R Manjula
Biographic Data
| ID | 1036212 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Manjula |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Manjula |
| SIGNATURE | MANJULA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Social and Economic Change |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2246-8574 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Who becomes a politician in a gender quota system? Evidence from India
Cellfare
This article proposes a new form of self-targeted social protection scheme: beneficiaries carry out a series of small tasks on their mobile phones, each linked to a small payment. Key advantages over traditional public works include potentially large reductions in leakage, costs, and delays. The proposed scheme may also be suitable to wider demographics as it does not require physical labour and can be availed from home. A prototype implementatio…
Do Women Council Members Allocate More Public Goods? Evidence from Rural India
Gender quotas are intended to address the underrepresentation of women in government. However, their effectiveness remains controversial. This study explores the random assignment of gender quotas across villages in India, examining whether women members of local councils affect public goods allocation in their constituencies and identifying potential challenges they face when implementing policies. We conducted a field survey in 100 villages, ea…
Pushing Welfare
Governments in many developing countries offer social welfare schemes that few take up or even know of. We undertake a randomized controlled evaluation of agents trained in the facilitation of 16 government social welfare schemes in south India. The agents were incentivized to seek out eligible households, provide them with information about the schemes, and help them apply. We find that the agents increase scheme awareness but not application su…
Cooperatives and Social Innovation
Decentralised Governance, Development Programmes and Elite Capture
Can public works increase equilibrium wages? Evidence from India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee
Can Microfinance Promote Livelihoods and Reduce Vulnerability Among Adivasis? A Study of Some NGO Interventions from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
To what extent have NGO microfinance programmes for adivasi households promoted livelihoods and reduced poverty and vulnerability among them? This question is analysed with the help of primary data collected from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states. Although adivasi households have joined microfinance groups, made small savings and availed credit facility, microfinance activities have not significantly improved livelihoods and reduced vulnerability. …
Motivating Knowledge Agents
This paper studies the interaction of incentive pay and social distance \nin the dissemination of information. We analyse theoretically as well as \nempirically the e ect of incentive pay when agents have pro-social objectives, \nbut also preferences over dealing with one social group relative to \nanother. In a randomised eld experiment undertaken across 151 villages \nin South India, local agents were hired to spread information about a \npubli…
Spatial and dynamic aspects of retroflex production
How Effective are Social Audits under MGNREGS? Lessons from Karnataka
This case study on social audits under MGNREGS in Karnataka aims to provide suggestions on how to improve the design and implementation of social audits in the state. With the help of the primary data collected from five grama panchayats in Chitradurga district, the paper argues that although the documentary evidence shows that social audits are conducted they do not fulfil the main objective of engaging the beneficiaries of the scheme and making…
Diadochokinetic Assessment in Persons With Down Syndrome
Diadochokinetic (DDK) assessment was carried out on 30 Kannada-speaking persons with Down syndrome in the age range of 11;6 to 14;6 years. The responses were compared with those of mental age-matched persons with cognitive impairment (without Down syndrome) and typically developing children. Rate, accuracy, consistency, and numbers of attempts were calculated for DDK tasks. Persons with Down syndrome exhibited slower rates, greater errors in accu…
Communication Functions, Modalities, and Maternal Responses in Children with Severe Speech and Physical Impairment
The study aimed at exploring the different kinds of functions and modalities used by children with severe speech and physical impairment (SSPI) and cerebral palsy (CP) during communicative interactions with their mothers; and the choice of modalities to indicate different functions. Furthermore, this study attempted to investigate if mothers displayed identifiable responsive styles during these interactions. An extensive coding system was develop…
Can public works increase equilibrium wages? Evidence from India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee
Spatial and dynamic aspects of retroflex production
Motivating Knowledge Agents
This paper studies the interaction of incentive pay and social distance \nin the dissemination of information. We analyse theoretically as well as \nempirically the e ect of incentive pay when agents have pro-social objectives, \nbut also preferences over dealing with one social group relative to \nanother. In a randomised eld experiment undertaken across 151 villages \nin South India, local agents were hired to spread information about a \npubli…
Can Microfinance Promote Livelihoods and Reduce Vulnerability Among Adivasis? A Study of Some NGO Interventions from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
To what extent have NGO microfinance programmes for adivasi households promoted livelihoods and reduced poverty and vulnerability among them? This question is analysed with the help of primary data collected from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states. Although adivasi households have joined microfinance groups, made small savings and availed credit facility, microfinance activities have not significantly improved livelihoods and reduced vulnerability. …
Communication Functions, Modalities, and Maternal Responses in Children with Severe Speech and Physical Impairment
The study aimed at exploring the different kinds of functions and modalities used by children with severe speech and physical impairment (SSPI) and cerebral palsy (CP) during communicative interactions with their mothers; and the choice of modalities to indicate different functions. Furthermore, this study attempted to investigate if mothers displayed identifiable responsive styles during these interactions. An extensive coding system was develop…
Diadochokinetic Assessment in Persons With Down Syndrome
Diadochokinetic (DDK) assessment was carried out on 30 Kannada-speaking persons with Down syndrome in the age range of 11;6 to 14;6 years. The responses were compared with those of mental age-matched persons with cognitive impairment (without Down syndrome) and typically developing children. Rate, accuracy, consistency, and numbers of attempts were calculated for DDK tasks. Persons with Down syndrome exhibited slower rates, greater errors in accu…
How Effective are Social Audits under MGNREGS? Lessons from Karnataka
This case study on social audits under MGNREGS in Karnataka aims to provide suggestions on how to improve the design and implementation of social audits in the state. With the help of the primary data collected from five grama panchayats in Chitradurga district, the paper argues that although the documentary evidence shows that social audits are conducted they do not fulfil the main objective of engaging the beneficiaries of the scheme and making…
Spatial and dynamic aspects of retroflex production
Can public works increase equilibrium wages? Evidence from India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee
Can Microfinance Promote Livelihoods and Reduce Vulnerability Among Adivasis? A Study of Some NGO Interventions from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
To what extent have NGO microfinance programmes for adivasi households promoted livelihoods and reduced poverty and vulnerability among them? This question is analysed with the help of primary data collected from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states. Although adivasi households have joined microfinance groups, made small savings and availed credit facility, microfinance activities have not significantly improved livelihoods and reduced vulnerability. …
Motivating Knowledge Agents
This paper studies the interaction of incentive pay and social distance \nin the dissemination of information. We analyse theoretically as well as \nempirically the e ect of incentive pay when agents have pro-social objectives, \nbut also preferences over dealing with one social group relative to \nanother. In a randomised eld experiment undertaken across 151 villages \nin South India, local agents were hired to spread information about a \npubli…
Decentralised Governance, Development Programmes and Elite Capture
Cooperatives and Social Innovation
Pushing Welfare
Governments in many developing countries offer social welfare schemes that few take up or even know of. We undertake a randomized controlled evaluation of agents trained in the facilitation of 16 government social welfare schemes in south India. The agents were incentivized to seek out eligible households, provide them with information about the schemes, and help them apply. We find that the agents increase scheme awareness but not application su…
Cellfare
This article proposes a new form of self-targeted social protection scheme: beneficiaries carry out a series of small tasks on their mobile phones, each linked to a small payment. Key advantages over traditional public works include potentially large reductions in leakage, costs, and delays. The proposed scheme may also be suitable to wider demographics as it does not require physical labour and can be availed from home. A prototype implementatio…
Do Women Council Members Allocate More Public Goods? Evidence from Rural India
Gender quotas are intended to address the underrepresentation of women in government. However, their effectiveness remains controversial. This study explores the random assignment of gender quotas across villages in India, examining whether women members of local councils affect public goods allocation in their constituencies and identifying potential challenges they face when implementing policies. We conducted a field survey in 100 villages, ea…
Who becomes a politician in a gender quota system? Evidence from India
Economics (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social and Economic Development in India (3 works)