Right to work?: assessing India's employment guarantee scheme in Bihar

By:

Dutta, Puja Et.al

Contributor(s):

Rinku; Ravallion, Martin; Van de Walle, Dominique

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington World Bank 2014Description: xxvi, 265 p. 23 cm ; PbkISBN:

978-1464801303

Subject(s):

Manpower policy, Rural Right to labor Unemployment Guaranteed annual income India -- Bihar

DDC classification:

331.01 DUT

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Overview -- Bihar Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme -- This Study -- Main Lessons from the Study -- Notes -- References -- 1. Does India's Employment Guarantee Scheme Guarantee Employment? -- Why an Employment Guarantee Need Not Be Attainable -- Performance in Meeting the Demand for Work across States -- Targeting -- Wages and Rationing on MGNREGS -- Participation by Women -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2. Unmet Demand for Work on the Bihar Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme -- BREGS Survey -- Performance in Meeting Demand for Work -- Annex 2A -- Notes -- References -- 3. Who Gets Work? Who Is Left Out? -- Targeting -- Determinants of Participation and Rationing -- Annex 3A -- Notes -- References -- 4. Wages -- Payment of Wages -- Wages Received by Households -- Impact of BREGS on Wages -- Determinants of Wages -- Comparing Survey Aggregates with Administrative Data -- Annex 4A -- Notes -- References -- 5. Forgone Employment and Income -- Forgone Opportunities -- Forgone Income -- Forgone Employment and Income as a Result of BREGS -- Impacts on Migration -- Notes -- References -- 6. Impacts on Poverty -- Impacts on Poverty of the Extra Earnings from BREGS -- Comparisons with Other Simulated Impacts -- Perceptions of BREGS -- Annex 6A -- Notes -- Reference -- 7. Reforming the Bihar Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Citizen Awareness -- Registration and Expressing Demand for Work -- What Do Rural Households Know about BREGS? -- Pilot Information Campaign -- Annex 7A -- Notes -- References -- 8. Reforming the Bihar Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Administrative Processes -- Closer Look at the Scheme's Administration -- Understanding the Supply-Side Constraints on Delivery -- Learning from Experiences Elsewhere -- Notes -- References.

Summary: 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?

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Machine generated contents note: Overview --
Bihar Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme --
This Study --
Main Lessons from the Study --
Notes --
References --
1. Does India's Employment Guarantee Scheme Guarantee Employment? --
Why an Employment Guarantee Need Not Be Attainable --
Performance in Meeting the Demand for Work across States --
Targeting --
Wages and Rationing on MGNREGS --
Participation by Women --
Conclusion --
Notes --
References --
2. Unmet Demand for Work on the Bihar Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme --
BREGS Survey --
Performance in Meeting Demand for Work --
Annex 2A --
Notes --
References --
3. Who Gets Work? Who Is Left Out? --
Targeting --
Determinants of Participation and Rationing --
Annex 3A --
Notes --
References --
4. Wages --
Payment of Wages --
Wages Received by Households --
Impact of BREGS on Wages --
Determinants of Wages --
Comparing Survey Aggregates with Administrative Data --
Annex 4A --
Notes --
References --
5. Forgone Employment and Income --
Forgone Opportunities --
Forgone Income --
Forgone Employment and Income as a Result of BREGS --
Impacts on Migration --
Notes --
References --
6. Impacts on Poverty --
Impacts on Poverty of the Extra Earnings from BREGS --
Comparisons with Other Simulated Impacts --
Perceptions of BREGS --
Annex 6A --
Notes --
Reference --
7. Reforming the Bihar Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Citizen Awareness --
Registration and Expressing Demand for Work --
What Do Rural Households Know about BREGS? --
Pilot Information Campaign --
Annex 7A --
Notes --
References --
8. Reforming the Bihar Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Administrative Processes --
Closer Look at the Scheme's Administration --
Understanding the Supply-Side Constraints on Delivery --
Learning from Experiences Elsewhere --
Notes --
References.

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?

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