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Author : Amarendra
Release : 1998
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 975/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Poverty, Rural Development and Public Policy by : Amarendra
Download or read book Poverty, Rural Development and Public Policy written by Amarendra. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty is an age old malaise. Is it caused by economic inefficiency, or due to social and political exclusions?
Author : G. Satyanarayana
Release : 2012
Genre : Poverty
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Book Rating : 071/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation in India by : G. Satyanarayana
Download or read book Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation in India written by G. Satyanarayana. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bulk of India's population lives in rural areas. According to the 2011 Census, the rural population formed 68.8% of the country's total population. The country's Ministry of Rural Development co-ordinates, implements, and funds schemes which aim to ensure that the fruits of economic development reach the villages and the common man. Rural development implies both the economic betterment of people, as well as greater social transformation. The increased participation of people in the rural development process - along with the decentralization of planning, better enforcement of land reforms, and greater access to credit and inputs - go a long way in providing the rural population with better prospects for improved quality of life. Improvements in health, education, drinking water, energy supply, sanitation, and housing also facilitate their social development. This book provides a comprehensive account of the policies and programs for transformation in rural India. It explains the key reform measures undertaken for raising the standard of living of the rural population.
Author : Krister Andersson
Release : 2009
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 014/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Local Governments and Rural Development by : Krister Andersson
Download or read book Local Governments and Rural Development written by Krister Andersson. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the recent economic upswing in many Latin American countries, rural poverty rates in the region have actually increased during the past two decades. Experts blame excessively centralized public administrations for the lackluster performance of public policy initiatives. In response, decentralization reformshave become a common government strategy for improving public sector performance in rural areas. The effect of these reforms is a topic of considerable debate among government officials, policy scholars, and citizensÕ groups. This book offers a systematic analysis of how local governments and farmer groups in Latin America are actually faring today. Based on interviews with more than 1,200 mayors, local officials, and farmers in 390 municipal territories in four Latin American nations, the authors analyze the ways in which different forms of decentralization affect the governance arrangements for rural development Òon the ground.Ó Their comparative analysis suggests that rural development outcomes are systemically linked to locally negotiated institutional arrangementsÑformal and informalÑbetween government officials, NGOs, and farmer groups that operate in the local sphere. They find that local-government actors contribute to public services that better assist the rural poor when local actors cooperate to develop their own institutional arrangements for participatory planning, horizontal learning, and the joint production of services. This study brings substantive data and empirical analysis to a discussion that has, until now, more often depended on qualitative research in isolated cases. With more than 60 percent of Latin AmericaÕs rural population living in poverty, the results are both timely and crucial.
Author : John Echeverri-Gent
Release : 2023-12-22
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 264/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The State and the Poor by : John Echeverri-Gent
Download or read book The State and the Poor written by John Echeverri-Gent. This book was released on 2023-12-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comparison of rural development in India and the United States develops important departures from economic and historical institutionalism. It elaborates a new conceptual framework for analyzing state-society relations beginning from the premise that policy implementation, as the site of tangible exchanges between state and society, provides strategic interaction among self-interested individuals, social groups, and bureaucracies. It demonstrates how this interaction can be harnessed to enhance the effectiveness of public policy. Echeverri-Gent's application of this framework to poverty alleviation programs generates provocative insights about the ways in which institutions and social structure constrain policy-makers. In the process, he illuminates new implications for the concepts of state autonomy and state capacity. The book's original conceptual framework and intriguing findings will interest scholars of South Asia and American politics, social theorists, and policy-makers.
Author : Frank Ellis
Release : 2004-08-02
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 282/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction Policies by : Frank Ellis
Download or read book Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction Policies written by Frank Ellis. This book was released on 2004-08-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important new collection of contributions brings together current thinking on poverty reduction and rural livelihoods in developing countries. As well as leading economists in the field such as Frank Ellis and Chris Barrett, there are a number of contributors from developing countries themselves. The book examines both macroeconomic and microeconomic phenomena and contains wide range of case studies. Skilfully exposing the gap that exists between the rhetoric of poverty reduction strategies in capital cities and the practice of public sector delivery in rural areas, this key text will be essential reading for advanced students and researchers in the fields of rural development, rural livelihoods, poverty reduction strategies and Sub-Saharan Africa development as well as advisors and practitioners in international organizations.
