Mobilizing interventions for rural development: a comparative study

Abstract

Active association and willing cooperation of the people are essential ingredients for the success of rural development programmes. In the earlier part of this two part study,* the author had discussed in depth two intervention techniques (the harmony model and the conflict model) for mobilizing rural masses. In this concluding part, the author analyses techniques employed in rural development programmes of China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Tanzania, and India. He discerns five common dimensions between the harmony and conflict models and finds that the latter model is most suitable for bringing about structural interventions.