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          The third peg is catalysing        absorption and scaling of          intertwined with the State's
          market based eco-systems           models done in collaboration       historical and philosophical
          where required and feasible,       with the state apparatus. The      development. No country can
          and incubating and                 program provides support           succeed without an efficient
          accelerating entrepreneurial       throughout the lifecycle,          state structure, and the
          start-ups – these could take       understanding the functioning      government's ability to deliver
          various forms e.g., budget         of the state and incorporating     services will determine its
          schools/hospitals, contract        concepts, design, rollout,         success in fighting poverty and
          farming, youth focused             monitoring, and                    inequality while empowering
          interventions linking with local   evidence-based adaptive            the poor. In a democratic
          enterprise development,            management cycles.                 republican state, the
          connecting local informal                                             government's constitutional
          sector jobs.                                                          obligation is to ensure justice
                                             Public Policy in                   and welfare, as stated in the
          TRI-focal engagement               Action: Augmenting                 Directive Principles of State
          addresses the need for             Public Service                     Policy provided in Part IV
          scalable solutions and models,                                        (Article 36-51) of the
          recognising the instrumental       Capacity as Lever                  Constitution of India. The
          role of the state for scaling,     of Development                     government's role is not just to
          while also leveraging market                                          enforce citizens' rights but also
          dynamics. The TRI's work           Change                             to address social and economic
          focuses on active                                                     aspirations, promote
          experimentation, implementing      Government is crucial in           well-being, and deliver
          ideas on the ground to             enhancing people's well-being      entitlements and welfare. In
          crystallize models and             and happiness, especially for      rural areas, the government is
          processes through learning by      poor communities and rural         critical in driving transformative
          doing, followed by large-scale     areas. It serves as an agent of    change and improving the lives
          adoption. Evidence-based           the people, responding to their    of the poorest people.
          policymaking is crucial, with the   needs and preferences, and is



                             2                                2                                 2
                       Accountability                   Accountability                    Accountability

                 6  Reports/Communication          6  Reports/Communication         6  Reports/Communication
                       for improvement                   for improvement                   for improvement


                           Define priorities                     2   4                             4                                                          4                            1  Lack of alignment of strategic actors
                 1                                 1         Magage district   1      3        Plan the                                                Implementing                          to delivery services and reach targets
                                  5                                                         implementation                                              government                        2  Lack of accountability and monitoring
                                                                                                                                                         schemes
                               Design                                                         on schemes                                               (ground level)                        to delivery services and reach targets
                            national/state                   Design district                                                                                                                 Lack of skilled human resources in District
                              schemes                        level schemes                        2                                                                                       3
                                                              + Mobilizing                                                                                   2                               Offices to conduct technical analysis
                               Provide                           funds                          Monitor                                                   Monitor
          Central/State       founding          District           5            District       schemes                                Block Officials      schemes         Blocks           4  Lack of efficiency in government process
           Government       opportunities      Collector                       Officials                                                  (field level)   (ground level)   (Villages)        5  Institutional inertia, at different
                              for districs
                                                                                                                                                                                             government levels, difficults the
                                                                                                                                                                                             adoption of innovative policies
                                                                 Partner with non-                                                                              Implementing              6  Lack of context-specific policies
                                                                   government                                                                                   own initiatives
                                                                     agencies                                                                                   at the ground
                                                                                                                                                                    level


                                                                                      Non-government
                                                                                          agencies

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