Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
Published By: IFPRI on eSS | Published Date: September, 01 , 2013India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is one of the largest public works programs globally. Understanding the impacts of NREGS and the pathway through which its impacts are realized thus has important policy implications. A three-round 4,000-household panel from Andhra Pradesh together with administrative data to explore short- and medium-term poverty and welfare effects of NREGS is used. [IFPRI Discussion Paper 01289].
Author(s): Songqing Jin, Yanyan Liu | Posted on: Oct 14, 2013 | Views(652) | Download (976)