: Poverty Line: Pursuit of an Elusive Minimum by M.H. Suryanarayana Fixing Poverty vs. Fixing the Poverty Line by Anirudh … Krishna Agriculture: Is it a Destination for the Poor? by R S Deshpande Can the Rights based NREGA Reduce Poverty? by K … Hanumantha Rao What Role Does Food Security Play in Mitigating Poverty? by S. Indrakant …

This paper focuses on poverty dynamics and their determinants, using panel survey data for rural Sindh, Pakistan …

productivity, wages and poverty in India in the first quinquennuim of the 21st century. The period between 2000 and 2005 saw a … sharp acceleration in work force growth, and, on the obverse side, a slow-down in the rate of growth of labour productivity …. On a comparable basis, the reduction in poverty over this period is shown to be substantially smaller than indicated by …

, extension services, and infrastructure investments) in the growth of farm productivity in West Bengal, India between 1981-95. A …

This study attempts to quantify the links between infrastructure investment and poverty reduction using a multi … quantifying the effects of some of the key linkages between upgraded infrastructure, economic growth, and poverty reduction. We … gains to the GMS countries as a result of infrastructure development and trade facilitation with national poverty reduced …

seasonal famines force millions of people to succumb to poverty and hunger. An incentive of $8.50 is assigned to households in …

include economic growth, local poverty, and inequality, all of which are generally believed to accelerate the process. Of …