gains of PDS in terms of income transfer were very meager and the impact on poverty and nutritional status minimal. The …This study examines the impact of India's Public Distribution System (PDS) on poor households in terms of income gains …, reductions in the incidence and severity of poverty, as well as nutritional improvements. The study suggests that the welfare …

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

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

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 …

could help strengthen the impact of transport infrastructure on poverty reduction are summarized. …

what strategies the ultra-poor seem to have followed in three years to improve their livelihoods – changes in income … earning activities and migration. We examined the livelihood outcomes for the ultra poor looking at household income, food …

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

Poverty and well-being are multidimensional. Nobody questions that deprivations and achievements go beyond income …. There is, however, sharp disagreement on whether the various dimensions of poverty and well-being can be aggregated into a … single, multidimensional index in a meaningful way. Is aggregating dimensions of poverty and well-being useful? Is it …