Kerala Development Society

A Kerala Poverty Eradication Program's Outcomes, Effects, and Teachings for Other States

An evaluation study of Kerala's SHG-based rural livelihood initiative, Kudumbasree, has been conducted by KDS. In order to determine if KDMS has significantly decreased poverty through successful collaboration and partnership with local governments, KDS has evaluated the program's effectiveness as a means of eradicating poverty. It has also offered suggestions for how to increase KDMS's efficacy and influence on poverty in light of shifting socioeconomic conditions both domestically and internationally. It has looked at whether KDMS may be replicated as a decentralized poverty reduction initiative in other Indian states. An action plan for implementing the program in more Indian states has been developed by the study.

A research project titled "Finances of Private Higher Educational Institutions in India" has been initiated by KDS.

The following are the study's main goals:

Examine the financial standing of several types of private universities.

Examine the many funding sources used by private colleges and universities.

Determine the types and levels of higher education that will require recurrent and capital costs, and examine the costs per unit that private higher education institutions will incur.

Provide suggestions for appropriate pricing structure modifications to provide access, equity, and equality in the higher education sector.

The National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration is funding the study as part of the Ministry of Human Resources Development's Scheme of Policy Studies.