Publication: Improving the Public Expenditure Outcomes of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme through Social Accountability Interventions in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India
Date
2009-11
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Published
2009-11
Author(s)
Patel, Darshana
Shah, Parmesh
Chakrabarti, Poulomi
Arya, Om Prakash
Cheriyan, George
Agarwal, Sanjay
Abstract
The National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act (NREGA), enacted by the government of India in 2006,
recognizes employment as a universal legal right for every
rural household. Breaking from earlier employment schemes
and development programs, NREGA is significant in that it is
'a regime of rights' for poor rural communities.
NREGA provides a comprehensive set of entitlements that not
only outline judicially enforceable terms for employment but
also give citizens a central role in all stages of
implementation. The overall objective of this social
accountability intervention was to assess NREGS
implementation, identify lacunae in program implementation,
and build ownership of the findings of this intervention
within all levels of government. NREGS has a system of
continuous external monitoring and verification to curb
corruption and maintain quality implementation. The Citizen
Report Card (CRC) survey found that 56 percent of the
project worksites were visited fewer than three times by
upper level government authorities.
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“Patel, Darshana; Shah, Parmesh; Chakrabarti, Poulomi; Arya, Om Prakash; Cheriyan, George; Agarwal, Sanjay. 2009. Improving the Public Expenditure Outcomes of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme through Social Accountability Interventions in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India. Social Accountability Series;No. 7. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25024 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”