التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Decentralisation on Access to Rural Water Supply Services: A Study of Six Villages in West Bengal, India. |
| المؤلفون: |
De, Indranil1 |
| المصدر: |
Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development. 2009, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p135-154. 20p. 1 Diagram, 12 Charts. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*WATER supply, *CAPITAL investments, LITERACY |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
WEST Bengal (India), INDIA |
| مستخلص: |
A survey of six villages of Birbhum District of West Bengal in India illustrates inter as well as intra village inequality in access to water supply. The number of sources per household is higher in most prosperous villages. Access to water supply is better in villages where literacy rate is higher. Moreover, education level of the household also has positive impact on access, considering the intra-village allocation of water supply. External aid for capital investment in water supply has also been found to have increased access. The redressal of grievances regarding water supply is also better in villages where literacy rate is higher. The study concludes that decentralised delivery mechanism in provision of water supply services increases disparity in access in the presence of socioeconomic disparity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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