Besley, Timothy, Pande, Rohini and Rao, Vijayendra (2007) Political economy of panchayats in South India. Economic and political weekly, 42 (8). pp. 661-666. ISSN 0012-9976
Abstract
Based on a study of some 500 villages in the four southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, this paper examines how the functioning of the panchayat system mandated by the 73rd amendment to the Constitution has had an impact on the economic status of villages and the households within them. The study finds that gram panchayats, created by this massive experiment in democratic decentralisation, have had an effect on the delivery of public services, for example, in the targeting of beneficiaries of welfare programmes, but also that positive outcomes are linked to the political elites thrown up by the system.
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| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | H - Public Economics > H1 - Structure and Scope of Government > H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes |
| Sets: | Departments > Economics Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) |
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