6. Reconstruction development plan - Hlanganani; Sustainability with large communally-owned systems; Village-level operation and maintenance; Singida integrated rural development project; Sustainability of community water supplies; Spring protection - sustainable water supply

1996 ◽  
pp. 85-103
Author(s):  
Rob Burgess ◽  
M. Slabbert ◽  
Brian Copeland ◽  
Claus R. Jesperson ◽  
Peter H. Killewo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Village Level ◽  
Community Water ◽  
Operation And Maintenance ◽  
Integrated Rural Development ◽  
Sustainable Water Supply ◽  
Project Sustainability ◽  
Spring Protection

The Poor of Noakhali: Danish Development Assistance Policy and Rural Development in Bangladesh

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER YDING BRUNBECH
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Development Assistance ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Integrated Rural Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Will ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
High Level

AbstractThe Danish integrated rural development project in the Bangladeshi district of Noakhali (1978–92) was in many ways the largest aid project in the history of the Danish aid agency, DANIDA, and was intended to break new ground by reaching the poorest and weakest directly. Despite elaborate planning and a small army of Danish experts, however, the project failed to reach the targeted groups and would ultimately be viewed as a partial fiasco. By analysing the historical context of the project, this article will show how both the project and the problems it encountered were a by-product of the basic principles of the Danish aid policy developed in the 1960s and 1970s: the same factors that produced the high level of Danish aid spending and the will to embrace new agendas in development assistance such as the ‘basic-needs’ approach also created a number of problems with regard to the implementation of Danish policy on the ground.

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