Employment Guarantee Programme and Dynamics of Rural Transformation in India - Challenges and Opportunities (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book offers an assessment of the performance, impact, and welfare implications of the world's largest employment guarantee programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Launched by the Indian government, the programme covers entire rural area of the country. The book presents various micro-level analyses of the programme and its heterogeneous impacts at different scales, almost a decade after its implementation. While there are some doubts over the future of the scheme as well as its magnitude, nature and content, the central government appears committed to it, as a 'convergence scheme' of various other welfare and rural development programmes being implemented at both national and state level. The book discusses the outcomes of the programme and offers critical insights into the lessons learnt, not only in the context of India, but also for similar schemes in countries in South and South-East Asia as well as in Africa, and Latin America. Adopting inter-disciplinary perspectives in analysing these issues, this unique book uses a judicious mix of methods---integrating quantitative and qualitative tools---and will be an invaluable resource for analysts, NGOs, policymakers and academics alike.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	India Studies in Business and Economics
Release date:	June 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Madhusudan Bhattarai • P K Viswanathan • Rudra N. Mishra • Cynthia Bantilan
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-981-10-6261-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > Employment & unemployment
LSN:	981-10-6261-7
Barcode:	9789811062612

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