The relation between growth, inequality and poverty is the central theme of the paper. While the fast economic growth … under the neo-liberal policy regime helps reduce poverty, it increases inequality in income distribution in a way that … retards the progress in poverty-reduction. The empirical validity of this proposition is examined by tracing trends in per …

overall income poverty. However, in a vast country like India, poverty levels vary significantly across the different states …Over the last decade, India has been one of the fastest growing economies, and has experienced considerable decline in …. In this paper, we analyze the differences between poverty at the state and national level, separately for the rural and …

elasticity of poverty reduction. Growth does reduce poverty, but the author find no evidence for a direct effect of structural …

Fiscal policy measures are a key means by which governments can influence distribution and poverty, but in fact the … relationships between fiscal policy and poverty are not well understood. The most commonly used technique for assessing the … to more effective monitoring of the poverty impact of fiscal policy. [Discussion Paper No. 2002/43]. …

aspects of estimation of proportion and number of poor in India. [Planning Commission]. …

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 …

In 2007, the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India began rolling out the Aarogyasri health insurance to reduce … catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time …