000			01176pab a2200193 454500
008			180718b2004 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aBardhan, Pranab
245			_aPoverty alleviation efforts of panchayats in West Bengal
260			_c2004
300			_ap.965-74.
362			_a28 Feb
520			_aThis paper examines poverty alleviation efforts of West Bengal panchayats, comprising implementation of land reforms and pro-poor targeting of credit, agricultural minikits, employment programmes and fiscal grants. The sample includes 89 villages and covers four successive panchayat administrations. While average levels of poverty alleviation efforts were high, there were significant variations both across and within villages over time. Poverty alleviation efforts within villages improved when land was distributed more equally, the poor became more literate, there were fewer low caste households and local elections were more contested. - Reproduced.
650			_aPanchayat - India - West Bengal
650			_aPoverty - India - West Bengal
650			_aPoverty
700			_aMookherjee, Dilip
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a59851
999			_c59851 _d59851