The Evaluation of Community Development Projects

A most difficult problem for administrators is how to evaluate the effectiveness of community projects at the block and village levels, and to measure the effect of administration by the higher echelons of the programme upon activities in the blocks and villages. The difficulty stems from the nature of community development, which is "to build into" the structure of village ideas, attitudes, and institutions the idea that there is a better life and the confidence that villages collectively and individuals separately can undertake action to attain a better life.