, various studies concluded that economic growth was the most critical factor for reduction of incidence of poverty in the state … poised for a take-off to a high growth phase, almost similar to that at the national level. On the poverty dimension, however … National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), the standard source of data for poverty analysis in India by official and non …

This paper focuses on the importance data issues to the analysis of growth, poverty and economic inequality. We … introduce a number of major databases frequently used in applied research on growth, poverty and global and international …

The paper conceptualizes chronic poverty by using the spaces of income and nutrition and estimates its incidence among … states and social groups. It also aims to improve our understanding of the determinant of chronic poverty by considering … chronic poverty is household income? What factors inhibit escape from chronic poverty? How different are the other poor from …

This paper compares the latest estimates of poverty (19992000) made by the Planning Commission with earlier estimates … (2003) in this regard. The paper traces the comparable poverty estimates for the 1980s and 1990s in their levels and change … and uses the extent of poverty reduction implicit in these estimates to assess the magnitude of poverty reduction in the …