Publisher's Synopsis
This book presents a critical analysis on the important emerging issues on rural development. It contains twenty one chapters mostly contributed by educators belonging to different disciplines. It covers a wide range of important issues concerning rural development such as Rural Marketing, Land acquisition frame work, Land Reforms, Role of NGOs in marketing self employment, micro-finance, Food insecurity, Panchayati Raj, Rural Development Planning, NREGA and Essentials of Social work techniques in community development, Globalization, global economic crisis and rural development, Politics of rural development etc. It is hoped that the present book New Directions in Rural Development will help the readers to understand better the issues involved in the process of rural development.
