Pressured by a highly active civil society, the Kerala state government is actually giving power to the people. The decentralisation theory has been turned on its head. People get the money first, and then build the infrastructure to govern themselves. Bu

Decentralisation in Kerala is the work of a persistent civil society

Kerala s income growth rate has increased, among several other positive signs

It is a labour bank called Thozhil Sena . Its capital is human labour and the clients are mostly farmers who loan labour at a rate of interest. Perhaps the first of its kind in India, the

Bureaucrats pose a threat to the process

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Some states knew what was going on

The Netherlands leads the way in sustainable investments funds that go towards the setting up of projects that are ecologically viable