Developing countries attach enormous importance to physical infrastructure for poverty reduction. We contend that this … between infrastructure and poverty in India in a regional framework. Infrastructural availability improves average living … standards and lowers the incidence of poverty but the relation between infrastructural situation and inequality indicates higher …

Since the late 1970s, the price indices underlying the poverty lines in India have been updated using aggregate indices … consumption survey data. We propose an alternative approach that identifies poverty from consumer behaviour, based on the notion … higher levels of poverty in eastern India, and generally, smaller reductions in poverty from 2005 to 2010. Our poverty …

said that expanding educational facilities and improving quality of education are key instruments and reducing poverty is a … poverty and education and many more international studies revealed that improvement in education reducing poverty resulted in … regional balanced development. This paper aims to analyze the regional disparities in reducing poverty and increase in literacy …

of poverty on child labour and child soldier. An attempt is made in this article to highlight and critically examine the …

Poverty is multidimensional in nature. Poverty is associated not only with insufficient income or consumption but also … low self-esteem and powerlessness. Since poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon, measurement of poverty must cover many … have opened new perspectives on measuring and analysing poverty and development with the help of multidimensional concept …

The general perception is that high food prices in India have increased poverty and that trade reforms will further … worsen poverty. We compare Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures for various scenarios of grain price swings with and … opportunities for poverty alleviation. Global trade reform reinforces this effect for all rural population groups. An increase in …

In this paper an attempt is made to estimate poverty line/ratio and inequality consistent with NAS based consumption … poverty measurement controversy based on two sources of estimations but explores consistent estimation. …

Poverty in Indian context has always generated contests and controversies regarding its concepts, measurement, levels … and implications on several aspects of human welfare. This paper cautions on the validity of poverty assessment indicated … approach of poverty assessment. …

In the factors that affect income and poverty outcomes, there are some features unique to India. Caste, ethnicity …, religion and even regional origins all influence income outcomes. Therefore while examining individual poverty, the influence …