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 politi al influence?We investigate this conjecture using expenditure data at the local level from India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Focusing on one state where accountabilit...

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Main Authors: Sheahan, Megan, Liu, Yanyan, Barrett, Christopher B., Narayanan, Sudha
Format: Journal Article
Published: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2020
Subjects:
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PROJECT EXPENDITURE
SAFETY NETS
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC SPENDING
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33526

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