मेनु र लेबलहरूको नेपाली अनुवाद मस्यौदा हो, समीक्षा बाँकी छ। यस पृष्ठको पाठ अहिले नेपाली मा उपलब्ध छैन, त्यसैले तल अंग्रेजीमा देखाइएको छ।
Research
Research & methods
We publish our questions and methods before we collect data, so our approach can be scrutinised independently of our results.
Methods and frameworks
- How we studyOur methods are published before our findings, so the approach can be judged independently of the results.
- Rural studiesQuestions about rural institutions, services and livelihoods in Bihar — set out before any data is collected.
- The Human Development Index — and why we do not build our ownThe UNDP Human Development Index combines measures of health, education and living standards into one number. We cite it as a source; we do not construct a composite index of our own.
- United Nations frameworksThe Sustainable Development Goals, the Human Development Reports and UN agency data are reference points for our work — cited as sources, with their dates.
- Neighbourhood statusThe second step of our pathway: local government in India’s neighbouring countries. “Neighbourhood” here means neighbouring countries — not wards or village neighbourhoods.
- India & the worldThe later steps of our pathway: continental and interregional comparison of decentralised governance.
Questions under design
Election data and representation
How do reservation and rotation shape who is elected to panchayats in Bihar?
Devolution of the 29 subjects
Which Eleventh Schedule subjects have been transferred to panchayats in practice? Reported subject by subject — never as a composite score.
Gram Sabha activity
How are Gram Sabha meetings convened, attended and recorded?
Women in panchayats
How does reservation of seats relate to participation in decisions?
Finance and fund flow
How do grants reach each tier, and how are they audited?
See Project status: no fieldwork is under way.