Statement of responsibility:

Publication/Distribution (Imprint):

[Pakistan] : Integrated Regional Support Programme (IRSP), 2001.

Physical Description:

35 p, 1 folded sheet : col. charts ; 22 cm.

Subjects--Topical Terms:

Community development – Pakistan.
Pakistan – Social conditions.
Pakistan – Rural conditions – Case studies.

Class. No:

Pamphlet HN 690.5 .U53 2001

Accession No:

9473 21342

General Note:

“June 2001”.

General Note:

“IRSP-Pakistan is here with an alternative and a difference”—(title page).

General Note:

Contents: 1. What is poverty and how do we try to alleviate it?—2. Rethinking community development—3. Understanding the neglected Meso-Level in Gr5assroots institutions—4. Ways to real empowerment—5. Power and participation—6. Conclusion—7. Introduction to IRSP.

General Note:

Summary: “Reflecting on the above recommendations for participatory rural development in the light of government new initiatives for poverty alleviation and devolution of power, it seems to be an exercise in high expectations, but also in modesty; while it charts a new and exciting potential for rural development initiatives, it also serves to underscore how little is yet known about conducting effective rural development in the economic, institutional and political context that prevails in Pakistan as it tries to emerge from structural adjustment. It also leads to a better understanding of the fact that there is no unique solution and that much local innovation to the proposed participatory structures will be needed”—(p. 30).