COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NEPAL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NEPAL Bikesh Yadav The Community: A community is a group of people, who live in a geographical area and have interests in each other for the purpose of making a living. It is a farm of social organization existing between the family and state.A community, while in itself consisting of several parts, is also a part of a larger social system. It is a dynamic social unit which is subject to change of internal or external origin.Some of the important characteristics of the community are; 1. Communities are close-knit 2. Their customs are interrelated 3. These communities are complexes of sub-group relationship and 4. There is a discernible leadership within the community. Development: The term development connotes growth or maturation. It implies gradual and sequential phases of change.By understanding the above terms, we can say that community development programmes means a programme for gradual change in a group of people living in ...