Subject(s): Rural development in Asia -- Communities in Asia -- Asia in Economic conditions in Regional disparities -- Locality Groups and Host Organizations in Local Society -- Locality Groups and Social systems in Thailand -- Rural Development in a Multi-layered Local System: Poverty Reduction in Vietnam -- Organizing Community Forestry in Rural Myanmar -- Local Society and Organizational Forms -- Micro finance Projects in Indonesia -- Collective Actions in a Dyadically Woven Local Societies of Philippines -- Public work and Public Service in Indian Villages -- Communal Resource-driven rural Development -- Local Societies for Rural Development