A Comprehensive Analysis of Poverty in India

This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that no matter which of the two official poverty lines is used, poverty has declined steadily in all states and for all social and religious groups. Accelerated growth between...

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Main Authors:	Panagariya, Arvind, Mukim, Megha
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGGREGATE LEVEL AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL LABORERS AGRICULTURAL WORKERS CAPITA EXPENDITURE CAPITA INCOMES CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE DECLINE IN POVERTY DECLINE IN POVERTY RATES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME EQUAL DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATES OF POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY FARMERS FOOD ITEMS FOOD POLICY GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH RATES HIGH CONCENTRATIONS HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD RESPONSES HOUSING INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INEQUALITY INFORMAL SECTOR MEASURING POVERTY MILK NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE OUTPUT GROWTH PER-CAPITA INCOME POINT DECLINE POLICY MEASURES POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POOR POST-REFORM POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY DEBATE POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION RAPID GROWTH REDUCTION IN POVERTY RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL INEQUALITY RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY BY STATES RURAL POVERTY LINE RURAL POVERTY LINES RURAL POVERTY RATES RURAL REGIONS SMALL FARMERS SUB-REGIONS SUBSISTENCE TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS URBAN POVERTY URBAN POVERTY LINES URBAN REGIONS VEGETABLES caste religious group
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18597719/comprehensive-analysis-poverty-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16930

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18597719/comprehensive-analysis-poverty-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16930

A Comprehensive Analysis of Poverty in India

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