Webinar on ‘Development with Participation: Towards a More Just and Prosperous Rural Economy’

8 AUGUST 2020   

The migrant crisis in India arising in the wake of the Covid pandemic has brought into sharp focus the deterioration of the rural economy in India. In a resource rich country such as India with its civilizational roots in villages, did the path to development for rural peoples necessitate the migration of such large numbers to cities? Is the only option before policy makers to re-implement the same policies that created the conditions that caused such massive rural to urban migration? Is it possible to conceive of an alternative path to development that draws from the rich set of resources that the rural people have to offer? This webinar explores a way forward towards a more just and inclusive form of rural development where economic growth is in sync with social and environmental goals and where rural people are involved as active contributors to the development process.

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Speakers include Prof. Ravi Srivastasva, Director, Centre for Employment Studies, Institute for Human Development, Delhi; Dr. Devinder Sharma, Agricultural Scientist and Food Policy Analyst, Mohali; Padma Shri Dr. Janak Palta McGilligan, Founder-Director, Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development and Founder, Barli Development Institute for Rural Women, Indore; Dr. Vesall Nourani, Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Economics at MIT, USA.