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Decentralization and empowerment for rural development / Hari K. Nagarajan, Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 2015. Description: xviii, 365 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 978-9382264781 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 320.80954 NAG 007028
Contents:
List of Tables and Figures -- Foreword 1 -- Foreword 2 -- Preface -- Introduction -- Decentralization: Cross-country Experiences -- Thinking about Decentralization in India: 73rd Amendment and Beyond -- Literature -- An Overview of the Data -- Analytical Approaches and Econometric Methods Used -- Can Panchayats Improve the Quality of Services? Some Qualitative Evidence -- Impact of Political Reservations for Women in Panchayats -- Importance of Individual Empowerment of Women -- Governance, Service Provision and Development Outcomes -- The Impact of Fiscal Grants on Tax Efforts of Village Panchayats -- Incidence of Identity-based Voting and Bribes in Panchayats -- Panchayats and Household Vulnerability -- Key Findings, Conclusions and Policy Recommendations -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: This book examines the empowerment of citizens in general and of the poor and marginalized groups in particular by the process of decentralization. It discusses the precise role of Panchayat and local governance on the quantity and quality of services. Some of the findings include – long term impacts of political reservation for women, positive relationship between local revenue generation and quality of governance, significant welfare gains due to parochial politics and even bribes. The mechanisms through which improvements in governance are achieved include Gram Sabha meetings with specific agenda related to services, participation of households in such meetings, and, the impact of specific institutions such as VECs, VWUSCs, and the Pani Panchayats. The authors are able to prove that a positive relationship exists between the quality of services and increasing local revenues. The large number of tied grants that Panchayats receive has long been criticized as leading to a general constriction of choices left with the Panchayats to be able to effectively allocate expenditures. Most importantly, the book quantifies the impact of Panchayats in terms of the ability of households to reduce vulnerability and transit out of poverty.--Book Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Tables and Figures -- Foreword 1 -- Foreword 2 -- Preface -- Introduction -- Decentralization: Cross-country Experiences -- Thinking about Decentralization in India: 73rd Amendment and Beyond -- Literature -- An Overview of the Data -- Analytical Approaches and Econometric Methods Used -- Can Panchayats Improve the Quality of Services? Some Qualitative Evidence -- Impact of Political Reservations for Women in Panchayats -- Importance of Individual Empowerment of Women -- Governance, Service Provision and Development Outcomes -- The Impact of Fiscal Grants on Tax Efforts of Village Panchayats -- Incidence of Identity-based Voting and Bribes in Panchayats -- Panchayats and Household Vulnerability -- Key Findings, Conclusions and Policy Recommendations -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.

This book examines the empowerment of citizens in general and of the poor and marginalized groups in particular by the process of decentralization. It discusses the precise role of Panchayat and local governance on the quantity and quality of services. Some of the findings include – long term impacts of political reservation for women, positive relationship between local revenue generation and quality of governance, significant welfare gains due to parochial politics and even bribes. The mechanisms through which improvements in governance are achieved include Gram Sabha meetings with specific agenda related to services, participation of households in such meetings, and, the impact of specific institutions such as VECs, VWUSCs, and the Pani Panchayats.

The authors are able to prove that a positive relationship exists between the quality of services and increasing local revenues. The large number of tied grants that Panchayats receive has long been criticized as leading to a general constriction of choices left with the Panchayats to be able to effectively allocate expenditures. Most importantly, the book quantifies the impact of Panchayats in terms of the ability of households to reduce vulnerability and transit out of poverty.--Book Jacket.

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