Jha, Raghbendra; Bhattacharyya, Sambit; Gaiha, Raghav - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
Using National Sample Survey data for rural India we examine the incidence of capture in two workfare programs in rural India: the Rural Public Works and the Food for Work Programs for 1993-94 and 2004-05 respectively. We discover a high degree of program capture among the general population....