This is a comprehensive study based on one of the most significant and well-known integrated rural development projects, the Swedish funded Chilalo Agricultural Development Unit in Ethiopia's Arssi Region. It clarifies the concept of integrated rural development and identifies the key issues in the debate. It provides a detailed case study of design, implementation, and evaluation problems facing integrated rural development projects.
Contents: 1. Integrated rural development and the Ethiopian case -- 2. Integrated rural development -- 3. Rural development in Ethiopia and Chilalo -- 4. Strategy, organization and activities of CADU: 1967-73 -- 5. CADU´s economic and social impact prior to 1974 -- 6. Revolution and development: ARDU 1974-84 -- 7. CADU-ARDU and the debate