Title: Addressing key governance challenges to improve service delivery and development outcomes in Meghalaya : findings from piloting a bottom-up approach
Abstract: There is a growing global consensus that governance and institutional issues are critical binding constraints to the achievement of better development and service delivery outcomes. However, there is a weaker consensus on how, precisely, governance matters; and, the evidence base is still relatively thin. This report explores how governance issues shape the delivery of basic and poverty-reducing services in the Indian state of Meghalaya. It explores how services actually delivered on the ground in the context of a complex ecosystem of formalized modern institutions and informal, traditional and customary ‘tribal’ institutions. There is very limited documented evidence on this issue in Meghalaya. Specifically, this exploratory work had two main objectives. The first objective was to develop and pilot a ‘bottom-up’ approach for better understanding the governance of service delivery in Meghalaya. The second objective was to build the capacity of the Meghalaya Institute of Governance (MIG). This was done through a ‘learning-by-doing’ approach, in which MIG staff were closely involved in designing, implementing and writing up the analysis. It focuses on two main sectoral programs: social assistance via the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) and health services via the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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