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The Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) has been working tirelessly for the socio-economic development of the rural poor since independence. In terms of experience and scope of work, BRDB is the single largest government organization in rural development and poverty alleviation. The Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP) was adopted in the sixties with the aim of implementing the widely acclaimed ‘Comilla Model’. Evaluating the success, contribution and importance of IRDDP in rural development, BRDB was established as a government institution in 1972 through an ordinance. The main objective of IRDP was to modernize agriculture, increase production and achieve food self-sufficiency by organizing rural medium, small and marginal farmers under cooperative societies. Later in 1975 special projects / activities were launched for the development of women. In the early eighties, poverty alleviation projects / programs were undertaken with an emphasis on job creation, income generation and improvement of socio-economic living standards of the rural poor. At present BRDB is making efforts for integrated rural development by organizing the small and resource poor rural people under cooperative societies and informal parties in line with the rural development policy and strategy of the government.