Perspectives on poverty in India : stylized facts from survey data
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c2011
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| Institutions: | World Bank (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Washington, D.C : World Bank |
| Subject: | Indien | India | Armut | Poverty |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com] |
Online Resource
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (xx, 270 p) ill., maps |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Overview; India's Poverty Challenge; Figures; 1 India's Middle-Class Lives Barely or Not Far above India's Poverty Line, and Below International Poverty Lines, Especially in Rural Areas; Poverty on the Decline; 2 Evolution of Poverty since the Early 1980s; 3 Evolution of Poverty, 1951-2006; 4 NSS and NAS Consumptions Are Diverging; 5 The Calorie-Income Puzzle: Declining Calorie Consumption during a Period of Rising Per Capita Expenditure; 6 Poverty Rates in Indian States Span the Best in the Developing World to the Worst City Size Matters: Urban Growth and Poverty7 Even Though Urban and Rural Consumption Levels Are Diverging, Rising Urban Inequality Explains Why Urban and Rural Poverty Levels Are Converging; 8 Growing Poverty Impacts of Urban Economic Growth; A Casual Transformation: Rural Nonfarm Employment; 9 The Nonfarm Sector Is Now the Source of Most New Rural Jobs; 10 The Increasing Premium of Casual Nonfarm Wages Compared with Agricultural Wages; Beyond Consumption: Toward Health and Education for All, Haltingly; 11 India's Educational Attainment Is below China 30 Years Ago 12 Health Outcomes Are Substantially Worse among the PoorTables; 1 Trends in Key Indicators of Health and Morbidity; 2 Attendance Increased Substantially in the Past Decade, Particularly in Elementary Schools; 13 Children Learn Little Even after Spending 5 Years in School; Rising Inequality: Cause for Concern?; 14 India in International Comparisons of Inequality; 15 Recent Trends Show Inequality on the Rise; 16 Spatial Differences Have Grown; 17 Increased Returns to Education Are Driving Rising Inequality; Social Exclusion: Who Is Being Left Behind? 18 In Terms of Poverty, Scheduled Tribes Are 20 Years Behind the General Population, and Scheduled Castes Are 10 Years Behind19 Changes in Postprimary Education by Social Groups and Gender, 1983-2005; 20 Fertility Is Declining, and Many Indian States Resemble More Developed Countries; Concluding Remarks; Notes; References; 1 Consumption Poverty and Growth; Consumption Poverty: Trends and Patterns; 1.1 Evolution of Poverty since the Early 1980s; Boxes; 1.1 Poverty Lines and Poverty Measures; 1.2 Evolution of Poverty, 1951-2006; 1.2 India's Poverty Lines Need to Be Overhauled 1.3 The Calorie-Income Puzzle: Declining Calorie Consumption during a Period of Rising Per Capita Expenditure1.1 Calorie Poverty Rises Even as Consumption Poverty Falls; 1.4 Evolution of Poverty across Indian States; 1.3 Developing Poverty Maps Using the Small-Area Estimation Method; Maps; 1.1 Location Matters: Rural and Urban Poverty Rates Vary Significantly within States; 1.5 Poverty Rates in Indian States Span the Best in the Developing World to the Worst; 1.6 Uneven Progress in Reducing Poverty across States; Has Poverty Become Less Responsive to Economic Growth? 1.4 National Sample Surveys versus National Accounts Statistics: Implications for Poverty and Inequality Measurement Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8213-8689-7 ; 978-0-8213-8728-3 ; 978-0-8213-8689-7 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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