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    Democratic decentralisation and poverty reduction in Madhya Pradesh: searching for an institutional equilibrium

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    Author(s)
    McCarten, William
    Vyasulu, Vinod
    Editor(s)
    Menocal, Alina Rocha
    Publication date
    2004-11-01
    Subject
    Approach and methodology
    Governance and citizenship
    Keywords
    Development methods
    Development in Practice Journal
    DiP
    Country
    India
    
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    Publisher(s)
    Oxfam GB
    Routledge
    Journal
    Development in Practice
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130655
    DOI
    10.1080/0961452042000283969
    Document type
    Journal article
    Language
    English
    Description
    This paper reviews the lessons of democratic decentralisation in Madhya Pradesh (MP), a poor and semi-feudal Indian state that emerged as a leader and bold experimenter in institutional design in the 1990s. Despite inauspicious beginnings, political leadership in MP set out to use decentralisation as a lever to expand and improve basic service delivery. The architects of the MP strategy were fully aware of the social and economic constraints, but they believed that through careful design, proper support to build social capital, and the achievement of early successes, the initiative could unlock powerful forces for community development. This article focuses on two initiatives, one to improve access to school and another to promote direct democracy at the village level. The authors find that, while the first phase of decentralisation has resulted in some significant improvements, especially in the area of education, the second stage has been far less successful.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>
    Pages
    8
    ISSN
    0961-4524
    EISSN
    1364-9213
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1080/0961452042000283969
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