The book has four sketches of Goa''s foremost nationalist which give the reader a deeper insight into. Loyola''s varied personality which he put to optimum use to win Goa''s freedom. His writings themselves have been grouped into three parts dealing with topics like autonomy, the Legislative Council, the Army, the New Conquests, the Rural Credit Bank, taxation, Afonso de Albuquerque, the art of governing, emigration, moral decadence of the people, imports and exports of Portuguese India, increasing coconut production, the liquor industry, fictitious prosperity in Goa, gardens and emancipating women.

This book attempts to examine the role of NGOs in the rural development. Tracing the genesis and evolution of voluntary organisations, it evolves a theory of voluntarism such as sacrificial, professional, amateur, ventilatory, surival, pseudo and trans-figuration voluntarism. In addition to discussing framework and types of NGOs, the author throws substantial light on the concept of rural development and NGOs, interventions in it. Also, he provides valuable information on people''s participation in rural development, importance of empowering rural people and the need for advocacy to influence government policies in favour of the poor. NGOs and Rural Development: Theory and Practice will serve as a manual for persons working in NGOs, representatives of funding agencies, government officials, students and teachers of social work.

The book has four sketches of Goa''s foremost nationalist which give the reader a deeper insight into. Loyola''s varied personality which he put to optimum use to win Goa''s freedom. His writings themselves have been grouped into three parts dealing with topics like autonomy, the Legislative Council, the Army, the New Conquests, the Rural Credit Bank, taxation, Afonso de Albuquerque, the art of governing, emigration, moral decadence of the people, imports and exports of Portuguese India, increasing coconut production, the liquor industry, fictitious prosperity in Goa, gardens and emancipating women.

This book attempts to examine the role of NGOs in the rural development. Tracing the genesis and evolution of voluntary organisations, it evolves a theory of voluntarism such as sacrificial, professional, amateur, ventilatory, surival, pseudo and trans-figuration voluntarism. In addition to discussing framework and types of NGOs, the author throws substantial light on the concept of rural development and NGOs, interventions in it. Also, he provides valuable information on people''s participation in rural development, importance of empowering rural people and the need for advocacy to influence government policies in favour of the poor. NGOs and Rural Development: Theory and Practice will serve as a manual for persons working in NGOs, representatives of funding agencies, government officials, students and teachers of social work.