Policy reforms, institutions and the poor in rural India
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Contemporary South Asia
- Vol. 8 (1) , 7-28
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09584939908719853
Abstract
Structural adjustment in India was a response to the macro‐economic crisis of early 1991. Anticipating unfavourable short‐term effects of the policy reforms on the poor, outlays on anti‐poverty programmes were stepped up, and in 1992, the landmark 73rd Constitutional (Amendment) Act restructured local government councils, or panchayats. Whether this restructuring made any difference through the better design and implementation of anti‐poverty programmes is the focus of the present study.Keywords
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