The Performance of Social Pensions in India : The Case of Rajasthan

The Government of India has recently announced a dramatic expansion of social pension schemes both in terms of coverage and benefit levels. Yet relatively little is known about how these programs are administered or how well they achieve their obje...

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Main Author:	Dutta, Puja Vasudeva
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING BANK ACCOUNTS BENEFICIARY BENEFIT LEVEL BENEFIT LEVELS BENEFIT PAYMENTS CASH TRANSFERS CHECKS CHRONIC POVERTY COMPUTERIZATION OF RECORDS CREDIT PROGRAMS DECEASED HUSBAND DEMOGRAPHIC DISABILITY DISABILITY PENSION DISABILITY PENSIONS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISBURSEMENT DISBURSEMENTS DISCRIMINATION DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC STATUS ELDERLY ELDERLY POPULATION EXPENDITURE EXPOSURE FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FRAUD GENDER HEALTH INSURANCE HOLDING HOLDINGS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUSBAND INCOME SECURITY INDIVIDUAL PENSIONER INDIVIDUAL PENSIONERS LACK OF AWARENESS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY LIFE INSURANCE LITERACY LIVING CONDITIONS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MARITAL STATUS MIGRATION MINORITY OLD AGE OLD-AGE PENSION AGE PENSION BENEFICIARIES PENSION BENEFIT PENSION BENEFITS PENSION COVERAGE PENSION PAYMENT PENSION PAYMENTS PENSION PROGRAM PENSION SCHEME PENSION SCHEMES PENSIONER PENSIONERS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES POLICY CHANGE POPULATION ESTIMATES POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION POST OFFICE POST OFFICES PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC PENSIONS QUALITATIVE INFORMATION REGULAR PAYMENTS RESIDENCE RESPECT RETURN RURAL AREAS RURAL CREDIT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POVERTY SANCTION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL GROUP SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL PENSION SOCIAL PENSIONS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL WELFARE STATE GOVERNMENTS TRACK RECORD TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSFER OF FUNDS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORTATION TREASURIES TREASURY URBAN CENTERS VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS WIDOW WIDOWS WILL
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The Performance of Social Pensions in India : The Case of Rajasthan

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