Pathways to Reducing Poverty and Sharing Prosperity in India : Lessons from the Last Two Decades

India is uniquely placed to help reduce global poverty and boost prosperity. The country has the largest number of poor people in the world, as well are the largest number of people who have recently escaped poverty. There is an emerging middle cla...

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Main Authors: Chatterjee, Urmila, Murgai, Rinku, Narayan, Ambar, Rama, Martin
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Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/01/26505673/pathways-reducing-poverty-sharing-prosperity-india-lessons-last-two-decades
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spelling okr-10986-249882021-06-14T10:18:27Z Pathways to Reducing Poverty and Sharing Prosperity in India : Lessons from the Last Two Decades Chatterjee, Urmila Murgai, Rinku Narayan, Ambar Rama, Martin poverty prosperity living standards vulnerable well-being pro-poor growth economic growth mobility labor force India is uniquely placed to help reduce global poverty and boost prosperity. The country has the largest number of poor people in the world, as well are the largest number of people who have recently escaped poverty. There is an emerging middle class but the majority of people are still vulnerable to falling back into poverty. What lessons do the past two decades offer for what it will take for the country to sustain progress and bring about deeper changes? This synthesis brings together the key insights from extensive and in-depth research conducted by the World Bank on India’s experience in reducing poverty and sharing prosperity over the last two decades. The beginning chapter of the synthesis offers an overview of the trends in living standards and mobility in India. This is followed by a chapter on the main drivers of poverty reduction. The third chapter sheds light on some of the gaps India needs to fill for sustaining mobility and spreading prosperity more widely. 2016-08-31T16:40:51Z 2016-08-31T16:40:51Z 2016 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/01/26505673/pathways-reducing-poverty-sharing-prosperity-india-lessons-last-two-decades http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24988 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic poverty
prosperity
living standards
vulnerable
well-being
pro-poor growth
economic growth
mobility
labor force
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prosperity
living standards
vulnerable
well-being
pro-poor growth
economic growth
mobility
labor force
Chatterjee, Urmila
Murgai, Rinku
Narayan, Ambar
Rama, Martin
Pathways to Reducing Poverty and Sharing Prosperity in India : Lessons from the Last Two Decades
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description India is uniquely placed to help reduce global poverty and boost prosperity. The country has the largest number of poor people in the world, as well are the largest number of people who have recently escaped poverty. There is an emerging middle class but the majority of people are still vulnerable to falling back into poverty. What lessons do the past two decades offer for what it will take for the country to sustain progress and bring about deeper changes? This synthesis brings together the key insights from extensive and in-depth research conducted by the World Bank on India’s experience in reducing poverty and sharing prosperity over the last two decades. The beginning chapter of the synthesis offers an overview of the trends in living standards and mobility in India. This is followed by a chapter on the main drivers of poverty reduction. The third chapter sheds light on some of the gaps India needs to fill for sustaining mobility and spreading prosperity more widely.
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author Chatterjee, Urmila
Murgai, Rinku
Narayan, Ambar
Rama, Martin
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Murgai, Rinku
Narayan, Ambar
Rama, Martin
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title Pathways to Reducing Poverty and Sharing Prosperity in India : Lessons from the Last Two Decades
title_short Pathways to Reducing Poverty and Sharing Prosperity in India : Lessons from the Last Two Decades
title_full Pathways to Reducing Poverty and Sharing Prosperity in India : Lessons from the Last Two Decades
title_fullStr Pathways to Reducing Poverty and Sharing Prosperity in India : Lessons from the Last Two Decades
title_full_unstemmed Pathways to Reducing Poverty and Sharing Prosperity in India : Lessons from the Last Two Decades
title_sort pathways to reducing poverty and sharing prosperity in india : lessons from the last two decades
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/01/26505673/pathways-reducing-poverty-sharing-prosperity-india-lessons-last-two-decades
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