On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Sriram Karra <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Mahesh Murthy <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> >>>> http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/paying-zero-public-services >>>> >>>> For those who know Vijay, you'll know it's another instance where >> reality isn't allowed to come in the way of a good story and a naive >> journalist writing on developmental issues :-) >> > > So what *is* the real dope, please? > Apparently, reality is that those who proffer the zero-rupee notes find, mysteriously, that their works are blocked even further.... :( I was talking about this with an economist friend and his wife, who've both done a fair amount of work in the NGO field....shortly before the wife died. (Er, my talking to her was not the cause of her demise.) She expressed the view that such initiatives belonged in the same class as Gandhigir....sounded great in the movies, with perhaps a little limited success in the real world. Deepa.
