Right to Work? : Assessing India's Employment Guarantee Scheme in Bihar /

India's 2005 National Rural Employment Guarantee Act creates a justiciable 'right to work' by promising up to 100 days of wage employment per year to all rural households whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. Work is provided in public works projects at the stipul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dutta, Puja
Otros Autores: Murgai, Rinku, Ravallion, Martin, Van de Walle, Dominique
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank Publications, 2014.
©2014
Colección:Equity and development series.
Temas:
Manpower policy, Rural > India > Bihar.
Right to labor > India > Bihar.
Basic income > India > Bihar.
Unemployment > India > Bihar.
Emploi en milieu rural > Inde > Bihār (État)
Droit au travail > Inde > Bihār (État)
Revenu annuel garanti > Inde > Bihār (État)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Basic income
Manpower policy, Rural
Right to labor
Unemployment
India > Bihar
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:India's 2005 National Rural Employment Guarantee Act creates a justiciable 'right to work' by promising up to 100 days of wage employment per year to all rural households whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. Work is provided in public works projects at the stipulated minimum wage. This study asks: Are the conditions stipulated by the Act met in practice? How much impact on poverty do the earnings from the scheme have? Why might that impact fall short of its potential? How can the scheme bridge that gap? The bulk of the study focuses on the scheme's performance in one of I.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781464801310
1464801312
1306477271
9781306477277
9781464801303
1464801304

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