Does India's Employment Guarantee Scheme Quarantee Employment?

In 2005 India introduced an ambitious national anti-poverty program, now called the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The program offers up to 100 days of unskilled manual labor per year on public works projects for any rur...

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Main Authors:	Dutta, Puja, Murgai, Rinku, Ravallion, Martin, van de Walle, Dominique
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGGREGATE DEMAND AGRICULTURAL LABORERS ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM AVERAGE WAGE AVERAGE WAGES BARGAINING POWER CASH TRANSFERS CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION QUINTILES EGS EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEMES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS FLEXIBILITY FORCED LABOR HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INEQUALITY INSURANCE JOBS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABORERS LABOUR LANDHOLDINGS MANPOWER MANUAL LABOR MARKET WAGES MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES NATIONAL POVERTY OCCUPATION PARTICIPATION RATES PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POOR PEOPLE POOR WOMEN POORER FAMILIES POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS POVERTY IMPACTS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY STATUS PROGRAM COSTS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS RIGHT TO WORK RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL HEADCOUNT RURAL HEADCOUNT INDEX RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LABOR RURAL LABOR MARKET RURAL LABOR MARKETS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL PUBLIC SCHOOLING SEASONAL LABOR SOCIAL PROTECTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT TARGETING TRANSFER BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED LABOR WAGE EFFECT WAGE INCREASE WAGE RATE WAGE RATES WORKER WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/03/15958094/indias-employment-guarantee-scheme-guarantee-employment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19877

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Does India's Employment Guarantee Scheme Quarantee Employment?

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