Poverty in India : The Challenge of Uttar Pradesh

Poverty in India : The Challenge of Uttar Pradesh

The report analyzes poverty incidence in India and in particular, in Uttar Pradesh (UP), and defines its poverty levels, trends, and vulnerability. While UP once appeared positioned to be the pace-setter for India's economic, and social develo...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACTION RESEARCH AGED AGRICULTURAL GROWTH BACKWARD REGIONS BASIC EDUCATION BUREAUCRACY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CASE STUDY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD LABOR CITIZENS CLIMATE COMMUNITY HEALTH CORRUPTION CURRENCY UNITS DATA SOURCES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT GOALS DISCRIMINATION DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC AFFAIRS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATION EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EQUAL RIGHTS ETHNIC MINORITIES FAMILIES FEMALE LITERACY FERTILITY FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SUPPORT GENDER BIAS GIRLS HEAD-COUNT RATIO HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTER HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEY HIGH CONCENTRATION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT ILLNESS IMPOVERISHMENT INCOME QUINTILES INFANT MORTALITY INFORMED CONSENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INVESTMENT CLIMATE ISOLATION JOB MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND REFORMS LAWS LIFTING LITERACY RATES LOCAL LEVEL MARKETING MARKETING INFRASTRUCTURE MEDICINES MIDWIFES MONITORING SYSTEM MORTALITY NATURAL RESOURCES NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT OUTPATIENT CARE PARENTS PARTICIPATORY STUDIES PER-CAPITA INCOME POLITICAL COMMITMENT POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR CHILDREN POOR FAMILIES POOR FARMERS POOR GOVERNANCE POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR MEN POOR PARENTS POOR PEOPLE POOR PERFORMANCE POOR POLICIES POOR WOMEN POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ERADICATION POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY POLICIES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY TRENDS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE SECTOR PRO-POOR PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC INFORMATION PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING RAPID GROWTH REDUCING POVERTY REFORM PROGRAM REGIONAL DIMENSIONS REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION REGIONAL POVERTY RETIREMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL RELATIONS SOCIAL SERVICES TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY URBAN POOR URBAN POVERTY VIOLENCE WIDOWS WORKERS YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/1807518/india-poverty-india-challenge-uttar-pradesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13876

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Summary:	The report analyzes poverty incidence in India and in particular, in Uttar Pradesh (UP), and defines its poverty levels, trends, and vulnerability. While UP once appeared positioned to be the pace-setter for India's economic, and social development in light of its rich potential in human, and natural resources, economic growth faltered in the 1990s. UP fell behind India's better performing states, and, despite a recent acceleration in growth suggesting the state's performance has been arrested, problems still remain. The report documents poverty along a number of dimensions, i.e., material and human deprivation, where poverty, if measured in terms of material deprivation, is high, and progress at reducing it, has been uneven over the past two decades. Statistics regarding human deprivation, reveal averages, e.g., in literacy well below the all-India average, likewise in female literacy, while mortality rates indicate a much higher ratio than in the country as a whole. Chapter 2 reviews the causes of poverty, stipulating poverty is caused by a scarcity of private assets, where ineffective social programs prevail. Governance, and the policy challenges are examined in Chapter 3, addressing the need to transform UP's public sector, through administrative and civil services reforms to reduce fragmentation, with complementary reforms at the sector levels to improve regulation. To achieve economic growth, Chapter 4 provides recommendations that include improvements in the investment climate, accelerated growth in rural areas, and corrections in gender bias, while Chapter 5 stresses on improving the quality, and access to social services, and safety nets.