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Title:
Understanding Tamil Nadu's Performance
in welfare schemes using
Institutional Perspective.
Where
& When: January 13, 2009
341 Eggers Hall
12.30 pm
Type
of Activity: Speaker
Speaking: Vivek
Srinivasan, Graduate Student in Social Science, Syracuse University.
Summary:
In my research I have tried to uncover reasons behind Tamil
Nadu's remarkable commitment to provide a wide array of
basic amenities universally to its people, and to examine
why these work relatively well in a context where government
programmes often perform poorly. In constructing an
understanding of how things work, I am trying to build a
conceptual framework on the role of institutions in
development. The presentation will look at my struggle
to build a conceptual framework and also a "factual
understanding" and the challenges involved therein.
Sponsorship:
The South Asia Center;
