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Technology, Accountability & Transparency Camp
05/06/2013 @ 9:00 am - Accountability Initiative (AI) is pleased to announce that it’s holding a bar-camp on “Technology, Transparency and Accountability” on 5th June at Google office in Gurgaon at 9:45 AM. This is a camp to bring together technology enthusiasts, coders, hackers and policy-thinkers together in a collaborative environment to develop innovative solutions to accountability and transparency challenges in [...]
The Grammar of Gram Sabhas: Understanding the Anatomy of Deliberative Democracy in Rural India
10/02/2013 @ 10:00 am - By Dr. Vijayendra Rao, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, The World Bank Discussant: Professor Niraja Gopal Jayal, Chairperson, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, JNU Venue of the Event : Conference Room II, Centre for Policy Research, Dharam Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110 021 Date: 10th February, 2009 Time: 12:30 PM to 2:00 [...]
Recasting Culture to Undo Gender: A Sociological Analysis of the Jeevika Project in Bihar
03/02/2016 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm - This paper brings together sociological theories of culture and gender to answer the question – how do large-scale development interventions induce cultural change? Through three years of detailed ethnographic work in rural Bihar, the authors examine this question in the context of Jeevika, a World Bank-assisted poverty alleviation project targeted at women. They find that [...]
Integrated Child Development Services, GOI, 2016-17
This brief uses government reported data to analyse ICDS performance along the following parameters: Overall trends in allocation and expenditures Expenditure performance across key ICDS activities In addition, this brief reports findings from a fund tracking survey (PAISA) conducted in December 2015. The survey covered 300 Anganwadi Centres, spread across 10 districts and 5 states … Continue reading "Integrated Child Development Services, GOI, 2016-17"
State of Social Sector Expenditure in 2015-16
The 14th Finance Commission’s (FFC) recommendations, accepted by the Union Government in February 2015, set the stage for a radical overhaul of India’s fiscal architecture. The recommendations were designed to enhance fiscal autonomy of states by increasing the vertical tax devolution of the divisible pool of taxes from 32 per cent to 42 per cent. … Continue reading "State of Social Sector Expenditure in 2015-16"