Improving the Public Expenditure Outcomes of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme through Social Accountability Interventions in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), enacted by the government of India in 2006, recognizes employment as a universal legal right for every rural household. Breaking from earlier employment schemes and development programs, NREGA is...
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okr-10986-250242021-04-23T14:04:28Z Improving the Public Expenditure Outcomes of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme through Social Accountability Interventions in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India Patel, Darshana Shah, Parmesh Chakrabarti, Poulomi Arya, Om Prakash Cheriyan, George Agarwal, Sanjay ABSENTEEISM ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM ACCOUNTABILITY RELATIONSHIPS ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES ALLOCATION ANNUAL BUDGET ASSETS AUDIT PROCESS AUDITING AUDITOR AUDITOR GENERAL AUDITORS BUDGET ALLOCATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZEN REPORT CARD CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SCORECARD COMMUNITY SCORECARDS COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS CONSULTATION CORRUPTION DATA COLLECTION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DECISIONMAKING DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION DISCRETION DISCRETIONARY POWER DISTRICTS ENTITLEMENTS EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES FEASIBILITY FEMALE FINANCIAL AUDITS FOCUS GROUP FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLDS INFORMATION ASYMMETRY INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INTERFACE MEETINGS INTERMEDIARY INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEASUREMENT METHODS PERFORMANCE MONITORING POLICY MAKING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY OF SERVICES RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RIGHT TO INFORMATION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESS SOCIAL AUDIT SOCIAL AUDITS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDERS STATE GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY VILLAGE VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WEAK ACCOUNTABILITY The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), enacted by the government of India in 2006, recognizes employment as a universal legal right for every rural household. Breaking from earlier employment schemes and development programs, NREGA is significant in that it is 'a regime of rights' for poor rural communities. NREGA provides a comprehensive set of entitlements that not only outline judicially enforceable terms for employment but also give citizens a central role in all stages of implementation. The overall objective of this social accountability intervention was to assess NREGS implementation, identify lacunae in program implementation, and build ownership of the findings of this intervention within all levels of government. NREGS has a system of continuous external monitoring and verification to curb corruption and maintain quality implementation. The Citizen Report Card (CRC) survey found that 56 percent of the project worksites were visited fewer than three times by upper level government authorities. 2016-09-08T17:59:08Z 2016-09-08T17:59:08Z 2009-11 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/16203400/improving-public-expenditure-outcomes-national-rural-employment-guarantee-scheme-nregs-through-social-accountability-interventions-sirohi-district-rajasthan-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25024 English en_US Social Accountability Series;No. 7 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief South Asia India |
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ABSENTEEISM ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM ACCOUNTABILITY RELATIONSHIPS ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES ALLOCATION ANNUAL BUDGET ASSETS AUDIT PROCESS AUDITING AUDITOR AUDITOR GENERAL AUDITORS BUDGET ALLOCATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZEN REPORT CARD CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SCORECARD COMMUNITY SCORECARDS COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS CONSULTATION CORRUPTION DATA COLLECTION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DECISIONMAKING DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION DISCRETION DISCRETIONARY POWER DISTRICTS ENTITLEMENTS EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES FEASIBILITY FEMALE FINANCIAL AUDITS FOCUS GROUP FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLDS INFORMATION ASYMMETRY INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INTERFACE MEETINGS INTERMEDIARY INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEASUREMENT METHODS PERFORMANCE MONITORING POLICY MAKING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY OF SERVICES RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RIGHT TO INFORMATION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESS SOCIAL AUDIT SOCIAL AUDITS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDERS STATE GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY VILLAGE VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WEAK ACCOUNTABILITY |
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ABSENTEEISM ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM ACCOUNTABILITY RELATIONSHIPS ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES ALLOCATION ANNUAL BUDGET ASSETS AUDIT PROCESS AUDITING AUDITOR AUDITOR GENERAL AUDITORS BUDGET ALLOCATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZEN REPORT CARD CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY SCORECARD COMMUNITY SCORECARDS COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS CONSULTATION CORRUPTION DATA COLLECTION DECENTRALIZATION DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DECISIONMAKING DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION DISCRETION DISCRETIONARY POWER DISTRICTS ENTITLEMENTS EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES FEASIBILITY FEMALE FINANCIAL AUDITS FOCUS GROUP FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLDS INFORMATION ASYMMETRY INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INTERFACE MEETINGS INTERMEDIARY INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEASUREMENT METHODS PERFORMANCE MONITORING POLICY MAKING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY OF SERVICES RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RIGHT TO INFORMATION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESS SOCIAL AUDIT SOCIAL AUDITS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDERS STATE GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY VILLAGE VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WEAK ACCOUNTABILITY Patel, Darshana Shah, Parmesh Chakrabarti, Poulomi Arya, Om Prakash Cheriyan, George Agarwal, Sanjay Improving the Public Expenditure Outcomes of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme through Social Accountability Interventions in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India |
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South Asia India |
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The National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (NREGA), enacted by the government of India in 2006,
recognizes employment as a universal legal right for every
rural household. Breaking from earlier employment schemes
and development programs, NREGA is significant in that it is
'a regime of rights' for poor rural communities.
NREGA provides a comprehensive set of entitlements that not
only outline judicially enforceable terms for employment but
also give citizens a central role in all stages of
implementation. The overall objective of this social
accountability intervention was to assess NREGS
implementation, identify lacunae in program implementation,
and build ownership of the findings of this intervention
within all levels of government. NREGS has a system of
continuous external monitoring and verification to curb
corruption and maintain quality implementation. The Citizen
Report Card (CRC) survey found that 56 percent of the
project worksites were visited fewer than three times by
upper level government authorities. |
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Patel, Darshana Shah, Parmesh Chakrabarti, Poulomi Arya, Om Prakash Cheriyan, George Agarwal, Sanjay |
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Patel, Darshana Shah, Parmesh Chakrabarti, Poulomi Arya, Om Prakash Cheriyan, George Agarwal, Sanjay |
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Patel, Darshana |
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Improving the Public Expenditure Outcomes of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme through Social Accountability Interventions in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India |
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Improving the Public Expenditure Outcomes of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme through Social Accountability Interventions in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India |
title_full |
Improving the Public Expenditure Outcomes of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme through Social Accountability Interventions in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India |
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Improving the Public Expenditure Outcomes of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme through Social Accountability Interventions in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India |
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Improving the Public Expenditure Outcomes of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme through Social Accountability Interventions in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India |
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improving the public expenditure outcomes of the national rural employment guarantee scheme through social accountability interventions in sirohi district, rajasthan, india |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/16203400/improving-public-expenditure-outcomes-national-rural-employment-guarantee-scheme-nregs-through-social-accountability-interventions-sirohi-district-rajasthan-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25024 |
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