Includes bibliographical references and index.

The state and rural development / Robert Chambers -- State restructuring and rural development in South Africa / Maano Ramutsindela -- Rural development in the era of globalisation / Farida Akhter -- Rural development issues in Nigeria in the era of globalisation / S. Tunji Titilola and Femi Ogundele -- Enwrapped by Thai development / Nathan Porath -- Nongovernmental organisations in rural development / Damodar Suar, Laxmi Bilash Hota and Himadri Sinha -- The NGO debate in 'development' / Mokbul Morshed Ahmad -- Sustainable livelihood and rural development in South Asia / Binayak Rajbhandari -- Systems of local self-administration after agricultural transformation / Lutz Laschewski -- Repertoires and strategies in European (neo-) endogenous rural development / Christopher Ray -- LEADER, a new social order, and the Central- and East-European countries / Imre Kovách -- Indigenous self-development in practice / Christian Erni -- Engendering participatory development in the analysis of household food security / Eliud Wandabwa Wakwabubi -- Critically evaluating rural women's participation and empowermen / June Lennie -- Level of empowerment of rural women / Pradip K. Bhowmick -- Social forestry, poverty reduction and rural development in Bangladesh / Niaz Ahmed Khan -- Poverty alleviation programmes in rural India / Sibranjan Misra.