Description
The book is a narration of participatory development experience in the rural areas of South Asia. It is meant for both the professional and general reader interested in poverty alleviation and rural development. The lessons learned in rural development based on the author’s work over the last fifty years in various areas of South Asia are narrated in the context of “working within the system and living within the means”.
About the Author
Shoaib Sultan Khan is Honorary Chairman of the Rural Support Programmes in Pakistan. He served for 25 years as a CSP Officer in the Government of Pakistan, 12 years with the Geneva-based Aga Khan Foundation, and 14 years with UNICEF and UNDP. Since 2005 he is involved with the Rural Support Programmes of Pakistan on a voluntary basis. Shoaib Sultan is a recipient of numerous awards including the World Conservation Medal from WWF International.
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Oxford Press
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Shoaib Sultan Khan has done a great service to the people of the northern areas as General Manager Aga Khan Rural Support Programme His ambitious and hard work has changed the living conditions of these people drastically. His book really reflects what services he provided to the people in difficult times by making them self sustainable. The people of northern areas are thankful and proud of such leaders who change your fate and make you fly in the sky . We pray for his prosperity and long life Ameen
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i would like to thank Sir Shoaib Sultan Khan for his wounderful service to the North pakistan.i saw him to walk our village many times.even he came by foot while we have no faciltiy of Transport.i saw his interest to see development in small villages of north.i want to thanks his work and i pray his long life…Thank u sir…
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Shoaib Sultan Khan is a leader of social and economic development who spent most of his time in serving rural communities particularly in Gilgit-Baltistan. His achievements and impacts on social development are enormous. I wish if the same kind of leaders were in our government and other civil society organizations then the picture of Pakistan would be totally change and Pakistan would be a stable country by now.
Words are shallow to express our gratitude to such a highly caliber person. Shoaib is also a human loving person and believes in the service of humanity and that’s the reason the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) particularly has great reputation in Pakistan and abroad in terms of social and economic change in the region and all this credit goes to Shoaib Sultan Khan. May Allah give him strength and long life to serve his nation.
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