Zia and institution building for rural development in Bangladesh
1981
Ali, S.K.M. (National Inst. of Public Administration, Dacca (Bangladesh))
It is claimed that Bangladesh is essentially a rural economy and therefore, rural development should be the foremost aim of Bangladesh planners. The second five year plan of Bangladesh points out that 90% of the population of about 90 million in Bangladesh live in villages and about 80% of it are dependent on agriculture. It is not surprising that Bangladesh has significantly long history of institution buildings and institutional reform relating to rural and agricultural development. The aim of the paper is to review the steps taken by the late President Ziaur Rahman towards institution building for rural development. President Zia has taken the following steps for rural development during 1975-1981: the officer at the division district to work towards upliftment of the conditions of the poor villagers living in 65,000 villages of Bangladesh, masses should be organised into living forces for utilization in the development activities of the country, officers at the division, district and sub-division to work in organizing, guiding and leading the people in the rural areas for voluntary work in various development work and schemes. The above model has taken the movement for self-government down to the grass root level.
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