| Author | Moktan, Pushpa Lal |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. HS-90-13 |
| Subject(s) | Rural development projects--Nepal
|
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. HS-90-13 |
| Abstract | It has been the experience that rural development programs have not been successful in generating income and
employment for the rural people. Even when they succeed, the
benefit is mostly accrued to the rural rich. This was due
mainly to sectoral orientation of such programs. The Household
Production System Program, a component of Rapti IRD Project,
adopted a different approach, household orientation to overcome this. This study attempts to assess how far it was successful to generate income and employment for its beneficiaries and who were the beneficiaries, the rural rich or the
poor. Before and after design was used to evaluate the program
comparing two HPS sites, Tulsipur and Satbariya.
The findings reveal that the income and employment of the
beneficiaries of both sites have been significantly increased
after the program. The income per household has risen relatively more in Tulsipur because of the high prices of the HPS
products while the employment has increased comparatively more
in Satbariya. However, most of the beneficiaries who benefited
much from the program were found to be the rural rich as in
the case of other rural development programs.
The extension strategy used by the program was found to
favor the rich farmers . Thus it is concluded that though the
program was successful to generate the income and employment
of the beneficiaries, it failed from rural development point
of view to alleviate the poverty. Therefore, if the program
intends to help the rural poor, it should select as the target
group those who fall below the poverty line fixed by the
Basic Needs Program; they should be given group-personality
which will make them capable of benefiting from the program;
extension strategy of the program sh6uld focus on the rural
poor; and the marketing and credit facilities should be improved to enable them to benefit. |
| Year | 1990 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. HS-90-13 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Human Settlement (HS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Dias, Hiran D. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Wickramanayake, B.W.E. ;Routray, Jayant Kumar |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Canadian International Development
Agency - Broad Based Development
Program (CIDA - BBDP); |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1990 |