A Comprehensive Analysis of Poverty in India

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
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

Similar Items

New Evidence on the Urbanization of Global Poverty
by: Ravallion, Martin, et al.
Published: (2012)

Growth, Urbanization, and Poverty Reduction in India
by: Datt, Gaurav, et al.
Published: (2016)

Looking Back on Two Decades of Poverty and Well-Being in India
by: Narayan, Ambar, et al.
Published: (2016)

Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004
by: Chen, Shaohua, et al.
Published: (2012)

A Global Count of the Extreme Poor in 2012 : Data Issues, Methodology and Initial Results
by: Ferreira, Francisco H. G., et al.
Published: (2015)

An Update on Poverty and Inequality in Albania : Nine Stylized Facts
by: World Bank
Published: (2015)

Data and Dogma : The Great Indian Poverty Debate
by: Deaton, Angus, et al.
Published: (2013)

The Pattern of Growth and Poverty Reduction in China
by: Montalvo, Jose G., et al.
Published: (2012)

Poverty Dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012 : Insights from Longitudinal Analysis Using Synthetic Panel Data
by: Dang, Hai-Anh H., et al.
Published: (2015)

Bangladesh, a Middle Income Country by 2021 : What Will it Take in Terms of Poverty Reduction?
by: Gimenez, Lea, et al.
Published: (2014)

China is Poorer than we Thought, But No Less Successful in the Fight Against Poverty
by: Chen, Shaohua, et al.
Published: (2012)

Measuring Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean : Methodological Considerations When Estimating an Empirical Regional Poverty Line
by: Castaneda, R. Andres, et al.
Published: (2016)

World Development Indicators 2008 : Poverty Data
by: World Bank
Published: (2017)

Mapping Subnational Poverty in Zambia
by: de la Fuente, Alejandro, et al.
Published: (2015)

How Have the World's Poorest Fared since the Early 1980s?
by: Chen, Shaohua, et al.
Published: (2014)

Counting the World's Poor : Problems and Possible Solutions
by: Deaton, Angus
Published: (2014)

Poverty Profile in Lao PDR : Poverty Report for the Lao Consumption and Expenditure Survey 2012–2013
by: Pimhidzai, Obert, et al.
Published: (2015)

Republic of Niger : Trends of Poverty, Inequality, and Growth, 2005-2011
by: World Bank
Published: (2015)

Robust Multidimensional Spatial Poverty Comparisons in Ghana, Madagascar, and Uganda
by: Duclos, Jean-Yves, et al.
Published: (2014)

Poverty and Inequality Changes in Turkey (2003-2006)
by: Aran, Meltum, et al.
Published: (2017)

Poverty and Inequality Maps for Rural Vietnam : An Application of Small Area Estimation
by: Cuong, Nguyen Viet, et al.
Published: (2012)

Bulgaria : Living Conditions Before and After EU Accession
by: World Bank
Published: (2014)

Georgia - Poverty dynamics, 2003-2010
by: World Bank
Published: (2012)

Face of Poverty in Madagascar : Poverty, Gender, and Inequality Assessment
by: World Bank
Published: (2014)

Global Poverty Goals and Prices : How Purchasing Power Parity Matters
by: Jolliffe, Dean Mitchell, et al.
Published: (2015)

More Relatively-Poor People in a Less Absolutely-Poor World
by: Chen, Shaohua, et al.
Published: (2012)

Demystifying Poverty Measurement in Vietnam
by: Demombynes, Gabriel, et al.
Published: (2015)

Mexico - Income Generation and Social Protection for the Poor : Volume 4. A Study of Rural Poverty in Mexico
by: World Bank
Published: (2012)

Is There a Metropolitan Bias? The Relationship between Poverty and City Size in a Selection of Developing Countries
by: Ferre, Celine, et al.
Published: (2014)

Estimating International Poverty Lines from Comparable National Thresholds
by: Jolliffe, Dean, et al.
Published: (2016)

Romania : Poverty Monitoring Analytical and Advisory Assistance Program, First Phase Report, Fiscal Year 2007
by: World Bank
Published: (2012)

Is Extreme Poverty Going to End? An Analytical Framework to Evaluate Progress in Ending Extreme Poverty
by: Yoshida, Nobuo, et al.
Published: (2014)

On the Edge of Uncertainty : Poverty Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean during the Great Recession and Beyond
by: World Bank
Published: (2014)

On the Edge of Uncertainty : Poverty Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean during the Great Recession and Beyond
by: World Bank
Published: (2017)

Welfare Dynamics with Synthetic Panels : The Case of the Arab World in Transition
by: Dang, Hai-Anh H., et al.
Published: (2016)

Kosovo : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2. Estimating Trends from Non-Comparable Data
by: World Bank
Published: (2012)

Perspectives on Poverty in India : Stylized Facts from Survey Data
by: World Bank
Published: (2012)

Republic of Yemen - Poverty Assessment
by: World Bank
Published: (2012)

Yemen Poverty Assessment : Volume 3. Poverty Maps
by: World Bank
Published: (2012)

An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance to China for Poverty Reduction in the 1990s
by: Khan, A.R.
Published: (2014)

Cannot write session to /tmp/vufind_sessions/sess_q7jmuohbarpuhtoqhq11fahp5u