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Reviewing the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme

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Jha, Raghbendra; Gaiha, Raghav; Shankar, Shylashri

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This article presents results on the participation of rural workers in the National Rural Employment Guarantee programme based on a pilot survey of three villages in Udaipur district in Rajasthan. Its focus is on participation in the nreg programme of different socio-economic groups and the determinants of the participation of these groups. It is found that the mean participation was 59 days and that targeting was satisfactory. The performance of the programme has been far from dismal.

dc.contributor.authorJha, Raghbendra
dc.contributor.authorGaiha, Raghav
dc.contributor.authorShankar, Shylashri
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T22:43:16Z
dc.identifier.issn0012-9976
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/37205
dc.description.abstractThis article presents results on the participation of rural workers in the National Rural Employment Guarantee programme based on a pilot survey of three villages in Udaipur district in Rajasthan. Its focus is on participation in the nreg programme of different socio-economic groups and the determinants of the participation of these groups. It is found that the mean participation was 59 days and that targeting was satisfactory. The performance of the programme has been far from dismal.
dc.publisherK. Raj for Sameeksha Trust
dc.sourceEconomic and Political Weekly
dc.titleReviewing the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume42
dc.date.issued2008
local.identifier.absfor140202 - Economic Development and Growth
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4002919xPUB146
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationJha, Raghbendra, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationGaiha, Raghav, University of Delhi
local.contributor.affiliationShankar, Shylashri, University of Delhi
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue11
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage44
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage48
dc.date.updated2015-12-08T10:39:16Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-65449126760
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