scholarly journals Critical Analysis of Rural Development Initiatives in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-129
Author(s):  
Muhammad Luqman ◽  
Muhammad Umer Mehmood ◽  
Muhammad Farooq ◽  
Tariq Mehmood ◽  
Muhammad Waqar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
The North ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Masses

Rural development agencies have been regarded as important performers in terms of influencing development policies and programmes in rural areas of the world. The main focus of these programmes is to uplift the living standard of the masses in rural areas through sustained growth in the rural economy. To improve the livelihoods of rural communities, the government has adopted various rural development programmes, but the majority of them left very little effect on the ground. Many of these programmes had been inspired by the western paradigm. Categorically the efforts to uplift the livelihood of rural population in the North-Western Pakistan, have gained little success. According to recent reports, about one third population of mountainous region is still facing the problem of food insecurity, poverty and hunger which results in economic and political instability. Considering this, the government has launched many rural development programmes but almost all of them were terminated after gaining little success. Although the overall approach was institutional in nature but it failed to promote institutional aspect of rural development. Leading constraints to the rural developmental strategies include shortage of funds, dominated status of bureaucracy and lack of coordination among the implementing agency and local community. Besides state owned programmes for rural development many non-government organizations (NGOs) are also involved on the theme of development that is participatory for the decades. Among those initiatives Agha Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) remained quite successful in northern areas of Pakistan. However, rural development through participatory approach is still far behind the predicted results and these organizations are facing problems in delivering welfare services to the rural poor as they are being blame that they are working on western agenda.

scholarly journals National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
Mamoni Das
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Life Styles ◽  
Rural Development Programme ◽  
National Bank ◽  
The Government

Indian economy is agricultural economy and real India lies in villages. Without the development of the rural economy, the objectives of economic planning cannot be achieved. Hence, banks and other financial institutions are considered to be a vital role for the development of the rural economy in India. NABARD are playing a pivotal role in the economy development of the rural India. In the Indian context rural development assumes greater significance as nearly 70% of its population lives in rural areas. Most of the people living in rural area draw their livelihood from agriculture and allied sectors. Such areas are distinct from more intensively settled urban and suburban areas. Life styles in rural area are different than those in urban areas, mainly because limited services are available. Governmental services like law enforcement, schools, fire departments may be distant, limited in scope, or unavailable. Rural development is a national necessity and has considerable importance in India. The main objective of the rural development programme is to raise the economic and social level of the rural people. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is set up as an apex institution by the Government of India with the main objective of providing and regulating credit and other facilities for the promotion of rural development. It is a single integrated organisation which looks after the credit requirements of all types of agricultural and rural development activities. The present study is a modest attempt to the credit potential for agriculture during the year 2021-22. The study covered aspects such as functions, objectives, management and organizational structure, sources of funds, activities achieved, loan assistance to various institutions, Methodology for preparation of potential linked credit plans (PLPs) and Development Projects in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Keywords: NABARD, Rural Development, RBI and SHGs..

scholarly journals Employment Generation and Asset Creation through MGNREGA in Andhra Pradesh

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-285
Author(s):  
Srinivas P
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Livelihood Security ◽  
The Government ◽  
Asset Creation ◽  
Employment Guarantee ◽  
Official Records

NREGA, enacted in 2005, forms the basis of a massive employment guarantee scheme, implemented throughout India, with two main objectives – to enhance the livelihood security of people in rural areas, and to boost the rural economy. Ever since its implementation across the country (2008-09 to 2015-16), on an average Rs.40, 000 crore per financial year has been invested under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA. In conformity with the National Act, the Government of Andhra Pradesh is implementing this Act since January 2006 and made considerable progress in fulfilling the programme objectives. The present study attempts to capture to what extent the employment was generated and durable assets are created during the last ten years of implementation of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh State. The study is based on secondary data such as official records of Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Ministry of Rural Development,  Government of India, Journals, magazines etc. It reveals that the performance of Andhra Pradesh in terms of providing employment and generating person days to rural households particularly Women, SC and ST is significant and it could be able to provide 100 days of employment to only 5.5 per cent of the participatory households. Further, the state Govt. has created substantial number of assets during this one decade of implementation in different categories. However, it was observed that the rate of completion of works is very poor and it is gradually decreased over the years of implementation.Key words: MGNREGA, Employment, Asset creation, Livelihood Security, Rural Economy

A Study on Importance and Efficacy of Self Help Groups in Women Employment

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushma . ◽  
Yasir Arafat Elahi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Family Chaos ◽  
The Government ◽  
Self Help Groups

“Women”; a word that reminds us our mother, sisters, wife, daughters fulfilling all their family chaos and now they can be seen in more modern roles like managers, educators, political leaders and much more is coming. Today they have even dared to break the gender barriers to become mountaineers, pilots and even serving combat roles in armed forces. In India, after independence the constitution leaders and policy makers realized the fact that, in order to develop whole country it is very important to put women in equal position to men. It was the need of the hour to make women empower economically, socially, politically, legally as well as psychologically. Education is the first and foremost way to empower them as it created awareness and enable them to take decisions.Self Help Groups (SHGs) have become the vehicle of change in the rural areas, transforming the lives of the marginalized. SHGs organize the poor and the marginalized to join hands to solve their problems and the method has been very successfully used by the government and the Non-Government Organizations in achieving several goals. As a firm or enterprise, SHG performs the role of collective bank and enterprise and ensures better access to loans with a lower rate of interest to start micro unit enterprise. SHGs have emerged as a powerful instrument in order to eliminate poverty and for the empowerment of women in the rural economy. SHGs through the network of commercial banks, co-operative banks, regional rural banks, NABARD and NGOs are largely supply driven and a recent approach in the provision of financial services to the poor and further upgrading their status in the society. In this empirical study we analyze the performance of the SHG’s in order to understand the benefits it has accrued to the females of the society. The paper here focuses on appraising the women empowerment in various fields like economical, psychological, social etc. with the help of Self Help Groups.

scholarly journals DevelopingLocal Potential-Based Entrepreneurship Model in Kangean Islands

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Uswatun Hasanah ◽  
Ahmad Arsyad Munir
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Local Potential ◽  
Development Model ◽  
New Order ◽  
Local Potentials ◽  
The Government

Rural development is a spotlight during 2015 – 2019. Two issuesin the development of rural communitiesare the fact that in the past two decades, the development progress has only been focused on urban areas while in general our country the development has been dominated by rural areas and despite various efforts and rural development programsinitiated by the government in the New Order era, the socio-economic conditions of rural communities are still very far from the expected (alarming).This study aimed to develop local potential-based entrepreneurship model in Kangean islands. The development of the model becomes a model of rural settlement issues, particularly on islands. Entrepreneurship development model includes upstream downstream of local potentials capable of being expanded in agricultural and marketing sectors to become one of the tourism objects.This study used multi-methods analysisby applying LoqationQuotion (LQ) method, SWOT analysis, trend analysis, and analysis of CommunityEconomic Empowerment in agriculture and marine. The strategic value and objectiveof the study was toprovide important information on the local potentialsin Kangean islands. The results of the study indicated that the local potentials in agricultural and marine sectors could be used as tourism object. The Development model of local potential-based tourism object was intended to promotelocal potentials while maintaining the local wisdom, such as the character and local cultures.

scholarly journals New Assessment of Development Status among the People Living in Rural Areas: an Alternative Approach for Rural Vitality

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-192
Author(s):  
Costică Mihai ◽  
Simona-Roxana Ulman ◽  
Mihaela David
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Development Status ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
The People ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Individual

In the process of development, the rural areas meet a wide range of economic, environmental and social challenges. This study theoretically discusses the concept of rural development and attempts to evaluate the development status among the people living in rural areas. In this scope, we propose the personal rural development index (PRDI), which is composed to, on one hand, an individual dimension and, on the other hand, a community one, related to different aspects of rural vitality. In this regard, three socio-economic components, namely economy, education – including a sub-dimension regarding culture, and health – with an environment sub-dimension were considered. These dimensions are influenced by the rural activities, especially the agricultural ones, that generates, nearby the economic results, as main objective for the individual or economic agent, also a set of economic, social or environmental externalities, from the category of public goods and of which both the stable and transitional residents of the area benefit. So, the complexity of the personal rural development index is high, aiming to put into light both individual and public components. The data used was obtained through a survey applied in seven rural communities from the North-East Region of Romania.

scholarly journals Consistency between Political Party’s Program and Policy Product in Bandung Regency

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 267
Author(s):  
Dede Sri Kartini ◽  
Neneng Yani Yuningsih ◽  
Iyep Saefulrahman
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Government ◽  
Cover Up

After political parties win election, several political issues will be formulated into a series of alternate policy. Based on this system, political parties have a role to collect the will of society and then use it as consideration to make various public policies. Vision and mission of Golkar as the winner of 2010 elections, has become vision and mission of all SKPD even the village chief, the realization of the programs when Golkar’s candidate used rural development policy product as source of campaign in 2010-2015 local elections for Bandung Regent, have been consistent.  In the other side, the obstacles are human resources in rural areas which frequently changed when trained by BPMPD, late disbursement in rural development and grants for Uninhabitable Houses (Rumah Tidak Layak Huni) are insufficient and not equally distributed. Moreover, the policy has been already consistent between Golkar’s programs with the product of public policy, particularly in the field of rural development. If the government is able to cover up weaknesses in the implementation of rural development programs, it should fulfill the needs of rural communities for employments on dry season as priority program for the followings years. Based on this research, it can be concluded that, in the micro policy level, the policies face a distortion because of mismatch between the tasks and functions BPMPD in reality, 

scholarly journals THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY IN GERMANY: A REVIEW ARTICLE

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-76
Author(s):  
Puspi Eko Wiranthi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Local Capacity ◽  
Rural Development Policy ◽  
The Government

Germany as one of the largest agricultural producers in the European Union has faced several problems in the rural areas. Therefore, the government has set out a rural development policy in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which covers four axes, namely improving the competitiveness of the agricultural and forestry sectors (axis 1), improving the environment and the countryside (axis 2), improving the quality of life in rural areas and encouraging diversification of the rural economy (axis 3), and building local capacity for employment and diversification (axis 4). Therefore, in this study, we give an overview of past and present reform of rural development policy, including the objectives, programmes, measures and fund allocations and analyze how governments determine different priorities on the axis among the regions. From the review, it is found that from the implementation of the rural development policy 2007-2013, Germanygives priority to the axis 2 with the greatest percentage of 42.71 percent (improving the environment and countryside), followed by the axis 1 with a percentage of 26.60 percent (improving the competitiveness of the agricultural and forestry sectors), then axis 3 with the percentage of 23.06 percent, and the last axis 4 with the percentage of 6.31 percent (building local capacity for employment and diversification - Leader).

scholarly journals Nigeria: Positioning Rural Economy for Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 752 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akinbode Michael Okunola
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
The People ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Government

Nigeria as nation has over the years engaged in lots of developmental activities without actions which makes achievements to elude the people. Development of societies doesn’t happen in the vacuum. Thus, the adoption of Structural Adjustment Program, SAP, by Nigeria leading to the neglect of the custom periodic National Plan at a time when Nigeria had no structure for development was the beginning of journey to widened inequality and large poverty incidence, depth and severity. To close the gap between the rich and the poor, the Nigeria government had designed and implemented some programs and policies whose implementation has not solved the inherent problems. In year 2000, the world leaders subscribed to the Millennium Development Goals to ensure synergized global approach to solving the poverty menace. Programs designed in Nigeria to achieve the MDGs focused on the urban centers thereby relegating the rural areas which are responsible for the feeding of the teeming population of the urban dwellers. Farming households and the general rural communities do not have access to clean water, quality education and health facilities, good feeder roads, affordable and safe energy as well as other socioeconomic and socio-infrastructural facilities that would ensure sustainable living for the people whose contribution to the national economy cannot be overemphasized. This study therefore looks at the structural actions the Nigeria government should embarked upon to ensure that the rural dweller have access to life. As the government would be developing programs and policies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals whose priority is the end poverty in all forms and everywhere by 2030, this study reveals how to position the rural economy for developmental attention from the policy makers.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PROGRAM DANA DESA TERHADAP TINGKAT PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT DI KECAMATAN GALESONG UTARA KABUPATEN TAKALAR

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dahyar Daraba
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Simple Linear Regression ◽  
The North ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Village

ABSTRAK. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis pengaruh program dana desa terhadap tingkat partisipasi masyarakat di Kecamatan Galesong Utara Kabupaten Takalar.  Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif yang bersifat korelasional.   Dengan teknik cluster random sampling diperoleh tiga desa dari Sembilan desa di Kecamatan Galesong Utara yaitu Desa Bontokaddopepe, Desa Tamalate dan Desa Pakkabba sebagai lokasi penelitian. Data diambil dari 55 responden dengan menggunakan kuisioner. Selanjutnya, data dianalisis dengan menggunakan regresi linear sederhana dengan bantuan program SPSS versi 16,00.        Hasil penelitian menjelaskan bahwa program dana desa dilaksanakan berdasarkan Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah (RPJM) Desa yang sudah dijabarkan dalam Rencana Kerja Pemerintah (RKP) Desa dan Anggaran Pendapatan Belanja (APB) Desa. Partisipasi masyarakat desa dimulai sejak penyusunan RPJM, RKP Desa, APB (Desa), pelaksanaan pembangunan desa, dan memanfaatkan hasil-hasil pembangunan desa. Program dana desa berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap tingkat partisipasi masyarakat desa. Dari persamaan regresi linear sederhana diperoleh informasi bahwa program dana desa mempunyai konstribusi sebesar 0,329 terhadap peningkatan partisipasi masyarakat. Nilai R2  terkoreksi sebesar 0,789. Nilai ini menjelaskan bahwa sebanyak 78,9 % variasi yang berbeda dari tingkat partisipasi masyarakat ditentukan oleh program dana desa pada taraf signifikansi   = 0,05. Kata Kunci: Dana Desa, Partisipasi Masyarakat.  ABSTRACT. This research aims to determine and analyze the influence   village fund program to the level  community participation in the North Galesong District  Takalar Regency. This research used a quantitative approach that was correlational. With random cluster sampling technique gained three villages of nine villages in the North Galesong District of Bontokaddopepe Village, this Village and Village Tamalate Pakkabba were the research location. Data taken from 55 respondents using questionnaires. Furthermore, the data were analyzed using simple linear regression with SPSS version 16.00.             The results of the research explained  the village fund programme implemented based on the Medium Term Development Plan (Plan) Villages that had been outlined in the Government Work Plan (RKP) Village and Budget (APB) Village. The participation of rural communities began RPJM, RKP Village, APB (village), rural development implementation, and it utilised the results  rural development. Village fund programme and a significant positive effected on the level of participation  rural communities. From simple linear regression equation obtained information  the village fund programme had a contribution amounting to 0.329 against public participation. R2 value corrected by 0.789. This value described that as many as 78.9% of  different variations  the participation rate = 0.05. Keywords: Village Fund, Public Participation.

scholarly journals Human Capital, Entrepreneurship and Rural Growth of the Serbian Economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (29) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja Josipović ◽  
Dejan Molnar
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Highly Educated

In the new economy, based on knowledge and innovation, the concept of human capital is becoming an increasingly important factor of growth (and development) not only for urban, but also for rural areas. The studies dealing with the analysis of the available human capital at the local level have highlighted its significant presence in rural areas characterised by a “specific environmental quality”, defined in the literature as rural outdoor amenities. Highly educated individuals who live and work with their families in these areas are responsible for the successful transformation of the local economy, employment growth, the improvement of living standard, development of entrepreneurship, and achievement of high rates of economic growth. This paper is aimed at analysing the relevance of the concept of human capital for rural development, with special emphasis on the rural development of Serbia. The paper presents the results of anempirical study of the model of economic growth of rural areas in Serbia,based on the panel data analysis, during a five-year period. According tothe results, human capital and entrepreneurship have a significant impacton economic growth. Additionally, there are significant differences inthe rate of economic growth between the rural areas with high and lowoutdoor amenities in Serbia. Human capital and entrepreneurship arerepresented in the models of rural economy growth as determinants of thedevelopment mechanism through which rural economies grow.

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