Asset Creation and Local Economy under NREGs: Scope and Challenges
Published By: GIDR on eSS | Published Date: April, 18 , 2009The paper examines the potential impact of
wages and assets created under NREGS on local economies and discusses
policy implications for ensuring realization of the potential. The specific
objectives of the paper are to (a) identify potential linkages of the assets
and scope for poverty reduction; (b) discuss imperatives for convergence
with developmental programmes especially watershed development; and
(c) draw policy implications. The analysis is exploratory in nature and it
draws upon the secondary data as well as the existing literature on impact
of various employment generation schemes as well as developmental
programmes.
Author(s): Amita Shah, Sunny Jose | Posted on: Oct 18, 2010 | Views(1294) | Download (747)