Contents Preface Acknowledgements 1 Conception of Participatory development and its necessity in the development of rural India 2 Significance of the Pindiprolu Study and methodology 3 Historical background of Pindiprolu 4 Village local government VP in Pindiprolu since 1959 and the formation of village development council VDC in 1981 5 Formation of grassroots institutions and development of social capital in Pindiprolu 6 Finances for coproduction community asset formation 7 Changing overall conditions in Pindiprolu 1981-2006 8 Dynamics of economic and non-economic conditions in Pindiprolu on sample households in the period 1993-2006 9 Conclusions and message of Pindiprolu BibliographyThis book brings out the message of Pindiprolu that the participatory development really works in the village level if the village panchayat VP as local self-government LG and village development council VDC as community based organisation CBO are synergised The village panchayat VP is generally mandatory Whereas the VDC is only non-statutory body In Pindiprolu in 1981 when the panchayat elections took place the panchayat has been swayed by the party CPI ML-ND with 8 seats out of 12 in 1988 the party was unanimous Thereafter in every panchayat election the party has been successful in majority seats In 1981 the VP did not have much budgetary sources To mobilize funds for development the VDC was formed and then the VDC dominated the scene by getting funds from the liquor contractors The VDC as a CBO and the VIP as an LG have acted together in forming village level assets The coproduction strategy professed in the international participatory development literature through FAO and WB by the early 1980s has been implemented in Pindiprolu since 1981 on an increasing scale without any relation with that literature The book analyses several unique aspects of Pindiprolu covering two surveys in 1993 and 2006 i the participatory process by peoples involvement ii the development of strong social capital through political ideology iii the coproduction strategy and iv the asset formation 186 pp. Seller Inventory # 97534

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