Institutions and Society

Indira Awas Yojana was initiated a part of employment generation programme in 1985 and was made an independent scheme in 1996. Since then the scheme has spent 33,000 crore providing funding for poor rural residents to build pucca houses in … Read More

This paper explores the existing gaps in the way CSS’ are evaluated for their impact in the Indian public sector. The authors identify an ‘ideal type’ model for a public sector impact evaluation mechanism that would be both effective and … Read More

This report examines the directives set forth by the October 2003 Supreme Court of India order on the management and treatment of hazardous waste, and it reviews the current status of implementation of the directives with a specific focus on … Read More

This paper is the result of field research undertaken across five states in India over a period of two months. The first part of the study aims to develop an understanding of traditional cooking practices with regard to fuel and … Read More

The Economic Environment Index (EEI) study in the state of Tamil Nadu, India comes in the wake of the recognition to foster inclusive growth through a decentralised planning process. Such recognition inherently implies the existence of regional diversity that may … Read More

This article looks at how expanding DNA databanks raise human right concerns.

This paper focuses on an especially important set of social impacts resulting from climate change in South Asia, namely the displacement of vast numbers of people as a consequence mainly of sea level rise along the coasts and secondarily from … Read More

On August 25th 2009, Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research and Centre for Development Finance, Institute for Financial Management and Research organized a conference entitled: “From Outlays to Outcomes: Getting Development from Development Expenditures”. The conference aimed to create a … Read More

This background note provides a high-level overview of the basics of advocacy, why it is important, and how best-in-class organizations approach the topic. Its secondary objective is to showcase various options for structuring an advocacy-oriented organization backed up by programming, … Read More

This paper provides an analytical case study of an Indian NGO’s efforts to engage city government officials in developing and refining an e-governance system for tracking public grievances and city performance in redressing these. It is a draft of a … Read More