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]. …

The paper examines the urbanization pattern with context of India. The paper deals with various demographic aspects of … urbanization. Also the paper focuses on characteristics and classes of cities, and poverty and slums. [Working Paper 141]. URL …

development and reduce poverty. So, there is an urgent need to address several issues to revamp the entire health sector in India …

India's has been a unique path of economic development—internally decided in a democratic framework, constantly … uniquely Indian. India has achieved a respectable growth rate in the 2000s. It took a long while to reach this growth rate; and … it has not reduced poverty sufficiently. The benefits of growth have not been evenly distributed, but relatively …

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 …