Rural Development : capitalist and socialist paths vol.5
- New Delhi Concept Publication. 1985
- 206 p.
vol.5 : China and Tanzania
This set volumes is based on a UNCRD study of the impact of national policies and programmes on rural development in eight developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Both China and Tanzania follow their own brands of socialist models of development. China adopted the Marxist model of deve lopment but laid great emphasis on rural development. It eliminated private owner ship of land and organized peasants in communes. It made strides in all sectors of the rural economy. But the progress was Islow as the incentives for increased pro duction were lacking in the social system. For the last few years many changes have been brought about in the development polices and strategies. China has thus tried to evolve a new model of social trans formation of its rural population a model different from the one in vogue in the USSR.
Rural transformation is the central theme of the Tanzanian model of national develop ment. It has also introduced communal ownership of the means of production, and villagization of the homestead tribal settle ments. The study gives an account of the new villagization programmes and its impact on Tanzania's vast rural areas. The study is important in itself because the Tanzanian model is unique and still open to success or failure.
The project report on two distant and socio-culturally divergent countries trying two different versions of the socialist model, highlights the achievements and crises of ideology based rural development policies.