Title: India : rural governments and service delivery

Place: New Delhi

Publisher: Oxford university press

Year: 2008

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: decentralization in government, rural development, local government, basic services, panchayat, india

Abstract: This study deals with the roles of different levels of government and the institutional arrangements involved in the provision of key services, e.g. health, education, sanitation and employment. What role do panchayats have in delivering these services. The focus is on disadvantaged rural areas.

URL: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2007/03/20/000020439_20070320103742/Rendered/PDF/389011IN0v3.pdf

Document type: Portal