Preferential resource allocation? Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh

India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) employs about 50 million men and women every year and offers an important opportunity for in-vestigating the link between public works spending and the politi-cal allocation of funds. First of all, MGNREGS is derived from th...

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Main Authors: Sheahan, Megan, Liu, Yanyan, Barrett, Christopher B., Narayanan, Sudha
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150000
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author Sheahan, Megan
Liu, Yanyan
Barrett, Christopher B.
Narayanan, Sudha
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description India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) employs about 50 million men and women every year and offers an important opportunity for in-vestigating the link between public works spending and the politi-cal allocation of funds. First of all, MGNREGS is derived from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which grants citizens the “right to work” on local in-frastructure projects at a set minimum wage.
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spelling CGSpace1500002025-11-06T06:08:23Z Preferential resource allocation? Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh Sheahan, Megan Liu, Yanyan Barrett, Christopher B. Narayanan, Sudha economic development employment agricultural policies social protection infrastructure poverty social safety nets rural areas India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) employs about 50 million men and women every year and offers an important opportunity for in-vestigating the link between public works spending and the politi-cal allocation of funds. First of all, MGNREGS is derived from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which grants citizens the “right to work” on local in-frastructure projects at a set minimum wage. 2014 2024-08-01T02:50:26Z 2024-08-01T02:50:26Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150000 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153599 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Sheahan, Megan; Liu, Yanyan; Barrett, Christopher B. and Narayanan, Sudha. 2014. Preferential resource allocation? Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh. MGNREGS Project Note 3. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150000
spellingShingle economic development
employment
agricultural policies
social protection
infrastructure
poverty
social safety nets
rural areas
Sheahan, Megan
Liu, Yanyan
Barrett, Christopher B.
Narayanan, Sudha
Preferential resource allocation? Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh
title Preferential resource allocation? Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh
title_full Preferential resource allocation? Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh
title_fullStr Preferential resource allocation? Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh
title_full_unstemmed Preferential resource allocation? Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh
title_short Preferential resource allocation? Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh
title_sort preferential resource allocation mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee scheme in andhra pradesh
topic economic development
employment
agricultural policies
social protection
infrastructure
poverty
social safety nets
rural areas
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150000
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