Social Sector Service Delivery Good Practices Resource Book, Planning Commission Government of India

Abstract

The Planning Commission, Government of India and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly published in 2002, a compendium of case studies of successful development initiatives (that is, schemes, projects or programmes) of various State Governments. This compendium was aimed at facilitating interstate comparison and encouraging replication of these initiatives in other parts of the country. The process of documenting successful initiatives was envisioned to be a continuing exercise. Hence, it was decided to produce the next version of the compendium. In order to bring more objectivity and new insights in the process of developing the compendium, the Planning Commission and UNDP decided to assign this work to an independent and competent agency. In this context, PRAYAS was given the responsibility of preparing the next version of the compendium.