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Alternatives for Development

In both India and Bangladesh, alternative development models which focus on local leadership have begun to emerge.

People's leadership

  • Mahatma Gandhi believed that true progress in India would depend on the participation of rural people, taking charge of their own destinies.

  • Recently, the people of South Asia are taking an active role in their own development.

  • In Bangladesh, home-grown movements are showing the prospects of community change.

  • Organizations such as the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and the Grameen Bank are global leaders in grassroots development.

  • For both countries, these new pathways create the possibility for a new future—and an end to chronic hunger.
   
Unit 3 next month will focus on the breakthrough of people-centered development, uncovering key principles and strategies for the sustainable end of hunger.  Click here to skip to unit 3.

 

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