's largest public employment program, on household consumption and poverty rates in rural India. Combining regionally coded data …This paper examines the effects of India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, currently the world … find that for this group of households,which accounts for thirty percent of India's rural population, employment …

's largest public employment program, on household consumption and poverty rates in rural India. Combining regionally coded data …This paper examines the effects of India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, currently the world … find that for this group of households,which accounts for thirty percent of India's rural population, employment …

profound social transformative effects. In particular, they can help address enduring economic problems such as poverty and …