Rural Infrastructure and Governance

RIG works with governments, social entrepreneurs, and civil society groups to improve the efficacy of public and private development finance for critical infrastructure and services throughout rural India.

High quality infrastructure and services are essential ingredients of sustainable development and inclusive growth.  At CDF, we believe that the public, private, and non-governmental sectors have an important role to play in promoting increased access to high quality infrastructure and services across rural India. As a result, CDF’s Rural Infrastructure and Governance (RIG) group works with central, state, and local governments as well as social entrepreneurs and civil society groups to improve the efficacy of public and private efforts to improve access to infrastructure and services throughout rural India. To accomplish this, RIG’s research and consulting work are built around two core initiatives: Centrally Sponsored Schemes and Rural Market Insight.

Keywords: Rural infrastructure, centrally sponsored schemes, public finance, social enterprise, social venture, Governance, infrastructure

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