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very high and the people have a very low capacity to take
others.
change.
organize demonstrations.
resources.
what would work and what would not and why; (iii) testing out
village community.
and the Grow More Food Campaign proved that rural development
find a way of solving the problems for which the struggle for
in the shape of the First Five Year Plan. On 1st April 1951,
the country launched its First Plan. On 2nd October 1952, the
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economy and to bring the rural population into the main stream
requirement.
NIGERIA :
The special feature of Nigerian Government is
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tries to impose his own values upon the community. This would
out and formulate their felt needs and induce them to engage
operation.
MALAYASIA :
Malayasia also made a significant contribution
/ rural/urban\, people did not get the best that could have been
areas; (6) lack of a master plan at all levels for the purpose
be achieved and that there was no place for doubt that the
the district.
necessary action.
his views with the utmost frankness; (ii) once decision had
PHILIPPINES:
The fundamental concept of community development
themselves to enjoy.
from being the basic unit of Government was at the same time
this council.
THAILAND :
With the aim of improving the standard of living
village culture.
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progress.
on the loose way the term is conceived, stated that "this has
direction." 9
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place.
values'.
thoroughly discuss and define their wants and then plan and
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act together to satisfy them".
economic amenities.
progressively.
that they alone can rebuild the community life. The State can
main stimulus has to come from within the minds of the people
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must know this. They must know how and why people change and
how change takes place. They have to gain the trust and
in change.
CONCLUSION:
development.
too slow, too rigid and very often too irrelevant for the masses. The
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REFERENCES:
1. V . X .Krishna- : "Report on Grow More Food Campaign",
machari c.f. B.Mukherjee's "Community
Development in India", ORIENT LONGMANS
LTD. 1961, BOMBAY, INDIA, pp.16-17
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4. Ibid., p.30
5 Ibid., p.31
6. Ibid., p.31
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