Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments

Gajwani, Kiran; Zhang, Xiao-Bo

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-6854

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“…Mention may be made of the studies done by Foster and Rosenzweig (2004) which show that holding elections makes public good provision more sensitive to the preferences of lower castes. There is another set of studies done by scholars, namely, Bandypadhaya and Duflo ( 2004), Besley, Pande, and Rao (2005), Dunning and Nilekani (2013), Gajwani and Zhang (2014), which show that reserving the posts of heads of panchayats for women or caste/ ethnic minorities also affects the composition of public good provided.…”

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Exploring the Dynamics of Deliberative Democracy in Rural India: Lessons from the Working of Gram Sabhas in India and Gram Sansads in West Bengal

Datta

2019

Indian Journal of Public Administration

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Deliberative democracy has gained considerable momentum in India in recent years in the wake of a new drive for decentralisation and democratisation to promote good governance. The constitutional amendment made in India in 1992 sought to institutionalise this concept in villages through a body called Gram Sabha (village assembly). The amendment mandates the constitution of this institution at the Gram Panchayat level (usually a cluster of villages), the functional details of which have been left to the hands of the states. The Gram Sabha is now in place in all the states though it varies from state to state in location and functions. Some states like West Bengal, have taken a step further by creating another body down the line at the level of the electoral constituency. This article presents a case study of Gram Sansads, as known in West Bengal against a general review of the working of the Gram Sabhas in India.

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Exploring the Dynamics of Deliberative Democracy in Rural India: Lessons from the Working of Gram Sabhas in India and Gram Sansads in West Bengal

Datta

2019

Indian Journal of Public Administration

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“…The relevant information on the target groups may be more easily available at local levels, where government offi cials do not necessarily assign particular importance to the marginalized or extremely poor groups. The problem can be mitigated, although not eliminated, when the vulnerable groups have a tradition of political action, or have existing legal or constitutional protection such as with the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in India (Gajwani and Zhang 2008 ;Palaniswamy and Krishnan 2008 ).…”

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Macro, Fiscal and Decentralization Options to Address Marginality and Reach the Extremely Poor

Ahmad

2013

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Reaching the extremely poor and marginal groups in countries where local politicians and offi cials have little incentive to provide for them is a challenge to addressing marginality in many countries. Financial and taxation arrangements, information constraints, and institutional aspects between central and local governments to address these challenges are identifi ed in this chapter. The instruments that might be involved include a range of options, from transfers or assistance from higher levels of government (donors), cash support, or the provision of public services (particularly health care and education), other forms of income or employment support, to assistance for small-scale enterprises. In this chapter the author concludes that in the absence of genuine local interest in providing for the marginalized and extremely poor, direct provision of funding by central governments and aid agencies appears to be the main feasible option.

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Female Political Leadership and the Prevalence of Water Borne Diseases: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India

Dongre¹

2010

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Gender and Public Goods Provision in Tamil Nadu's Village Governments

Cited by 4 publications

References 3 publications

Exploring the Dynamics of Deliberative Democracy in Rural India: Lessons from the Working of Gram Sabhas in India and Gram Sansads in West Bengal

Exploring the Dynamics of Deliberative Democracy in Rural India: Lessons from the Working of Gram Sabhas in India and Gram Sansads in West Bengal

Macro, Fiscal and Decentralization Options to Address Marginality and Reach the Extremely Poor

Female Political Leadership and the Prevalence of Water Borne Diseases: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India

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