Decentralisation, clientelism and social protection programmes: a study of India’s MGNREGA

Maiorano, Diego, Das, Upasak and Masiero, Silvia (2018) Decentralisation, clientelism and social protection programmes: a study of India’s MGNREGA. Oxford Development Studies . pp. 1-14. ISSN 1469-9966

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Abstract

Does decentralisation promote clientelism? If yes, through which mechanisms? We answer these questions through an analysis of India’s (and the world’s) largest workfare programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), in two Indian states: Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh (AP). The two states adopted radically different implementation models: Rajasthan’s decentralised one stands in contrast with Andhra Pradesh’s centralised and bureaucracy-led model. Using a mixed method approach, we find that in both states local implementers have incentives to distribute MGNREGA work in a clientelistic fashion. However, in Rajasthan, these incentives are stronger, because of the decentralised implementation model. Accordingly, our quantitative evidence shows that clientelism is more serious a problem in Rajasthan than in AP.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/930404
Keywords: India; MGNREGA; clientelism; incentives; implementation; decentralisation; politics
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2018.1467391
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 09 May 2018 12:47
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:35
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/51659

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