Coupling a ladder to the safety net
Reinventing MGNREGA for asset creation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3886589 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shruti Tambe (0000-0001-9477-0011, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author), Nima Tashi Bhutia, Sarika Pradhan, Jigme Basi |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 514-524 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2019.1567687 |
| OpenAlex | W2909501834 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
India’s rural employment act (MGNREGA), the world’s largest public works programme, is designed to guarantee wage employment as a statutory right. It is viewed by many as a drain on the public exchequer, as wages are paid but durable assets are not created. Can this safety net be restructured to double up as a ladder of opportunity for the poor without altering its entitlement-based framework? This article shows that implementing four sets of interventions – policy for household livelihood assets, convergence approaches, pro-poor participatory planning, and strengthening accountability, can accelerate the creation of livelihood assets in the lands of the poor
Accountability · Agriculture · Beneficiary · Business · Citizen journalism · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Labour economics · Livelihood · Public sector · Safety net · Social protection · Statutory law · Agricultural risk and resilience · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Social and Economic Development in India · Finance
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |