Subject category:
Economics, Politics and Business Environment
Published by:
IBS Center for Management Research
Length: 14 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics:
DWCRA; Empowering women; Integrated Rural Development Programme; Self-help groups; NGOs (non-governmental organisations); National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD); Non-farm sector; Agriculture; Animal husbandry; Fisheries; Project Shakti; Microfinance; Poverty alleviation; Andhra Pradesh; Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana
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Abstract
In the early 1980s, the government of India launched the Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) programme under the Integrated Rural Development Programme. Though the DWCRA programme was not very successful in the rest of the country, it was successful in Andhra Pradesh. The case gives an overview of the DWCRA programme in Andhra Pradesh, and its impact on the lives of rural women there. It also discusses the role played by the government in the success of the DWCRA programme in the state and explores the role of the corporates in rural development programmes.
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Abstract
In the early 1980s, the government of India launched the Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) programme under the Integrated Rural Development Programme. Though the DWCRA programme was not very successful in the rest of the country, it was successful in Andhra Pradesh. The case gives an overview of the DWCRA programme in Andhra Pradesh, and its impact on the lives of rural women there. It also discusses the role played by the government in the success of the DWCRA programme in the state and explores the role of the corporates in rural development programmes.