Improving the Public Expenditure Outcomes of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme through Social Accountability Interventions in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), enacted by the government of India in 2006, recognizes employment as a universal legal right for every rural household. Breaking from earlier employment schemes and development programs, NREGA is significant in that it is 'a regime of rights' for poor rural communities. NREGA provides a comprehensive set of entitlements that not only outline judicially enforceable terms for employment but also give citizens a central role in all stages of implementation. The overall objective of this social accountability intervention was to assess NREGS implementation, identify lacunae in program implementation, and build ownership of the findings of this intervention within all levels of government. NREGS has a system of continuous external monitoring and verification to curb corruption and maintain quality implementation. The Citizen Report Card (CRC) survey found that 56 percent of the project worksites were visited fewer than three times by upper level government authorities.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Patel, Darshana, Shah, Parmesh, Chakrabarti, Poulomi, Arya, Om Prakash, Cheriyan, George, Agarwal, Sanjay
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-11
Subjects:	ABSENTEEISM, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM, ACCOUNTABILITY RELATIONSHIPS, ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ALLOCATION, ANNUAL BUDGET, ASSETS, AUDIT PROCESS, AUDITING, AUDITOR, AUDITOR GENERAL, AUDITORS, BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CITIZEN REPORT CARD, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, COMMUNITY SCORECARD, COMMUNITY SCORECARDS, COMPLAINT, COMPLAINTS, CONSULTATION, CORRUPTION, DATA COLLECTION, DECENTRALIZATION, DECISION-MAKING, DECISION-MAKING PROCESS, DECISIONMAKING, DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION, DISCRETION, DISCRETIONARY POWER, DISTRICTS, ENTITLEMENTS, EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES, FEASIBILITY, FEMALE, FINANCIAL AUDITS, FOCUS GROUP, FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES, HEALTH CARE, HOUSEHOLDS, INFORMATION ASYMMETRY, INITIATIVE, INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE, INTERFACE MEETINGS, INTERMEDIARY, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MEASUREMENT METHODS, PERFORMANCE MONITORING, POLICY MAKING, PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, PROGRAMS, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, QUALITY OF SERVICES, RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, RIGHT TO INFORMATION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SAFETY, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS, SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESS, SOCIAL AUDIT, SOCIAL AUDITS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, STAKEHOLDER, STAKEHOLDERS, STATE GOVERNMENT, TRANSPARENCY, VILLAGE, VILLAGE LEVEL, VILLAGES, WEAK ACCOUNTABILITY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/16203400/improving-public-expenditure-outcomes-national-rural-employment-guarantee-scheme-nregs-through-social-accountability-interventions-sirohi-district-rajasthan-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25024
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