Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Foreword 1
- Foreword 2
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Decentralization: Cross-country Experiences
- 3 Thinking about Decentralization in India: 73rd Amendment and Beyond
- 4 Literature
- 5 An Overview of the Data
- 6 Analytical Approaches and Econometric Methods Used
- 7 Can Panchayats Improve the Quality of Services? Some Qualitative Evidence
- 8 Impact of Political Reservations for Women in Panchayats
- 9 Importance of Individual Empowerment of Women
- 10 Governance, Service Provision and Development Outcomes
- 11 The Impact of Fiscal Grants on Tax Efforts of Village Panchayats
- 12 Incidence of Identity-based Voting and Bribes in Panchayats
- 13 Panchayats and Household Vulnerability
- 14 Key Findings, Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
- References
- Index
- About the Authors
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 November 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Foreword 1
- Foreword 2
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Decentralization: Cross-country Experiences
- 3 Thinking about Decentralization in India: 73rd Amendment and Beyond
- 4 Literature
- 5 An Overview of the Data
- 6 Analytical Approaches and Econometric Methods Used
- 7 Can Panchayats Improve the Quality of Services? Some Qualitative Evidence
- 8 Impact of Political Reservations for Women in Panchayats
- 9 Importance of Individual Empowerment of Women
- 10 Governance, Service Provision and Development Outcomes
- 11 The Impact of Fiscal Grants on Tax Efforts of Village Panchayats
- 12 Incidence of Identity-based Voting and Bribes in Panchayats
- 13 Panchayats and Household Vulnerability
- 14 Key Findings, Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
- References
- Index
- About the Authors
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- Chapter
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- Decentralization and Empowerment for Rural Development , pp. 359 - 365Publisher: Foundation BooksPrint publication year: 2014