Download or read book Targeting and the impacts of India's MGNREGS written by Liu, Yanyan and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MGNREGS has shown striking heterogeneity in pro-poor targeting across states. The declining demand for MGNREGS in recent years is due mainly to local imple-mentation failures that discourage workers. In Andhra Pradesh, MGNREGS significantly improved the welfare of participating households, especially the poor, scheduled castes and tribes, and casual laborers. It is desirable to provide MGNREGS work during the agricultural lean seasons - when work opportunities are scarce - rather than the peak seasons.