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PAISA Track

Under the Accountability Initiative’s flagship project, PAISA, a pilot survey tracking expenditures at the school level is being launched from 4th – 17th December 2010. The survey will cover one block in 10 districts across 7 focus states namely, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal. The survey will collect … Continue reading "PAISA Track"

The long road to PAISA 2009

Do development funds reach India’s poor? Back in the mid 1980’s, then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi famously guesstimated that of every one rupee spent on development only 15 paise reach the poor. 25 years on, and despite significant increases in development funds, the story remains largely unchanged. Administrative inefficiencies, poor targeting, high implementation costs and … Continue reading "The long road to PAISA 2009"

PAISA Briefs: Social Sector Expenditures-Trends,Strengths and Weaknesses

This presentation is about the changes in the social sector and whether these changes have resulted in an increase in allocation. It also addresses how allocations are implemented and the structure of transfers.

Public Expenditure Tracking For Social Sector Programs in India-Case Study of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

Tracking expenditure through budget documents requires an understanding of the expenditure responsibilities within and across Central and State governments. Public Expenditure Tracking For Social Sector Programs in India: Case Study of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in Nalanda, Bihar talks about the challenges and the way in which budget can be tracked by using SSA as an … Continue reading "Public Expenditure Tracking For Social Sector Programs in India-Case Study of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan"

Do Schools Get Their Money? (PAISA report 2009)

Do schools get their money? Between October and November 2010, PAISA went to 14,560 government run elementary schools across India to ask the following questions: Did you get your money? When did you get your money? Did you spend the money, if so what was the output of that expenditure? This PAISA survey was conducted … Continue reading "Do Schools Get Their Money? (PAISA report 2009)"