in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India. Urban poverty is significant in Rajasthan … with a fifth of the urban population living below the poverty line and in slums. Increasing numbers of poor migrants in … search of employment contribute to the rising levels of urban poverty in cities such as Jaipur, where the present study is …

catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time …

This paper examines the multi-dimensional nature of urban poverty with special emphasis on ill-health led deprivation …. As a driver of poverty, ill-health reduces the income earning potential and increases expenditure on medication, thereby … causing asset depletion, increasing debt and worsening poverty. The bulk of ill-health related expenditure in India is borne …

the continuing controversy in India over poverty lines, they used 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, they have showed …

This study presents a comprehensive picture of poverty chnages in China in the period of 1978-95. Using two micro data … sets from Household Income Surverys of 1988 and 1995, the author examines poverty distribution among various localities and …

BRAC has long been working to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease and social …

This paper documents how the structure of extended family networks in rural Mexico relates to the poverty and …