Towards Employment Guarantee in India

1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-8039-9192-7
Verlag: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 284 Seiten, Gewicht: 440 g

Reihe: Alternatives in Development

Drawing on the experiences of six rural public works programmes in various countries and an investigation of two major rural employment schemes in India, this book assesses the potential of rural public works as an instrument to promote development in general. The authors emphasize that the success of public works programmes depends on the political commitment of the government and that radical reforms are needed in public administration. They conclude by arguing for a gradual introduction of employment guarantee schemes for rural landless labour in India as a major way to alleviate poverty.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hirway, Indira

Terhal, Piet

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Jan Tinbergen
Rural Public Works, Economic Development and Employment Guarantee
A Framework
PART ONE: CASE STUDIES OUTSIDE INDIA
Public Works in the Netherlands
Rural Public Works in Former East Pakistan
Labour Mobilisation in China
PART TWO: CASE STUDIES IN INDIA
Rural Public Works in India
Employment Guarantee
The Maharashtra Experience
Karnataka's Land Army Corporation
NREP in West Bengal
PART THREE: A PRIMARY CASE STUDY IN INDIA: RURAL PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMMES IN GUJARAT
NREP and RLEGP in Gujarat
An Introduction
Findings of the Gujarat Study
Planning, Organisation and Impact on Beneficiaries
Findings of the Gujarat Study
Asset Formation under NREP and RLEGP
Voluntary Agencies and Public Works Programmes
An Overall Assessment of the Gujarat Case
Towards Employment Guarantee in India