Putting People First: Sociological Dimensions of Rural Development

This volume addresses the social and practical considerations involved in the design and implementation of effective rural development projects. Contributors stress the need to take account of the socio-cultural characteristics of the people of an area under development; their papers provide guiding principles toward incorporating sociological variables into the design of development projects, and describe component studies of the social organization of productive systems, typology of development projects stages in the productive cycle, and information on the role of the World Bank.Cernea, Michael M. is the author of 'Putting People First: Sociological Dimensions of Rural Development' with ISBN 9780195204650 and ISBN 0195204654.