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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
Subjects:
economic development
employment
agricultural policies
social protection
infrastructure
poverty
social safety nets
rural areas
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150000
Summary: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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