The Politics of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Andhra Pradesh

Maiorano, Diego

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The Politics of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Andhra Pradesh

Maiorano, Diego

2014 • In World Development: the Multi-Disciplinary International Journal Devoted to the Study and Promotion of World Development

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MGNREGA; poverty; India - Andhra Pradesh

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[en] The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is India's (and the world's) largest employment programme. While many analysis exist on its impact and implementation faults, scant attention has been dedicated to how political dynamics influence its implementation. This paper will try to fill this gap with evidence from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. It will argue that the implementation performance of the programme has been fairly good, despite the abysmal performance of the state government with previous employment programmes. The key factor in determining such a shift was the political commitment of the state’s chief minister.

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Political science, public administration & international relations

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Maiorano, Diego ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut des sciences humaines et sociales > Socio-anthropologie du développement

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English

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The Politics of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Andhra Pradesh

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2014

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World Development: the Multi-Disciplinary International Journal Devoted to the Study and Promotion of World Development

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0305-750X

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Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science

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ULiège - Université de Liège [BE]

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