scholarly journals Alternative rural development: Social Justice, Equity, Self-Reliance, and Third Worldism

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharat Prasad Badal
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Third World ◽  
Underdeveloped Country ◽  
Mainstream Economic ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Development Paradigm ◽  
Welfare Model

Alternative Rural Development is a conceptual paradigm shift of mainstream economic development of political economy or development economics. It is, to a larger extent, based on Social Welfare Model of Rural Development and Gandhian ideology of Development. The method, strategy and program endogenously designed for Social Justice, Equity and Self Reliance in any underdeveloped country in the third world is Alternative Rural Development. Endogenous sustainable and scientific resource distribution mechanism is Alternative Rural Development. This paper presents the literature review of the Alternative Rural Development paradigm. It gives information and academic inputs about social Justice, Equity, Self–Reliance and Third Worldism.Research Nepal Journal of Development Studies Vol.1(1) 2018 1-17

scholarly journals Implementation Issues in Rural Development in Sub-Saharan African Countries: Problems and Prospects

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-119
Author(s):  
VA Okosun ◽  
JO Ezomo
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Third World ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Modernization Theory ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Rural Development Policies

It is a credo amongst scholars cum academics all over the globe that well coordinated and elaborate programmes and policies of rural development mounted by the third world countries in sub-Saharan Africa will lift her entire citizenry from manacle of gross underdevelopment to a region of  development in all facets of their economies. The countries in sub-Saharan African have spent trillions of dollars in rural development sector but an overview of the economies of these countries show that the vast population are marooned and encapsulated in gross poverty, ignorance, and  underdevelopment. The reason is attributable to poor implementation of rural development policies and programmes coupled with a host of  variegated factors. This paper therefore defines the concept of  implementation and rural development. The authors of this paper adopt the modernization theory to explicate the work. It discusses the significance of rural development to the economies of Sub-Saharan African countries. The paper also explains how poor implementation of rural  development programmes affects these countries. Moreover, it  orchestrates the factors/problems that impede rural development drives of various governments in Sub-Saharan African. Furthermore, it elucidates on the prospects of rural development. The paper finally suggests that an effective implementation of rural development programmes in all  ramifications is the only vehicle for rapid growth and economic  development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Political Economy of Western Aid to the Third World: A Structural Reinterpretation

1981 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashutosh Varshney
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Third World ◽  
International Economic Order ◽  
International Credit ◽  
Commission Report ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Credit Structure

The problem of economic aid requires a comprehensive reassessment. Apart from the shortcomings of the existing studies, a few other developments, having their origins in the seventies, have made this imperative. Firstly, consequent upon the intensified theme of transfer of resources under the demand for a new international economic order and the increasing vulnerability of the international credit structure, the issue of aid has reentered the core of the development debate. The Brandt Commission Report as well as some other development documents have amply recognized this.1 Secondly, the discipline of international relations has witnessed a paradigm shift towards political economy,2 bringing along some new methodological insights which can be used to overcome the limitations of the available studies.3 Of the many such approaches offered,4 the structural approach has been found to be exceedingly useful particularly with regard to problems like trade, technology and private capital.5 Aid so far has escaped its application. This paper seeks to fill this gap by attempting a two-fold reconstruction, theoretical and empirical.

Self-Reliance as Alternative Strategy for Development

1976 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-377
Author(s):  
Ashok Parthasarathi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Third World ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Alternative Strategy ◽  
Technological Research ◽  
The Third ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Made In

In September 1973, the Pugwash Movement realigned its sights on international collaboration in scientific and technological research as the surest means of promoting development in the Third World, when at its Twenty-third General Conference at Aulanko, Finland, it came to the conclusion that experience having proved its earlier premises to be false, explorations needed to be made in self-reliance as an alternative strategy. Accordingly, it held a Symposium in June 1975 at Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, which was attended by 20 participants from the three developing continents and from North America and Europe. There were also some observers from UN agencies. At its conclusion, the Symposium directed the author, who had acted as the rapporteur of the Symposium, to prepare a report along the ‘outlines’ unanimously approved by the participants. The following essay is the result of his labours. It examines the genesis of the concept of self-reliance, explains the concept itself, outlines the transitional steps, spells out the implications for international organizations as well as developing countries, and gives the guidelines of action by the Pugwash Movement itself.

Dilemmas for Anti-Western Patriotism: Slavophilism and Négritude

1974 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet G. Vaillant
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Third World ◽  
Underdeveloped Country ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
World War ◽  
The Third ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Third World

The idea that Russia was the first underdeveloped country has begun to gain currency among political scientists. It implies that social processes in Russia may be profitably compared with more recent developments in the Third World. In this article I would like to test this hypothesis with respect to an important ideological controversy which took place in Russia during the nineteenth century by examining it alongside discussions among French-speaking West Africans in the period after World War II. More particularly, I would like to compare what might be called the neo-traditional themes and anti-western patriotism of the Slavophiles with the intellectual position taken by the early spokesmen of négritude.

OPEC's Political Options: Case for Collective Self-Reliance within the Third World

1981 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-60
Author(s):  
Rehman Sobhan
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
Technology Markets ◽  
The Third ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Collective Self ◽  
Economic Collaboration ◽  
Oil Embargo ◽  
The Third World

Since the 1973 oil embargo, OPEC's political and economic leverage in global politics has progressively weakened. This decline in OPEC's relative power is due largely to the oil producers' increased dependence on the West for technology, markets, security, and investment opportunities. To counteract this increasing dependency, this paper argues for increased economic collaboration with the Third World, including a complete redirection of OPEC's investments. Collective self-reliance would help diversify and strengthen the oil producers' economies, as well as strengthen and improve the well-being of the Third World as a whole.

Class Analysis and Rural Africa: the Kenya Tea Development Authority

1978 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffley S. Steeves
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Third World ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Rural Society ◽  
Local Society ◽  
The Third ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rural Africa ◽  
The Third World

Academics and aid officials are increasingly turning their attention to two aspects of rural development: the structure of the local society, and the social impact of agricultural programmes. In part this reflects a pessimistic and moralistic reassessment of earlier attempts to promote development in the Third World. However, this analytical focus also represents the continuing evolution of research by those who are engaged in refining their theoretical perspectives on rural society.

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