Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee : The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh

Are ostensibly demand-driven public works programs with high levels of safeguards nonetheless susceptible to political influence? This conjecture is investigated using expenditure data at the local level from India's National Rural Employment...

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Main Authors:	Sheahan, Megan, Liu, Yanyan, Barrett, Christopher B., Narayanan, Sudha
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	employment guarantee political economy project expenditures accountability transparency
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26782077/preferential-resource-spending-under-employment-guarantee-political-economy-mgnregs-andhra-pradesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25131

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spelling	okr-10986-251312021-04-23T14:04:29Z Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee : The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh Sheahan, Megan Liu, Yanyan Barrett, Christopher B. Narayanan, Sudha employment guarantee political economy project expenditures accountability transparency Are ostensibly demand-driven public works programs with high levels of safeguards nonetheless susceptible to political influence? This conjecture is investigated using expenditure data at the local level from India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Focusing on one state where accountability and transparency mechanisms have been employed and implementation efforts have been widely applauded, there is no evidence of partisan-influenced spending before the 2009 election however a statistically significant but small in magnitude effect after the 2009 election. Most variation in public works expenditures is explained by the observed needs of potential beneficiaries, as the scheme intended. 2016-10-07T19:52:19Z 2016-10-07T19:52:19Z 2016-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26782077/preferential-resource-spending-under-employment-guarantee-political-economy-mgnregs-andhra-pradesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25131 English en_US Policy Research working paper,no. WPS 7818; Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7818 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India
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description	Are ostensibly demand-driven public works programs with high levels of safeguards nonetheless susceptible to political influence? This conjecture is investigated using expenditure data at the local level from India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Focusing on one state where accountability and transparency mechanisms have been employed and implementation efforts have been widely applauded, there is no evidence of partisan-influenced spending before the 2009 election however a statistically significant but small in magnitude effect after the 2009 election. Most variation in public works expenditures is explained by the observed needs of potential beneficiaries, as the scheme intended.
format	Working Paper
author	Sheahan, Megan Liu, Yanyan Barrett, Christopher B. Narayanan, Sudha
author_facet	Sheahan, Megan Liu, Yanyan Barrett, Christopher B. Narayanan, Sudha
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title	Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee : The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh
title_short	Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee : The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh
title_full	Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee : The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh
title_fullStr	Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee : The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh
title_full_unstemmed	Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee : The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh
title_sort	preferential resource spending under an employment guarantee : the political economy of mgnregs in andhra pradesh
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26782077/preferential-resource-spending-under-employment-guarantee-political-economy-mgnregs-andhra-pradesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25131
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Preferential Resource Spending under an Employment Guarantee : The Political Economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh

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