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    Literature review of public policy implementation
    (01-01-2015)
    Natesan, Sarabjeet D.
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    For a first time student, the extent, reach and disbursement of literature on policy implementation can be perplexing. Public policy implementation research has witnessed resurgence in recent years marked by an ever widening interest reflected in copious output in varied fields. This micro diffusion of policy areas has brought in its wake an ever increasing challenge of implementation. Its subsequent research has also created an extremely huge and dense volume of literature. The objectives of this paper are four fold: first to bring together as much as possible, the seminal literature on implementation to provide an intrinsic understanding of the subject matter. Second, we aim to trace the influence of strategic management on policy implementation. Third, by putting the literature in this order we hope to demystify the content of and the boundaries of this space. Last, we hope to outline the direction of future research in this field.
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    Evaluation of MGNREGA: Data envelopment analysis approach
    (01-01-2017)
    Natesan, Sarabjeet D.
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    Purpose: How can efficiency of a welfare scheme be measured? The purpose of this paper is to develop an efficiency evaluation model, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) implementation efficiency model (MEM), to evaluate the rural employment guarantee scheme in India. Design/methodology/approach: MEM employs data envelopment analysis (DEA) to compare relative efficiency of MGNREGA implementing states. It uses policy implementation process as a central "black-box" about which not much can be said, to account for state-wise implementation differences. Findings - Based on administration, funds, expenditure, employment created, works executed and completed, women beneficiaries and households completing 100 days of employment, the MEM captures current implementation efficiency and provides suggestions to propel inefficient states toward efficiency. Practical implications: DEA has operationalized MGNREGA evaluation. As a decision support system, MEM assists evaluators to develop guidelines from better performing states. It is anticipated that it will facilitate scaling up MGNREGA in inefficient states. Social implications: The model developed here can be applied to diverse evaluation conditions thus leading to better utilization of scarce resources. Originality/value: This paper is one of few to use DEA to evaluate MGNREGA, and is one of the first to evaluate all India implementing states on efficiency.
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    MGNREGA Implementation in Tamil Nadu: Voices from the fields
    (01-04-2021)
    Natesan, Sarabjeet D.
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    This article examines the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in two districts of Tamil Nadu—Panchetti and Salem. It describes the functioning of the Act based on a preliminary field study and documents the views of implementers and beneficiaries. This analysis reiterates that the implementation should drive policy and that the evaluation lessons need to filter back to the design of the policy. More specifically, MGNREGA requirements can be improved on two counts: one, wage determination and wage rates; and two, evolving better techniques to measure labour productivity.