continuing controversy in India over poverty lines, we use a framework that rigorously assesses the impact of growth on the poor … over a range of poverty lines. Using National sample Surveys on consumption expenditure, we show that while growth has …

, 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 …

poverty from rural areas to large cities. First, a simple bifurcation of population in terms of poor and non-poor sub …-groups is examined along with the incidence of poverty across different categories of occupations and non-workers. Then, an … merely transfer rural poverty to urban areas, and further that population mobility yields improvement in the living standard …

This note provides an estimate of incidence of poor and poverty risk in India across NSS regions for 2004-05 and 2009 …-10 in rural and urban areas. It raises concern on increasing poverty risk and also incidence of poor in some regions. These …

the worsening urban poverty and sizable increase in rural-to-urban migration. Bias against social disadvantage in terms of …

give an example of poverty impacts of health insurance, and effects of adverse selection and moral hazard of health …