This book aims to develop theory and practice of people-centered development processes, particularly on rural livelihood approaches. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a breakthrough to combat rural unemployment. This book is designed to encourage academicians, researchers, rural development administrators, NGOs, voluntary organizations, and personnel engaged in rural development. The development practitioner interested in researching rural livelihood development using composite z-score and multivariate regression to measure the direction of variables for making a sound judgment, this book will surely provide necessary guidance to them. About the Author: Prof. Debarshi Mukherjee is an alumnus of Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, and Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan. Currently, he is a Professor and Head of the Department of Business Management, Tripura University. Dr. Rajesh Chatterjee (b. 1973) is a Rural Development professional and achieved M.A. & PhD in Rural Development from the Department of Rural Reconstruction & Development from Visva-Bharati. Presently he is working as Assistant Professor, Tribal Studies (CSSEIP), Tripura University, Tripura. Sudakhina Mitra is a Research Scholar in the Department of Business Management, Tripura. University, and faculty in the Administrative Training Institute of the State of Tripura, commonly known as the State Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (SIPARD). She is an M.Phil in Health Economics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal. She has worked as a project fellow in the Planning & Development Unit of the Department of Economics, Jadavpur University.