This thesis deals with the question of people's participation in rural development in Sri Lanka
with specific reference to the district of Anuradhapura.
When we consider people's participation in rural development it is essential to understand the
meanings attached to the concepts of development, rural development, participation and
decentralization. Therefore, Chapter 2 of this thesis concentrates on these concepts.
The nature and degree of people's participation depends in great part on the socio-economic and
cultural aspects of the people who live in the region or the area. Therefore, Chapter 3 deals with
the significance of the rural sector in Sri Lanka and investigates income levels, nutritional status
and employment, the village society, and the socio-cultural patterns of Sri Lanka. This chapter
especially considers the socio-economic and cultural situation which effects people's participation
in Sri Lanka.
The importance of rural development is discussed in Chapter 4. This chapter explains the scope
of rural development in Sri Lanka. In this case the chapter concentrates on the history of rural
development, decentralization, and integrated rural development programmes. Also it describes
the organizations which already exist in the rural sector in Sri Lanka.
Chapter 5 discusses Anuradhapura district as a case study and it mainly deals with the situation
and basic features, such as agriculture, economy, population, education and labour force. Also, it
describes the administrative structure of the district with special attention to political structure,
Kachcheri and divisions, other departments and the Buddhists temple.
Institutional capacity and effective participation in Anuradhapura district is discussed in Chapter
6 in order to analyse the effectiveness of organizations in the district. To achieve this objective
Chapter 6 discusses the integrated rural development project in Anuradhapura district and the
reasons for people's non-participation in it.
The thesis concludes that people's participation is an essential ingredient of successful rural
development in Sri Lanka but there are a number of constraints. Some recommendations to
promote the people's participation are given in the conclusion.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/218885 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Dissanayake, H. M. Mallika, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Administrative Studies |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright H. M. Mallika Dissanayake |
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