TY - JOUR
T1 - Information, Access and Targeting
T2 - The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India
AU - Shankar, Shylashri
AU - Gaiha, Raghav
AU - Jha, Raghbendra
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - In this paper, the relationship is assessed between possessing information on, gaining access to and the efficacy of delivery of India's national rural employment guarantee scheme (NREGA) in three states. The results suggest that the link between information, access and the delivery of the scheme is not straightforward. Information can increase the propensity for the programme to be accessed by those who are not its primary target population, and can enhance efficacy of delivery to such beneficiaries. Lack of information, on the other hand, decreases the ability of citizens, particularly the acutely poor, to benefit from the scheme.
AB - In this paper, the relationship is assessed between possessing information on, gaining access to and the efficacy of delivery of India's national rural employment guarantee scheme (NREGA) in three states. The results suggest that the link between information, access and the delivery of the scheme is not straightforward. Information can increase the propensity for the programme to be accessed by those who are not its primary target population, and can enhance efficacy of delivery to such beneficiaries. Lack of information, on the other hand, decreases the ability of citizens, particularly the acutely poor, to benefit from the scheme.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952674995&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13600818.2010.551005
DO - 10.1080/13600818.2010.551005
M3 - Article
SN - 1360-0818
VL - 39
SP - 69
EP - 95
JO - Oxford Development Studies
JF - Oxford Development Studies
IS - 1
ER -