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Barriers to Innovations in lower bureaucracy
(1982-09-17)
In this feature a caselet with rich policy implications is
presented to a panel of academics and practitioners. The
panelists diagnose the problem or problems, analyse
their causes and make policy-level recommendations ...
Diagnoses: matching people and programme: at what prices?
(1986-09-22)
During last year, a drought prone district was experiencing acute
scarcity of drinking water. The state government, however, was very
keen to provide drinking water facility to as many villages as possible.
Thus, under ...
The design of resource-delivery Systems: a Socio-ecological perspective
(1989-09-27)
Organizing the delivery of resources to the poor in a fair manner
in a basically "unfair" social and economic structure poses a
tremendous challenge to policy planners. The problem becomes
further complicated when ...
Why don't we learn
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1984-12-01)
Rural development is essentially a process of widening decision making options of the majority of the poor. Creating choices without generating capacity to act might impair learning abilities of both, who create choices ...
Managing ecological diversity, simultaneity, complexity and change: An eco- political perspective
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1989-10-01)
Mainly Indian studies on Governance From Ecological Perspective during last decade were reviewed as a part of third survey on public administration organized by Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.
The ...
Narmada project: An opportunity for redefining social relations
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1989-09-01)
There has been a heated controversy around the Narmada Project. Environmentalists have rightly argued for an open and informed debate. The government and the academics supporting it have felt that all the information has ...
Issues for research on rural development in south asia
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 1984-12-01)
There has been tremendous upsurge in writings on rural development during last decade. Incidently the economic policies followed during this period in various countries of south asia have intensified the contradictions in ...
Rural credit: how do the poor see It?
(1987-09-24)
Rural banks notwithstanding, the poorest
of the poor in the continually droughtprone
regions still prefer the village
moneylenders. How is it that the poor
persist in this exhorbitant and exploitative
exchange when ...