should aim to provide access for the poor on saving, credit and insurance. Microfinance schemes have been applauded as a … successful best practice in providing access to saving and credit. However, microfinance institutions still have some room for …

National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), the standard source of data for poverty analysis in India by official and non … for a long time despite its high growth potential. Drawing on the experience of several countries as well as that of India …, various studies concluded that economic growth was the most critical factor for reduction of incidence of poverty in the state …

This paper seeks to provide a profile of social group disparities and poverty in India, where social groups are …

representative household sample survey from India for the year 1999-2000, we analyze the pattern of spending on various groups of …

hypothesis that joint consumption of public goods of individuals in non slum urban India dominates those of individuals living in … slums is accepted while the hypothesis that consumption of private goods of individuals in non slum urban India dominates …

poverty in rural India. This shows the potential for achieving the much-debated 10% aggregate real GDP growth in the Indian …

The paper reviews the innovations developed by some financial institutions to meet the challenges of microfinance and …

for microfinance programs to be effective as a poverty-alleviation tool there is a need to review and constantly monitor … quasi-experimental design with incoming clients of randomly selected participating microfinance institutions as the … islands (Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao) and 38 microfinance institutions consisting of three types - banks, cooperatives, and …

region or country. That these rates in India have been rather high particularly for women is a matter of concern. As Floud … health status. Due to limited information base on BMI very few studies in India have analysed the determinants of CED (which … status). This paper attempts to do so based on a sample of ever-married women in the age group of 15-49 years in the North …

measures of inequality, poverty, and pro-poor growth in four time periods over 1992–2010. Changes in these measures are … examined for 11 countries, with a major focus on the People’s Republic of China (PRC), India, and Indonesia, which are … growth. India has been relatively stagnant. Indonesia has grown rapidly after suffering an initial set back from the Asian …