After independence India was facing many problems related to development. There were problems related to health, education, sanitation, safe drinking water, environment, agriculture development, transportation, roads and infrastructure. Government tried to address these problems at policy formulation level as well as in implementation. But India still faces problems and challenges in development sector.

This book is an outcome of collected articles and book reviews of the author on major theme of development policy and governance published over a period of three decades.

Topics of rural development, intervention of non-government organizations, policy issues related to development, analysing methods and techniques of implementing and evaluating development programmes and projects, sustainable tourism, strengthening people's institutions and local self-governance, health and education have been covered in the book.

This book would be very useful for the policy makers, political leaders, academicians, development professionals and students to understand various dimensions of development policy and governance in a historical time perspective.

Foreword
Accolades
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Glossary

1.  Rural Development in India: Historical Context and Current Discourse

2.  Participatory Rural Appraisal: A Tool for Micro-Planning

3.  Sustainability of Development Projects: Challenges for Umbrella NGOs

4.  Bringing Professionalism in Voluntary Sector

5.  The Other Side of Development

6.  When Joy Turned into Grief: Remembering Sanjay Ghose

7.  Not-so-Creditable on Microfinance

8.  Development of Education and Training in Microfinance Sector

9.  Agony of Rural Primary Education and Socialization

10.  Higher Education at the Cross Road

11.  Need of Population Education for Development

12.  Four Decades of Family Planning in India

13.  AIDS: Challenges and Response

14.  Political Aspects of Communalism in India

15.  Gambling with the Glory of Gujarat

16.  A Debate on Social Justice

17.  Discourse on Development of Other Backward Classes

18.  India in Identity Crisis

19.  A Debate on Change and Development

20.  A Debate on Politics of Power

21.  A Debate on Politics of Coalition

22.  India Attacking on Corruption

23.  Business of Black Money in India

24.  Political Unwillingness for Corruption

25.  Development Policy and Administration

26.  Evaluation Frameworks for Development Programmes and Projects

27.  Sustainable Tourism Development in Sri Lanka

28.  How to Make Local Governance Work

29.  People’s Development Through People’s Institutions

30.  Population Education

31.  Rural Credit and Self-Help Groups: Microfinance Needs and Concepts in India

32.  Microfinance for Rural People: An Impact Evaluation

33.  Practical Microfinance: A Training Guide for South Asia

34.  The Miracles of Barefoot Capitalism: A Compelling Case for Micro-Credit

35.  The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid

36.  Field Casework: Methods for Consulting to Small and Start-up Businesses                                               

37.  Interpreting Corruption: Elite Perspectives in India

38.  Cultural Aspects of Change and Development

39.  Communalism, National Identity and National Integration

      Suggested Additional Readings

      Index