Newaz Ahmed Chowdhury

Rural Development Management by Village Based Co-operative Society:: a Cross-sectional Study of Comprehensive Raichow Village Society of Bangladesh Newaz Ahmed Chowdhury

The study was conducted in Raichow village of Comilla Sadar upazila of Bangladesh in order to analyze the overall situation of the village and the structural and operational management of the society and determine the nature of services delivered for socio-economic development of the members and investigate the impact of society interventions on the member households. It was found from all case studies that all the interviewees had been immensely benefitted from the service of the society. T-test result (t=5.742) with p value showed that the difference between the mean annual income of poor and nonpoor was statistically significant at 95 percent confidence level. Chi-square results with p value showed that there were significant differences of service flow to the poor households in regard to participation in decision making, access to modern agricultural practice, access to irrigation facilities. Future research should focus on the coping strategy and future challenges of the village based organizations for maintaining sustainable rural development under extremely competitive markets'.