Governance

The Impact of Community Mobilization on Land Rights Governance: Evidence from a Homestead Land Entitlement Initiative in Gaya District of Bihar, India

  • Blog Post Date 31 March, 2017
  • IGC Research on India
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Andre Nickow

Northwestern University

a-nickow@northwestern.edu

This project evaluates the impact of a community level program in Gaya district that seeks to establish, train, and mobilize village-level community-based organizations to assist Scheduled Caste households in obtaining homestead title. In doing so, the project builds on a growing policy research literature that explores whether and under what conditions social accountability strategies can improve the delivery of government entitlements.

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