Research Catalog

Title

Institutional Change and Its Impact on the Poor and Excluded [electronic resource]: The Indian Decentralisation Experience / D. Narayana

Author

Narayana, D.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2005.

Details

Description

72 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.

Summary

This study analyses the impact of democratic decentralisation on the chances of socially excluded groups to participate in newly created local governance institutions – Panchayati Raj Institutions – in three Indian states. This institutional reform included a quota for the disadvantaged – women and lower castes – to ensure their effective participation. The comparative analysis on the determinants of participation of these groups and the poor vis-à-vis other groups across the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh yields highly interesting results, relevant beyond the Indian context. First, the outcomes of decentralisation on participation are different across states and between different marginalised groups. While in Kerala socially disadvantaged groups and the poor are represented more than other groups at the Panchayat level, in Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh the socially disadvantaged groups are as represented as the others whereas the poor continue to be largely ...

Series Statement

OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1815-1949 ; no.242

Uniform Title

OECD Development Centre Working Papers, no.242.

Subject

• Development
• India

LCCN

10.1787/855711082322

OCLC

oecd-lib-001507

Author

Narayana, D.

Title

Institutional Change and Its Impact on the Poor and Excluded [electronic resource]: The Indian Decentralisation Experience / D. Narayana

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2005.

Series

OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1815-1949 ; no.242

OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1815-1949 ; no.242.

Connect to:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/855711082322

Indexed Term

Development

India

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/855711082322 doi