poverty conditions among its vast rural population. Astonishing growth rates in Bangladesh, particularly during 1990s, created … of the twenty-first century reinforced this trend as the Bangladesh numbers continued to grow impressively; in India, a …

workfare scheme in which the government acts as the employer of last resort. Is this a cost-effective policy against poverty …? Using a microeconometric model of the casual labor market in rural India, the authors find that a guaranteed wage rate … sufficient for a typical poor family to reach the poverty line would bring the annual poverty rate down from 34 percent to 25 …

agriculture, reduce poverty, and ensure broad rural development alignment with these forces. Building on the foundation of the …

this end, the study outlines India's growth rate, improved social indicators, and poverty reduction since the 1970s, but …Reducing poverty, and providing for minimum needs, is the ultimate yardstick against which to measure development. To … specifies that, despite this progress, poverty is a serious concern, where social indicators remain below comparator countries …