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Comparative analysis of governmental and nongovernmental community development programs: A study of community forestry programs in Andhra Pradesh, India

Yadama, Gautam Nagabushana

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1990, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Sociology.
This study compares the effectiveness of Nongovernmental and Governmental organizations involved in planning and implementing community forestry and social forestry programs. The study was conducted in Vishakapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The following study also compares the participation of small and large farmers in these community development programs to determine if non-governmental organizations are in fact more receptive to low income groups than governmental organizations. Data were collected in two non-governmental and two governmental social fores try programs. The study is based on a sample size of two hundred respondents. One hundred respondents were from the non-governmental organizations and the remaining one hundred respondents were from the governmental organizations. The study found that participants in governmental social forestry programs were more involved in decision making and implementation aspects of these programs than the participants in non-governmental organizations. The study also found that the larger farmers were more involved in decision making activities and the small farmers were more involved in implementation activities of these programs. Overall the study also concludes that non-governmental organizations are not any more effective in involving the poor in project activities than the governmental social forestry programs. The findings of the study challenge the current assumption that non-governmental organizations are more effective than governmental organizations in carrying out development work. The study calls for a closer monitoring and evaluation of non-governmental organizations and a reevaluation of the assumption that invariably non-governmental development work is better than governmental development work.
Claudia Coulton (Advisor)
206 p.

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  • Yadama, G. N. (1990). Comparative analysis of governmental and nongovernmental community development programs: A study of community forestry programs in Andhra Pradesh, India [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1054749561

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Yadama, Gautam. Comparative analysis of governmental and nongovernmental community development programs: A study of community forestry programs in Andhra Pradesh, India. 1990. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1054749561.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Yadama, Gautam. "Comparative analysis of governmental and nongovernmental community development programs: A study of community forestry programs in Andhra Pradesh, India." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1054749561

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)