Raji, AbdullateefAdeshina, Ibrahim Olawale2024-04-172024-04-172019978-978-56263-8-4https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11955The chapter examines the relationship between community organisations and rural development. It introduces the concepts of community organisation andrural development. The objectives of the concepts, their advantagesas well as their flaws are discussed.Also, types and approachesof community organisation and rural development are discussed.The two concepts were established to be interrelated and complementary. It is established that community organisations bring about rural development. Bringingpeople together, helping the community realise both its stren~th and weaknesses,helping rural people develop on their own with or"without any external forces or outsider, increasingthe social bond among individuals and groups are prerequisites to rural development, especially in a developing country like Nigeria. However, community organisations do come with a co~t. Government may use it as an excuse to neglect their own responsibility of providing for the welfare of the rural people. Nevertheless, several studies haveshowed that community organisationsare important tools in rural development in developing countries. There have been various programmes of rural development in Nigeria, but the majority of these programmes, if not all, have met with many obstacles and hindrances.enBook chapter