India - Rural Governments and Service Delivery : Volume 1. Executive Summary

This study addresses the roles of different levels of government and the institutional arrangements involved in the provision of key services. The focus throughout is on disadvantaged rural areas. The study demonstrates the approach for a small num...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Other Rural Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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spelling okr-10986-80072021-04-23T14:02:37Z India - Rural Governments and Service Delivery : Volume 1. Executive Summary World Bank ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACHIEVEMENTS ACTIONS ACTS AUTHORITY BASIC SERVICES BLOCK GRANTS BUREAUCRACY CAPACITY BUILDING CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DEVOLUTION EDUCATION EDUCATION DELIVERY EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATORS EMPLOYMENT GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SERVICES HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HUMAN CAPITAL IMMUNIZATION INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSURANCE LAWS LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL INSTRUMENTS LEGISLATION LOCAL AUTONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL LEVEL PANCHAYAT PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC MONEY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING READING SANITATION SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SEWAGE STATE EMPLOYEES STATE GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENTS STATE LAWS STATE OFFICIALS STATE SECTOR TAXATION TEACHER TEACHERS TEACHING TEXTBOOKS WATER SUPPLY WORKERS This study addresses the roles of different levels of government and the institutional arrangements involved in the provision of key services. The focus throughout is on disadvantaged rural areas. The study demonstrates the approach for a small number of sectors that have been "devolved" to rural governments (panchayats), but it is immediately applicable to any other sector of the 29 subjects eligible for devolution. The study intends to assist the Government of India and state governments in defining the role of panchayats in the delivery of key services to rural people. The study focuses on Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal and Rajasthan; four states that cover a range of situations in India. Since the assignment of responsibilities to local governments is a state responsibility and Indian states have followed different approaches. All four states examined by this study have shown commitment to devolution in principle, but they differ considerably in the characteristics and pace of reforms. It is a study on what the various levels of panchayats could do in the delivery of these services within the decentralized government structure created by the 1993 Amendment to the constitution of India. 2012-06-14T15:25:38Z 2012-06-14T15:25:38Z 2007-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7471546/india-rural-governments-service-delivery-vol-1-3-executive-summary http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8007 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Rural Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia India
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topic ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE
ACHIEVEMENTS
ACTIONS
ACTS
AUTHORITY
BASIC SERVICES
BLOCK GRANTS
BUREAUCRACY
CAPACITY BUILDING
CLINICS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION MAKING
DEVOLUTION
EDUCATION
EDUCATION DELIVERY
EDUCATION POLICIES
EDUCATORS
EMPLOYMENT
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEALTH PROMOTION
HEALTH SERVICES
HOSPITALIZATION
HOSPITALS
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMMUNIZATION
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INSURANCE
LAWS
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL INSTRUMENTS
LEGISLATION
LOCAL AUTONOMY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL LEVEL
PANCHAYAT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PUBLIC
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC MONEY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
READING
SANITATION
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SEWAGE
STATE EMPLOYEES
STATE GOVERNMENT
STATE GOVERNMENTS
STATE LAWS
STATE OFFICIALS
STATE SECTOR
TAXATION
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEXTBOOKS
WATER SUPPLY
WORKERS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE
ACHIEVEMENTS
ACTIONS
ACTS
AUTHORITY
BASIC SERVICES
BLOCK GRANTS
BUREAUCRACY
CAPACITY BUILDING
CLINICS
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION MAKING
DEVOLUTION
EDUCATION
EDUCATION DELIVERY
EDUCATION POLICIES
EDUCATORS
EMPLOYMENT
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
HEALTH
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEALTH PROMOTION
HEALTH SERVICES
HOSPITALIZATION
HOSPITALS
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMMUNIZATION
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INSURANCE
LAWS
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL INSTRUMENTS
LEGISLATION
LOCAL AUTONOMY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL LEVEL
PANCHAYAT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PUBLIC
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC MONEY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
READING
SANITATION
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SEWAGE
STATE EMPLOYEES
STATE GOVERNMENT
STATE GOVERNMENTS
STATE LAWS
STATE OFFICIALS
STATE SECTOR
TAXATION
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEXTBOOKS
WATER SUPPLY
WORKERS
World Bank
India - Rural Governments and Service Delivery : Volume 1. Executive Summary
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description This study addresses the roles of different levels of government and the institutional arrangements involved in the provision of key services. The focus throughout is on disadvantaged rural areas. The study demonstrates the approach for a small number of sectors that have been "devolved" to rural governments (panchayats), but it is immediately applicable to any other sector of the 29 subjects eligible for devolution. The study intends to assist the Government of India and state governments in defining the role of panchayats in the delivery of key services to rural people. The study focuses on Kerala, Karnataka, West Bengal and Rajasthan; four states that cover a range of situations in India. Since the assignment of responsibilities to local governments is a state responsibility and Indian states have followed different approaches. All four states examined by this study have shown commitment to devolution in principle, but they differ considerably in the characteristics and pace of reforms. It is a study on what the various levels of panchayats could do in the delivery of these services within the decentralized government structure created by the 1993 Amendment to the constitution of India.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Rural Study
author World Bank
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title India - Rural Governments and Service Delivery : Volume 1. Executive Summary
title_short India - Rural Governments and Service Delivery : Volume 1. Executive Summary
title_full India - Rural Governments and Service Delivery : Volume 1. Executive Summary
title_fullStr India - Rural Governments and Service Delivery : Volume 1. Executive Summary
title_full_unstemmed India - Rural Governments and Service Delivery : Volume 1. Executive Summary
title_sort india - rural governments and service delivery : volume 1. executive summary
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7471546/india-rural-governments-service-delivery-vol-1-3-executive-summary
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8007
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