In this note we approach the question of relative poverty from a different angle. Fixing the poverty line, we ask: What … is the extent of poverty relative to the resources available in the society to eradicate it? We argue that the same level … of poverty is “worse†if the resources available to address it are greater. We characterize a class of indices that …

overwhelmingly (although not exclusively) carried by the poor and disadvantaged in the developing world and is a major contributor to … the cycle of poverty. …

scheduled commercial banks and the changes in below poverty line population. The result suggests that the growth in bank … accounts is not significantly associated with the reduction in below poverty line population across states. As a poverty …

, reductions in the incidence and severity of poverty, as well as nutritional improvements. The study suggests that the welfare … gains of PDS in terms of income transfer were very meager and the impact on poverty and nutritional status minimal. The … study places PDS in the context of other anti-poverty programs and provides a brief review of the findings from previous …

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

Structural adjustment, as measured by the number of adjustment loans from the IMF and World Bank, reduces the growth … elasticity of poverty reduction. Growth does reduce poverty, but the author find no evidence for a direct effect of structural …

overall income poverty. However, in a vast country like India, poverty levels vary significantly across the different states …. In this paper, we analyze the differences between poverty at the state and national level, separately for the rural and …

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 …