Towards Employment Guarantee in India: Indian and International Experiences in Rural Public Works Programmes

"The book is packed with interesting information and on the whole the authors have adopted a sensible approach to issues of rural poverty and unemployment alleviation. A valuable part of the book is the foreword written by the eminent economist Jan Tinbergen a few months before he passed away. "
—The Hindu
"A vividly narrated study featuring experiences of special employment programmes implemented within and outside India. The authors make a distinct case for transforming public works programmes into a 'modern' instrument of the developmental policy by integrating them with the mainstream economy.... The authors have not only gathered detailed evidences but have also carefully placed each of the case studies in its broader political economic-environment. Their efforts to provide a comprehensive historical account of the public works, their typologies, the underlying issues, and finally the emerging lessons are commendable. The case studies have good illustrative value. What is more striking is that without getting lost in the monor details, the authors have been able to reflect the micro situation in the mirror macro of realities. This ability on the part of the authors has certainly enriched the analysis beyond its evaluative content. "

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Towards Employment Guarantee in India: Indian and International Experiences in Rural Public Works Programmes

"The book is packed with interesting information and on the whole the authors have adopted a sensible approach to issues of rural poverty and unemployment alleviation. A valuable part of the book is the foreword written by the eminent economist Jan Tinbergen a few months before he passed away. "
—The Hindu
"A vividly narrated study featuring experiences of special employment programmes implemented within and outside India. The authors make a distinct case for transforming public works programmes into a 'modern' instrument of the developmental policy by integrating them with the mainstream economy.... The authors have not only gathered detailed evidences but have also carefully placed each of the case studies in its broader political economic-environment. Their efforts to provide a comprehensive historical account of the public works, their typologies, the underlying issues, and finally the emerging lessons are commendable. The case studies have good illustrative value. What is more striking is that without getting lost in the monor details, the authors have been able to reflect the micro situation in the mirror macro of realities. This ability on the part of the authors has certainly enriched the analysis beyond its evaluative content. "

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Towards Employment Guarantee in India: Indian and International Experiences in Rural Public Works Programmes

Towards Employment Guarantee in India: Indian and International Experiences in Rural Public Works Programmes

by Indira Hirway, Piet Terhal
Towards Employment Guarantee in India: Indian and International Experiences in Rural Public Works Programmes

Towards Employment Guarantee in India: Indian and International Experiences in Rural Public Works Programmes

by Indira Hirway, Piet Terhal

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"The book is packed with interesting information and on the whole the authors have adopted a sensible approach to issues of rural poverty and unemployment alleviation. A valuable part of the book is the foreword written by the eminent economist Jan Tinbergen a few months before he passed away. "
—The Hindu
"A vividly narrated study featuring experiences of special employment programmes implemented within and outside India. The authors make a distinct case for transforming public works programmes into a 'modern' instrument of the developmental policy by integrating them with the mainstream economy.... The authors have not only gathered detailed evidences but have also carefully placed each of the case studies in its broader political economic-environment. Their efforts to provide a comprehensive historical account of the public works, their typologies, the underlying issues, and finally the emerging lessons are commendable. The case studies have good illustrative value. What is more striking is that without getting lost in the monor details, the authors have been able to reflect the micro situation in the mirror macro of realities. This ability on the part of the authors has certainly enriched the analysis beyond its evaluative content. "


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780803991927
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 01/31/1995
Series: Alternatives in Development Series , #14
Pages: 284
Product dimensions: 5.91(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword - Jan Tinbergen
Rural Public Works, Economic Development and Employment Guarantee
A Framework
PART ONE: CASE STUDIES OUTSIDE INDIA
Public Works in the Netherlands
Rural Public Works in Former East Pakistan
Labour Mobilisation in China
PART TWO: CASE STUDIES IN INDIA
Rural Public Works in India
Employment Guarantee
The Maharashtra Experience
Karnataka's Land Army Corporation
NREP in West Bengal
PART THREE: A PRIMARY CASE STUDY IN INDIA: RURAL PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMMES IN GUJARAT
NREP and RLEGP in Gujarat
An Introduction
Findings of the Gujarat Study
Planning, Organisation and Impact on Beneficiaries
Findings of the Gujarat Study
Asset Formation under NREP and RLEGP
Voluntary Agencies and Public Works Programmes
An Overall Assessment of the Gujarat Case
Towards Employment Guarantee in India

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