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The Use of Maximum Available Resources Article 2 & Governments’ Budgets Under-expenditure resulting from barriers to access and Article 2 &lack of governmental capacity Governments’ Budgets

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The Use of Maximum Available Resources: Article 2 & Governments’ Budgets; Under-expenditure resulting from barriers to access and lack of governmental capacity

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Authors: Ann Blyberg, Helena Hofbauer

Rights Involved

Right to work

Issue

Resource allocation
Resource expenditure
Transparency

Year: 2014

Summary: Case study in India illustrating principle that where a government is failing to fully spend funds allocated for ESC rights-related areas, it is failing to use the maximum of its available resources to realize these rights. In 2005 the Government of India passed a law guaranteeing the country’s rural poor the right to work and to security of livelihood. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) guaranteed 100 days of unskilled work for unemployed families. But implementation of NREGS was plagued by bureaucratic glitches and riddled with corruption. Funds allocated for NREGS were significantly under-spent, resulting in the Scheme’s falling far short of its promise of realizing the right to work.

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Article 2 project - Under expenditure.pdf
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