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Battling Corruption
Shankar, Shylashri; Gaiha, Raghav
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFA; JPQB; JPZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
In an attempt to respond to the needs of the country's poor, the Indian government launched an ambitious workfare scheme, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in 2005, which guaranteed hundred days of employment in unskilled manual labour at a minimum wage to every rural household each year. The book assesses the effectiveness of formal and informal mechanisms-political representation, community social audits, access to information, membership in networks, political competition-in reducing corrupt practices and enabling NREGA to reach its intended beneficiaries in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The book tests several intuitions and finds ... Read more
In an attempt to respond to the needs of the country's poor, the Indian government launched an ambitious workfare scheme, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in 2005, which guaranteed hundred days of employment in unskilled manual labour at a minimum wage to every rural household each year. The book assesses the effectiveness of formal and informal mechanisms-political representation, community social audits, access to information, membership in networks, political competition-in reducing corrupt practices and enabling NREGA to reach its intended beneficiaries in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The book tests several intuitions and finds ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780198085003
SKU
V9780198085003
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About Shankar, Shylashri; Gaiha, Raghav
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.
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