In Africa, most development strategies include efforts to improve the productivity of staple crops grown on smallholder farms. An underlying premise is that small farms are productive in the African context and that smallholders do not forgo economies of scale—a premise supported by the often...

This paper presents techniques of assessing the present state of water supply situation, sanitation condition and drainage system of an area by using Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) method. South Begunbari Slum, Dhaka has been selected as the study area for this study. Several participatory...

The research examines the application of local good governance (LGG) in the implementation of rural infrastructure development planning (RIDP) and analyzes its strengths and limitations. Two communes with longer and shorter working experience in the application of LGG in RIDP, viz. Khnach Romeas...

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...

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...

Following a current trend, the UNDP's Human Development Report 2013 promoted the middle class(es) as an important new factor in development. The limitations of this category and its role in the context of Africa are at the core of this contribution.