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The effects of political reservations for women on local governance and rural service provision: survey evidence from Karnataka [1]

In 1993, India introduced quota-based political reservations for women in rural areas with the objective to promote gender equality in human development by making rural service provision and local governance inclusive and responsive to the needs of women. Recent evidence shows that reservation policies for women stimulate the political participation of women in rural areas, shift rural service provision to public goods that reflect gender preferences, and improve the access to and the quality of public services. Despite the suggested positive effects of women

Publication Date: 
01/07/2009
Katharina Raabe [2], Madhushree Sekher [3], Regina Birner [4]
International Food Policy Research Institute [5]
Tags:
Women [6], Rural Development [7], Political Decentralisation [8], Governance [9], Panchayats [10], Gram Sabhas [11], India [12], Karnataka [13]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/madhushree-sekher
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/political-decentralisation
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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-sabhas
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[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka