'The paper has two main objectives. The first is to trace the progress in the process of decentralisation in the provision of public services in India. The second is to test the hypothesis that decentralisation in the system of public service delivery in primary health care and education led to improved outcomes for the rural Indian population. Before 1992, with few exceptions, there was little movement towards decentralisation. Rural local bodies functioned primarily as program executing agents for government line departments, with little control over finances, administration, or the pattern of expenditure. The only decentralisation that existed was in the importance of state governments vis-a-vis the centre. After the 1992 Constitutional ...
This paper reviews evidence and argument concerning the quality of government in India, especially p...
This article attempts to make a critical evaluation of the working of the institutional system of de...
The term decentralization which has been used since the early 1950s for a wide range of institutiona...
The paper has two main objectives. The first is to trace the progress in the process of decentralisa...
This paper examines delivery of public health care services in India, in the broader context of dece...
This book is an analytical examination of financing and public service delivery challenges in a dece...
Over the last two decades, many countries around the world have been enthusiastically embarking on t...
Various attempts have been made in India with respect to decentralization, most significantly the 7...
In 1992 the 73rd amendment to the Indian constitution called on states to create and empower rural l...
Various attempts have been made in India with respect to decentralization, most significantly the 73...
The Government of India has adopted decentralization/devolution as a vehicle for promoting greater e...
Abstract-All human civilizations try to ensure and strive to achieve development. The approach great...
The present study employing the 2006 Rural and Demographic Survey data, describes people’s percepti...
While India has made progress in achieving important health sector goals, there is still a long way...
For decades, decentralisation reforms have been seen as a powerful instrument by health policy advoc...
This paper reviews evidence and argument concerning the quality of government in India, especially p...
This article attempts to make a critical evaluation of the working of the institutional system of de...
The term decentralization which has been used since the early 1950s for a wide range of institutiona...
The paper has two main objectives. The first is to trace the progress in the process of decentralisa...
This paper examines delivery of public health care services in India, in the broader context of dece...
This book is an analytical examination of financing and public service delivery challenges in a dece...
Over the last two decades, many countries around the world have been enthusiastically embarking on t...
Various attempts have been made in India with respect to decentralization, most significantly the 7...
In 1992 the 73rd amendment to the Indian constitution called on states to create and empower rural l...
Various attempts have been made in India with respect to decentralization, most significantly the 73...
The Government of India has adopted decentralization/devolution as a vehicle for promoting greater e...
Abstract-All human civilizations try to ensure and strive to achieve development. The approach great...
The present study employing the 2006 Rural and Demographic Survey data, describes people’s percepti...
While India has made progress in achieving important health sector goals, there is still a long way...
For decades, decentralisation reforms have been seen as a powerful instrument by health policy advoc...
This paper reviews evidence and argument concerning the quality of government in India, especially p...
This article attempts to make a critical evaluation of the working of the institutional system of de...
The term decentralization which has been used since the early 1950s for a wide range of institutiona...