Shylashri Shankar, Raghav Gaiha

Battling Corruption

Has NREGA Reached India's Rural Poor?

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Produktbeschreibung

The book assesses the effectiveness of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), initiated by the Indian government in 2005, in reaching its intended beneficiaries-the rural poor-in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu. Applying a cross-disciplinary approach, it positions the implementation of NREGA within the larger context of corruption, poverty alleviation, political representation of vulnerable groups, access to information, and community social audits within which it functions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 147mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780198085003
• ISBN-10: 0198085001
• Artikelnr.: 37601235

Autorenporträt

Shylashri Shankar is Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. Raghav Gaiha is Retired Professor of Public Policy, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Challenges in the Battle against Corruption
PART I: AN OVERVIEW OF NREGA
1. NREGA's Characteristics and the Methodology of the Study
2. Has NREGA Been Successful?
PART II: FORMAL MECHANISMS TO ENHANCE THE EMPOWERMENT FRAME
3. Install Vulnerable Groups in Positions of Power
4. Enabling Transfers to the Poor
5. Making Social Audits Accountable
PART III: INFORMAL MECHANISMS TO ENHANCE THE EMPOWERMENT FRAME
6. Inform the Poor
7. Networks, Vulnerability, and Agency
8. Does Political Competition Enhance Empowerment?
Conclusion: Is the Battle against Corruption Winnable?
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index