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Transparency, Accountability, and the Indian Government
A BIARI 2016 Presentation “The narrative of [government] transparency and accountability in India is … the aspiration, regardless of political leanings,” said Yamini Aiyar, senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in India, and director of the Centre’s Accountability Initiative. Speaking yesterday at the Watson Institute’s annual global conference, the Brown International Advanced Research Institutes … Continue reading "Transparency, Accountability, and the Indian Government"
Tales from the Panchayats
The last few weeks has been spent yo-yoing from interactions with policy makers and academia, to visiting local governments and interacting with elected representatives. The latter has been infinitely more interesting, needless to say. Watching democratic decentralisation in practice never tires me. Never is there a sense of Déjà vu, every turn is unexpected and … Continue reading "Tales from the Panchayats"
ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE (AI) AND SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES (SMC)
AI’s determination to work with SMCs follows from its foundational beliefs on what accountability is and what is required to make it work. Our understanding of this is a mature environment for accountability when decision makers are informed, service providers are responsive and citizens are empowered. Hence any recommendations made by us are always going … Continue reading "ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE (AI) AND SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES (SMC)"
Reforms in the Education Bureaucracy
The issue of quality in education has caught the attention of the nation like never before. Politicians and lay persons alike are raising questions around classroom transactions, learning levels of students and learning outcomes. In his most recent national address, the Prime Minister also emphasised the importance of shifting the governments’ attention from schooling to … Continue reading "Reforms in the Education Bureaucracy"
Deconstructing A New Era in Fiscal Devolution in India
The Accountability Initiative (AI) at CPR has conducted extensive research on fiscal devolution in two separate studies—one that focuses on the effects of the Fourteenth Finance Commission recommendations on state finances, with a particular focus on effects on social sector investments. And a second study that focuses on understanding the fiscal devolution to rural local … Continue reading "Deconstructing A New Era in Fiscal Devolution in India"