Disparities within India's Poorest Regions : Why Do the Same Institutions Work Differently in Different Places?

Orissa has gradually become India's poorest state, in terms of proportion of people living below the poverty line, and with much slower improvements in human development indicators. These disparities do not exist because of a lack of effort to address them; both the regional and group dispariti...

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Main Author:	de Haan, Arjan
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	World Development Report 2006
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9084

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spelling	okr-10986-90842021-04-23T14:02:44Z Disparities within India's Poorest Regions : Why Do the Same Institutions Work Differently in Different Places? de Haan, Arjan World Development Report 2006 Orissa has gradually become India's poorest state, in terms of proportion of people living below the poverty line, and with much slower improvements in human development indicators. These disparities do not exist because of a lack of effort to address them; both the regional and group disparities have featured significantly on the policy agenda, with a large number of programs in existence, and significant sums of money allocated for the purpose. Often, these programs are the same across India, and a key question is why they work better in some places than in others. This paper suggests that the lack of performance is related to a lack of accountability within the administrative system, and that the very disparities that the policies try to address permeate the system of delivery responsible for them. Regional inequality is unlikely to be addressed successfully unless a range of economic, political and socio-cultural conditions are met, including: a challenge of the political and socio-cultural dominance of the elite; mobilization and creation of effective voice among marginalized groups; and progressive reform of the institutions that determine access to livelihood resources. 2012-06-26T15:37:54Z 2012-06-26T15:37:54Z 2004 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9084 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank South Asia
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description	Orissa has gradually become India's poorest state, in terms of proportion of people living below the poverty line, and with much slower improvements in human development indicators. These disparities do not exist because of a lack of effort to address them; both the regional and group disparities have featured significantly on the policy agenda, with a large number of programs in existence, and significant sums of money allocated for the purpose. Often, these programs are the same across India, and a key question is why they work better in some places than in others. This paper suggests that the lack of performance is related to a lack of accountability within the administrative system, and that the very disparities that the policies try to address permeate the system of delivery responsible for them. Regional inequality is unlikely to be addressed successfully unless a range of economic, political and socio-cultural conditions are met, including: a challenge of the political and socio-cultural dominance of the elite; mobilization and creation of effective voice among marginalized groups; and progressive reform of the institutions that determine access to livelihood resources.
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title	Disparities within India's Poorest Regions : Why Do the Same Institutions Work Differently in Different Places?
title_short	Disparities within India's Poorest Regions : Why Do the Same Institutions Work Differently in Different Places?
title_full	Disparities within India's Poorest Regions : Why Do the Same Institutions Work Differently in Different Places?
title_fullStr	Disparities within India's Poorest Regions : Why Do the Same Institutions Work Differently in Different Places?
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