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JSY, Institutional Deliveries and Maternal Mortality
Janani Suraksha Yojana, Institutional Deliveries and Maternal Mortality: What does the Evidence say? Despite tremendous medical advances, the instances of maternal and neonatal mortality occur quite frequently, especially in developing countries. Each year, more than half-a-million women die from causes related to pregnancy and child-birth, 99 per cent of which take place in the developing … Continue reading "JSY, Institutional Deliveries and Maternal Mortality"
Do Private Tuitions improve Learning Outcomes?
Despite increased attention to school based learning over the past decade by policy makers, the ASER reports have shown that the learning levels of children in the Indian education system have remained consistently low and have, in fact, declined over the past 8 years. The latest ASER report shows that only 41% of children in … Continue reading "Do Private Tuitions improve Learning Outcomes?"
Strengthening SMC to make SDP– Should be an Empowering Process
I had recently attended two training programmes on Strengthening the School Management Committee[1] (SMC) to make an effective School Development Plan. One of it was at the state level, wherein all the District Education Officers of the state attended and the other was at block level, where in block level extension officers for education including … Continue reading "Strengthening SMC to make SDP– Should be an Empowering Process"
Rural Local Body Core Functions and Finances
In 2013-14, Accountability Initiative(AI) was tasked by the Fourteenth Central 14th Finance Commission (FFC) to examine several aspects of the structure of devolution of powers, responsibilities and finances by states to rural local bodies (RLBs), based on the data provided by them to the FFC. Our study covered all decentralization models, namely, the panchayat system, … Continue reading "Rural Local Body Core Functions and Finances"
Value Subtraction in Public Sector Production
We combine newly created data on per student government expenditure on children in government elementary schools across India, data on per student expenditure by households on students attending private elementary schools, and the ASER measure of learning achievement of students in rural areas. The combination of these three sources allows us to compare both the … Continue reading "Value Subtraction in Public Sector Production"