Question

What were the reasons for ineffective implementation of poverty alleviation schemes?

• A. Benefits from direct poverty alleviation programmes have been appropriated by the non-poor
• B. Resources allocated for these programmes is not sufficient
• C. Officials are ill-motivated, inadequately trained, corruption-prone, so the resources are inefficiently used and wasted
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All of the above

Scholars, while assessing these programmes, state three major areas of concern which prevent their successful implementation. Due to unequal distribution of land and other assets, the benefits from direct poverty alleviation programmes have been appropriated by the non-poor. Compared to the magnitude of poverty, the amount of resources allocated for these programmes is not sufficient. Moreover, these programmes depend mainly on government and bank officials for their implementation. Since such officials are ill motivated, inadequately trained, corruption prone and vulnerable to pressure from a variety of local elites, the resources are inefficiently used and wasted.