHI – 1966
AN OUTGROWTH OF MISSIONARY AND VOLUNTEER EFFORTS, THE INDIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM HAS FOUR OBJECTIVES--(1) TO ASSIST EACH VILLAGE IN PLANNING AND CARRYING OUT INTEGRATED MULTI-PHASED FAMILY AND VILLAGE PLANS DIRECTED TOWARDS INCREASING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, (2) TO IMPROVE HEALTH PRACTICES, (3) TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED EDUCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agriculture
