Regional approaches
The first approach to development specially ruaral development was regional with emphasis on economic activities to be established in different sub-regions of the district. This approach is popularly known as growth centre approach. The philosophy behind this approach is that the process of development in rural areas can be fostered by developing natural resources build up infrastructural facilities and social services and foster the growth of towns and cities in a manner that would help the district to develop in a directed way. The assumption is that each villlage could not be provided with those facilities simultaneously because of financial limitations and for reasons of economic efficiency