Women Component Plan at the Village Panchayat Level in Keral Does it Live Up to its Promise? / Nair, Nisha Velappan.
By: Nair, Nisha Velappan
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ArticlePublisher: 2014Description: 245-276Subject(s): Kerala | Gram Panchayat | Plan Fund | Participatory Planning | Wcp | Women Component Plan | Women
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Indian Journal of Gender StudiesSummary: This article looks at the performance of the Women Component Plan (WCP) introduced at the local level in Kerala to encourage participatory planning by studying the experience of five village panchayats over a 10 year reference period. There has been a marked difference among projects carried out under the WCP and general sector projects and projects meant for Scheduled Castes in expenditure efficiency. The article also looks at the nature of projects implemented, the extent of participation of women members in their design and execution, and the opinion of elected representatives on the usefulness of the WCP.
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This article looks at the performance of the Women Component Plan (WCP) introduced at the local level in Kerala to encourage participatory planning by studying the experience of five village panchayats over a 10 year reference period. There has been a marked difference among projects carried out under the WCP and general sector projects and projects meant for Scheduled Castes in expenditure efficiency. The article also looks at the nature of projects implemented, the extent of participation of women members in their design and execution, and the opinion of elected representatives on the usefulness of the WCP.
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