- Question
Should cleanliness drives be incentivized to encourage people in India?
Should India offer incentives to encourage public participation in cleanliness drives? This entry sets out the two positions on the question — that cleanliness drives should be incentivised, and that they should not.
Position 1 of 2
Read this position →Yes, cleanliness drives should be incentivized to encourage people in India
The case for incentivising cleanliness drives: that low participation reflects the shared nature of the good rather than public character, and that a reward can re-price contribution and carry a drive past the point where the norm sustains itself.
Position 2 of 2
Read this position →No, cleanliness drives should not be incentivized to encourage people in India
The case against incentivising cleanliness drives: that payment turns a civic disposition into a transaction that stops when the money does, and that rewards can only attach to proxies which are gamed and spent where need is least.