Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee : The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh

Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee : The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh

Are ostensibly demand-driven public works programs with high levels of safeguards nonetheless susceptible to political influence? This conjecture is investigated using expenditure data at the local level from India's National Rural Employment...

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Main Authors: Sheahan, Megan, Liu, Yanyan, Barrett, Christopher B., Narayanan, Sudha
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
employment guarantee
political economy
project expenditures
accountability
transparency
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26782077/preferential-resource-spending-under-employment-guarantee-political-economy-mgnregs-andhra-pradesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25131

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26782077/preferential-resource-spending-under-employment-guarantee-political-economy-mgnregs-andhra-pradesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25131

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