Centre (IGC) supported research on governance and public service delivery in India. Existing research suggests that the … incentives, transparency and state capacity as the key challenges to reducing the governance deficit in India. IGC supported …

female political leadership on the governance of projects implemented under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in … panel of audit reports, governance improves as female leaders accumulate experience. These results suggest that female … political leadership may generate gains in governance but only after the initial, gendered disadvantages recede. Our findings …