(Source: The University of Maryland) COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Researchers from the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS) team of the Maryland Population Research Center at the University of Maryland and India's National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) released a report on a controversial rural poverty measure in India. Public works programs are used by many countries during recessions to create jobs; the Indian experiment assessed in this could potentially inform global poverty alleviation policies. The report assesses the Mahatama Ghandi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which passed in India in...
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