Escaping Poverty: The Ralegan Siddhi Case
Published By: CPRC on eSS | Published Date: October, 04 , 2008Poverty remains to be the most important development issue facing India with an estimated 301.72 million Indians (27.5 percent) living below the poverty line in 2004-2005. In 1975, Ralegan Siddhi was just another drought prone, poverty stricken village, but it has had much success in poverty reduction since then. Ralegan Siddhi's success is not just a story of change as a result of access to water. This paper provides evidence of the remarkable economic, social and community regeneration in Ralegan Siddhi, due to a strong, selfless, ethical and accountable leadership as well as its replication in Hivre Bazaar. [Working Paper No. 38]
Author(s): Aasha Kapur Mehta, Trishna Satpathy | Posted on: Oct 04, 2010 | Views(1150) | Download (1180)