Title: The effects of political reservations for women on local governance and rural service provision : survey evidence from Karnataka

Authors: Raabe, Katharina and Sekher, Madhushree and Birner, Regina

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)

Year: 2009

Journal: IFPRI discussion paper

Volume: 878

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance , Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women, affirmative action programmes, political representation, public services, local government, women in politics, rural areas, india, karnataka

Abstract: Evidence from India is used to qualify & quantify the role of political reservation policies for women as a determinant of rural service provision and local governance and to identify factors that constrain effective local governance & rural service provision beyond the women’s reservation effect.

URL: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp00878.pdf

Document type: Portal