The needs-based traditional community development model tends to emphasize deficiency, the inability of communities to be self-reliant and dependence on external support. Contrary to this, the asset-based community development (ABCD) approach focuses on community's capacities, resources and...

The local government system in both the developed and developing world aims at developing the remote areas of their nations. For examples, the English committee system of local government management emphasizes the importance of elected representatives as a way of increasing efficiency, and...