Unit: 12 Agencies of Development

Overview: 

Today balanced development is seen as economic growth coupled with human development, sustainable development and social progress. To attain all these facets of development, it is required to tap and track and capitalize on endogenous resources. It also demands to concentrate on support for those groups who can best foster integration and coordination of local institutions and associations. Micro planning is the need of the day. For these, promotion of entrepreneurial culture, planning to develop a system of services and identifying the most vulnerable social groups and tracing out their poverty traps are some of the important challenges, these agencies have to address to. In this unit the role of the various agencies in the process of development are estimated, their strength is located and challenges faced by them are analyzed.
 

Suggested Reading:

Webster A. (1990) Introduction to the Sociology of Development. Hongkong, McMillan Education Ltd.

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