About the Book :

These set of volumes is based on a UNCRD study of the impact of national policies and programmes on rural development in eight developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. These volumes critically examines the national policies and programmes launched by the government to help the rural poor in the context of the newly emerging class structure and concludes that the process of modernization within the framework of the classical capitalist model has further strengthened the powerful and weakened the powerless. International capital has played a crucial role in the economy of Brazil and in the direction, pace and content of its development. The volumes examine in depth the implications of the capitalist model of development for rural municipals and families living in remote Amazonia. Continuing deprivation of the poor is what the Brazilian model of development has produced.

About Author :

Born on 18 January, 1929, Prof. Rameshwar Prasad Misra (R.P. Misra) is an internationally known Geographer, Regional Planner and Gandhian Scholar. He did his M.A. (Geography) at Allahabad University in 1954; M.A. (Economics) at DBS Post-graduate College affiliated to Agra University in 1960; and Ph.D. at University of Maryland, College Park, Md. USA in 1964. He made a name in development circles as founder Director, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Mysore (1965-1979) and worked as Consultant Advisor at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva (1971-72); and UNDP, Teheran, Iran (1974-75). He was Vice-director, UN Center for Regional Development (UNCRD), Nagoya, Japan (1979-84). Among the countries, he went on UN advisory missions are: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, China, S. Korea, Iran, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Brazil and Mexico. He returned to India as Vice-Chancellor of Allahabad University (1984-87) and then moved to Delhi University (1987-95) as Professor of Regional Planning, and Director/Chairman, Center for Gandhian Studies and Peace Research.
Prof. Misra has been honoured with Golden Jubilee Award by Mysore University for Best Research Publication (1968); Dr. Zakir Hussain Chair Professorship by University of Mysore; Scholarly Achievement Award by the Institute of Oriental Philosophy, Tokyo (1992); Life Time Achievement Award in Ecology and Environment by Commonwealth Human Ecology Council (1998); Bhoogol Ratna Award for Life Time Achievement by the Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation, New Delhi (2002); and the first Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (2001-03) by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. He has more than 80 books and 200 research papers to his credit. Among these publications are: 10 volumes-series on Regional Development, 5 volumes-series on Rual Development, and 10 volumes-series on Mahatma Gandhi.
E‑mail: sdf.misra@gmail.com