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Most countries around the world implement some form of a safety net program for poor households. A widespread concern is that such programs crowd out private-sector jobs. But they could also improve workers' welfare by allowing them to take on more risk, for example through self-employment. This...
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Social safety nets are transfers targeted to the poor or vulnerable. They facilitate access to health and education services to build human capital. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (earlier known as Millennium Development Goals), national and state governments as well as...
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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was enacted on 7th September 2005. The act is one of the largest right-based social protections that guarantees wage employment of 100 days in a year to the rural poor that they can expect to earn a living wage, without loss of...
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Introduction -- Development for whom? Moral and Economic Principles of Inclusive Development -- India’s Giant Move … attracted global attention as India’s most ambitious, rights-based development initiative and most expansive work-based social … situations are similar to India’s, provided the local conditions in the respective country are taken into consideration when …
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