PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
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Published on 09/24/2006
WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT ?
Development as a process, embraces all human activities. It has social, political, administrative, economic and technological connotations. Efforts towards development emphasize radical changes in the existing social fabric, political and administrative organizations and technologies .In purely economic terms, the emphasis would be on maximization of productivity with minimum possible resource .People’s participation as an integral part of human resource constitutes one of the vital inputs to the development process.
For carrying out the process of development it is necessary to institute a suitable politico administrative system. Through this system it will be possible to evolve new technologies and provide channels for dissemination of such technologies for agricultural, industrial and commercial growth. It is also necessary to devise suitable social relationship and combat with the negative effects of technologies advancement, industrialization and urbanization. This process can be carried out more smoothly and effectively thought sustained participation of people at various levels and in various forms. In other words, people’s participation should be allowed to become the way of life wherein every individual involves himself or herself either formally or informally and takes active part in the development process the success of any development program or project depends to a large extent on the degree of people’s involvement and community participation .Higher the degree of participation, higher the degree of success and development.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT
The relationship between participation and development was long established though there have been difference about what constitutes, participation. Today the need and importance of participation is being increasingly emphasized. There is hardly anyone who would question the concept of participation and its contribution to development.
Technological Advance and Access to Resources
After the Second World War, industrially advanced countries became interested in the problems of underdeveloped countries. Absence of technology was identified as a major cause for underdevelopment. Technical assistance provided by these countries to developing countries therefore focused on transfer of technology. People’s participation in the development was articulated in the shape of acceptance or rejection of the new technology.
Acceptance of new technology was considered as participation and rejection as non – participation. Later the focus shifted to resources as their availability was identified as crucial input for development .Both transfer technology and resource are essentially capital centered and people do not have much scope for active and direct participation.
In 1960 , a need was felt to mobilize public opinion and harness the potential and response of the community for he development of technology and resources .It was argued that the foreign assistance in the shape of transfer of either resources or technologies will have no meaning unless and organization exists to mobilize the people in their developmental effort. It is in this context that participation as a concomitant for development is being emphasized.
WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT ?
Development as a process, embraces all human activities. It has social, political, administrative, economic and technological connotations. Efforts towards development emphasize radical changes in the existing social fabric, political and administrative organizations and technologies .In purely economic terms, the emphasis would be on maximization of productivity with minimum possible resource .People’s participation as an integral part of human resource constitutes one of the vital inputs to the development process.
Development as a process, embraces all human activities. It has social, political, administrative, economic and technological connotations. Efforts towards development emphasize radical changes in the existing social fabric, political and administrative organizations and technologies .In purely economic terms, the emphasis would be on maximization of productivity with minimum possible resource .People’s participation as an integral part of human resource constitutes one of the vital inputs to the development process.
PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
WHAT IS DEVELOPMENT ?
Development as a process, embraces all human activities. It has social, political, administrative, economic and technological connotations. Efforts towards development emphasize radical changes in the existing social fabric, political and administrative organizations and technologies .In purely economic terms, the emphasis would be on maximization of productivity with minimum possible resource .People’s participation as an integral part of human resource constitutes one of the vital inputs to the development process.
For carrying out the process of development it is necessary to institute a suitable politico administrative system. Through this system it will be possible to evolve new technologies and provide channels for dissemination of such technologies for agricultural, industrial and commercial growth. It is also necessary to devise suitable social relationship and combat with the negative effects of technologies advancement, industrialization and urbanization. This process can be carried out more smoothly and effectively thought sustained participation of people at various levels and in various forms. In other words, people’s participation should be allowed to become the way of life wherein every individual involves himself or herself either formally or informally and takes active part in the development process the success of any development program or project depends to a large extent on the degree of people’s involvement and community participation .Higher the degree of participation, higher the degree of success and development.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTICIPATION AND DEVELOPMENT
The relationship between participation and development was long established though there have been difference about what constitutes, participation. Today the need and importance of participation is being increasingly emphasized. There is hardly anyone who would question the concept of participation and its contribution to development.
Technological Advance and Access to Resources
After the Second World War, industrially advanced countries became interested in the problems of underdeveloped countries. Absence of technology was identified as a major cause for underdevelopment. Technical assistance provided by these countries to developing countries therefore focused on transfer of technology. People’s participation in the development was articulated in the shape of acceptance or rejection of the new technology.
Acceptance of new technology was considered as participation and rejection as non – participation. Later the focus shifted to resources as their availability was identified as crucial input for development .Both transfer technology and resource are essentially capital centered and people do not have much scope for active and direct participation.
In 1960 , a need was felt to mobilize public opinion and harness the potential and response of the community for he development of technology and resources .It was argued that the foreign assistance in the shape of transfer of either resources or technologies will have no meaning unless and organization exists to mobilize the people in their developmental effort. It is in this context that participation as a concomitant for development is being emphasized.