{"product_id":"battling-corruption-has-nrega-reached-indias-rural-poor-hardcover","title":"Battling Corruption: Has NREGA Reached India's Rural Poor? - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShylashri Shankar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRaghav Gaiha\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 that, among other things, political representation for scheduled castes and tribes, and women has produced dividends in the form of higher participation and higher earnings in the scheme by these groups. Low access to information, on the other hand, has hindered the effective functioning of these mechanisms. Written in non-technical language, it is one of the few studies of its kind that blends econometric and ethnographic analyses towards a better understanding of the effective implementation of the scheme.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShylashri Shankar\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaghav Gaiha\u003c\/strong\u003e is Retired Professor of Public Policy, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47584714293469,"sku":"9780198085003","price":83.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/pOz-Djzj6l9780198085003.webp?v=1773620359","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/battling-corruption-has-nrega-reached-indias-rural-poor-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}