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MGNREGA Works and their impacts - A Rapid assessment in Maharashtra
Narayanan, Sudha; Ranaware, Krushna; Das, Upasak; … - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2014
This paper presents the results of a survey of over 4100 works created under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and over 4800 randomly selected users across 100 villages in 20 districts in Maharashtra. It has two goals: the first was to verify the existence of...
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MGNREGA Works and their Impact: A Rapid Assessment in Maharashtra
Narayanan, Sudha; Ranaware, Krushna; Das, Upasak; … - eSocialSciences - 2014
This paper presents the results of a survey of over 4100 works created under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and over 4800 randomly selected users across 100 villages in 20 districts in Maharashtra. It has two goals: the first was to verify the existence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945494
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The "discouraged worker effect" in public works programs : evidence from the MGNREGA in India
Narayanan, S.; Das, Upasak; Liu, Yanyan; Barrett, … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 100 (2017), pp. 31-44
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The "discouraged worker effect" in public works programs : evidence from the MGNREGA in India
Narayanan, S.; Das, Upasak; Liu, Yanyan; Barrett, … - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011751176
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Does political activism and affiliation affect allocation of benefits in the rural employment guarantee program : evidence from West Bengal, India
Das, Upasak - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 67 (2015), pp. 202-217
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Post-clientelistic initiatives in a patronage democracy : the distributive politics of India’s MGNREGA
Das, Upasak; Maiorano, Diego - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 117 (2019), pp. 239-252
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Reducing delay in payments in welfare programs : experimental evidence from an information dissemination intervention
Das, Upasak; Paul, Amartya; Sharma, Mohit - In: The World Bank economic review : WBER 37 (2023) 3, pp. 494-517
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Does Political Activism and Affiliation Affect Allocation of Benefits in the Rural Employment Guarantee Program: Evidence from West Bengal, India
Das, Upasak - In: World Development 67 (2015) C, pp. 202-217
The paper investigates prevalence of political clientelism in allocation of benefits under the rural employment guarantee program, currently implemented in India. Using survey data collected from some villages of West Bengal, it is found that households, which are politically active and...
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Awareness about Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: Some evidence from the northern parts of West Bengal, India
Das, Upasak; Singh, Ashish; Mahanto, Nitay - In: Economics Bulletin 32 (2012) 1, pp. 528-537
This study takes up the issues related to the awareness about an ambitious welfare programme targeting the rural population of India, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The study is based on a primary survey and finds a general lack of awareness about the basic...
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Decentralisation, clientelism and social protection programmes : a study of India’s MGNREGA
Maiorano, Diego; Das, Upasak; Masiero, Silvia - In: Oxford development studies 46 (2018) 4, pp. 536-549
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