Rural and Agricultural Perspective of Asia with Special Reference to the Southern Region of the Caspian Sea

The paper examines and reviews the relevant literature and theories in order to reflect a perspective of rural development. Appropriate technology package, and provision of adequate financial assets widely play role in poverty alleviation process. The paper argues on how population growth rate plays role in rural development success. The author reflects a comparative perspective of the quality of poverty in India, China, Vietnam and an image of Iran with statistical evidence during the past half century. The paper weighs how rural households in the developing Asia are marginalized, have insufficient income, have no pensions, no social security and the like to depend on. Under such circumstances, vicious circle of poverty continues. Hence, human resource development largely contributes to poverty alleviation with special reference to the developing world. The aim of the study is to first examine the number of past technology - change projects to identify their primary and secondary effects, and their relation to the technology package; its implementation, and the results. It will also review the literature in an attempt to draw together the factors thought to influence the nature, rate and extent of absorption of new technology and the policy measures that might affect these factors. It is expected that the current advocacy of policies based on "appropriate technology" will be placed in a more useful perspective.