This book attempts to evaluate the process of implementation of select development schemes and programmes in Tamil Nadu, in the backdrop of the principles of the New Public Management. It analyses their objectives, target groups, patterns of funding, salient features, impacts and achievements. The perspectives of the multi-stakeholders have also been examines and explained. The development schemes studied here include Indira Awas Yojana; Integrated Sanitary ...
This study examines the role of Tamil Nadu Government in the process of development of poor women through Self-Help Groups (SHGs). Evaluating the capability of women through their economic activities, it studies the interface between DRDA and SHG. Also, it tries to find out the elements of sustainability of SHG Entrepreneurship. The book will be useful for policy makers and development workers.