DECENTRALISATION AND INTERVENTIONS IN HEALTH SECTOR: A CRITICAL INQUIRY INTO THE EXPERIENCE OF LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENTS IN KERALA

The Democratic decentralisation process was launched in Kerala with the Peoples Planning Campaign in 1996 followed by the 73 rd and 74 th Amendments to the Constitution of India and the passing of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Nagara Palika Act. One of the major objectives of the decentralisation process...

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Main Author: M Benson Thomas and K Rajesh
Format: Printed Book
Published: Bangalore The Institute for Social and Economic Change, 2011
Subjects:
WORKING PAPER; > LSG; > HEALTH CARE RESPONSIBILITIES; > HEALTH INDICATOR; > EXPENDITURE
Online Access:http://10.26.1.76/ks/004828.pdf
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