This paper attempts to bring out the need for making a special management drive and institutional arrangement with a view to enable people to participate in decentralized planning of rural development. It focuses attention on making such an arrangement in reform era. The study concluded by...

Given that the phenomenon of capture of public programs by sections the population is rampant in developing countries, households can indulge in a strategy to improve their participating in public programs by bribing the suppliers of such programs. This is an important issue affecting both the...

This paper deals with the preliminary assessment of the current state of planning as a factor of competitive competence and of long-term corporate performance in the Republic of Croatia. This study positions planning, which is a significant component of the management and long-term success of...

Regional problems of the European Union are economical inequalities between regions which are being solved with financing of development projects. Agriculture should be fitted into that concept, so it would become more noticeable in the budget of the EU. The challenge for the Republic of Croatia...

Rural development in the European Union has to face several challenges such as increasing international competition among agricultural markets; growing needs for rural services (multifunctional agriculture); Eastern enlargement: increase in number and area of distressed regions and growing...

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is the flagship rural employment scheme of the Government of India (GOI). The scheme guarantees 100 days of employment per rural household. Using government reported data, this brief analyses the program along the following...

We use the nation-wide policy of randomly allocating village council headships to women to identify the impact of female political leadership on the governance of projects implemented under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India. Using primary survey data, we find more program...

This paper traces the process of the formulation of Decentralised Planning in the Tribal Regions of Odisha while examining the case of Sundargarh District. The paper also tries to provide an analytical glimpse between the powers devolved to the Local Governments in the Scheduled Areas of Odisha...

CAADP is the agricultural programme of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), which is therefore a programme of the African Union (AU). Established by the AU assembly in 2003, CAADP focuses on improving food security, nutrition, and increasing incomes in Africa's largely farming...

An attempt has been made in this paper to highlight first the plan strategies so far adopted and the models constructed for poverty alleviation in India. As is known, no significant results could be achieved so far in India in poverty alleviation. It is also feared that the current...