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Abstract
The “Comilla experiment” is by far the best-known rural development program in Bangladesh. It started in 1959–60 as a field project for government officials following a course in rural development at the Academy for Village (later: Rural) Development near Comilla town. This Academy (together with its twin in Peshawar, West Pakistan) was created in 1959 after an earlier program for rural development, the Village Agricultural and Industrial Development (V-AID) Program, had floundered. The Pakistan government and the Ford Foundation both provided funds for the new Academy.