Successful experiments in rural development V.2
- New Delhi Zenith Books International 2007
- 2v.
The current two volumes of the Forum Knowledge Management Series are a compilation of Case Studies/Learnings from good and best practices/containing sage advice/food for thought and inspiration from sound interventions/research covering a wide gamut of development sub-sectors/ cross cutting concerns
• Natural resource management (eg. land/ water/forestry) linked to livelihood security of the disadvantaged
• Off farm/ non farm microenterprise/ microfinance based livelihoods (SEWA, Kudumbashree)
• Human development (education, women empowernment & gender) Mega poverty alleviation programmes
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(SGSY, NREGA and Microfinance) Issues of decentralized governance/ corporate social responsibility (ITC's Rural Development/Public Private Community Partnerships)
• Effective govt./ donor agency and NGO/ CSO partnerships - Enabling legislation (as Right to
Information & NREGA) - Strategies for introducing/popularizing innovations (drip & sprinkler micro irrigation)
Strategies for tackling recurrent mass problems (droughts, migration) Harnessing of IT revolution (ICT tools for poverty alleviation)