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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.
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.
This book emphasis the role of farm level adaptation as a key in
developmental pathways that are challenged by climate risks in the
semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. It throws light on key issues
that arise in farm level impacts, adaptation and vulnerability to
climate change and discusses Q2 methodological approaches
undertaken in study domains of Asia and Africa. The book
systematically describes the perceptions, aspirations as
elicited/voiced by the farmers and identifies determinants of
adaptation decisions. Chapters identify constraints and
opportunities that are translated into indicative intervention
recommendations towards climate resilient farm households in the
semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa. Furthermore, it discusses
with evidences that contributes to the development of livelihood
strategy for poor farmers in Asia (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka,
Thailand, Vietnam and China) and Africa (Burkina Faso, Niger, Kenya
and Ghana).
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