| Project/Area Number |
11660228
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Agro-economics
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| Research Institution | The University of the Air |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWAI Akinobu The University of the Air, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Associate Professor, 教養学部, 助教授 (90195024)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
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| Keywords | Decentralization / Sustainable Development / Participatory Development / Village Development Committee / Agricultural Committee / South Asia / Bhutan / Nepal / 持続可能な開発 / 農業委員会制度 / ラオス / バングラデシュ / 村長 / 接続可能な開発 |
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| Research Abstract |
'Participatory Development' has become one of the main issues of development economics. For instance, the Government of Bangladesh had made out the final draft of Participatory Perspective Plan for Bangladesh 1995-2010. The plan emphasizes the following points. First, 'based on the premise that people are the centre-piece of development, planning is conceived at the local level, for and by the local people. Conventional plans of the past drawn on the basis of compiling resources and allocating them against sectoral targets have lacked "ownership" at different levels and have been unsuccessful because of weak or inadequate consideration of the institutional structure for implementation particularly at the local level'. The other point is strengthening of the institutional infrastructure for rapid implementation of development programmes at the local level. This provides the operational dimension to the first.
This study shows the importance of 'local development unit' defined as a geographical area of which the people take advantage to participate in development. Reviewing Japanese experience of rural development during the postwar period, 'local development unit' of four South Asian countries are comparatively examined.
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