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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Format: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13876
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
World Bank
Poverty in India : The Challenge of Uttar Pradesh
geographic_facet South Asia
India
description 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.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
author World Bank
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author_sort World Bank
title Poverty in India : The Challenge of Uttar Pradesh
title_short Poverty in India : The Challenge of Uttar Pradesh
title_full Poverty in India : The Challenge of Uttar Pradesh
title_fullStr Poverty in India : The Challenge of Uttar Pradesh
title_full_unstemmed Poverty in India : The Challenge of Uttar Pradesh
title_sort poverty in india : the challenge of uttar pradesh
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url 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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spelling okr-10986-138762021-04-23T14:03:14Z Poverty in India : The Challenge of Uttar Pradesh World Bank 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 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. 2013-06-12T20:59:17Z 2013-06-12T20:59:17Z 2002-05-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/1807518/india-poverty-india-challenge-uttar-pradesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13876 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Economic & Sector Work South Asia India