Title: Institutional change and its impact on the poor and excluded : the Indian decentralisation experience

Authors: Narayana, D.

Place: Paris [etc.]

Publisher: Organisation for economic co-operation and development (OECD) : and ILO

Year: 2005

Journal: Working paper / OECD development centre

Volume: 242

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, poverty alleviation, development policy, empowerment, india

Abstract: The impact of decentralization in India on poverty reduction is far from straightforward. It depends on overall policy commitment and the capacity of societies to mobilize themselves empowered by schooling, newspaper readership, and self-help participation.

URL: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/16/13/34359085.pdf

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