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Poverty Transitions, Shocks, and Consumption in Rural Bangladesh : Preliminary Results from a Longitudinal Household Survey

Quisumbing, Agnes R. - 2012

This paper examines the correlates of poverty transitions and consumption per capita, using a new longitudinal data set from Bangladesh. It first examines the determinants of poverty transition categories (chronic poor, never poor, falling into poverty, moving out of poverty) as a function of...

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Suggesting Effective Policy Frames for Chronic Poverty Alleviation in India

Nath, N.C.B. - 2011

provide some useful guidance. The recent experience with the National Employment Guarantee Act of India seems to indicate that … done by CPRC in India. We do not yet have a map of chronic poverty in India, but have an approximate idea of numbers and … precise data about the chronically poor in India. Poverty alleviation programmes in India have tried four approaches: citizen …

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Do Child Labourers Come from the Poorest?

Ali, Zulfiqar - 2011

This paper explores whether child labourers come from, not only the poor, but also the poorest households in Bangladesh or not. The paper also tries to explain what determines the participation of children in labour force. A comparison has also been made between macro statistics and micro survey...

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Tribal Population and Chronic Poverty in Orissa : A Note on North-South Divide

Panigrahi, Nilakantha - 2011

Orissa has a varied physiography on account of a wide range of physical features and agro-ecological conditions. These determine to a large extent the human geography on the basis of ‘carrying capacity' of land. The state is usually divided into four agro-climatic zones: Northern Plateau;...

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Understanding Childhood Poverty in Rajasthan : Emerging Issues and Strategies

Mathur, Kanchan - 2011

Recent participatory poverty assessments around the globe clearly document that children are the most vulnerable groups in society as they have little power or influence over the social processes that govern their lives and little ability to protect themselves from abuse (Narayan, et.al. 2000)....

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Multidimensional Poverty in India : District Level Estimates

Mehta, Aasha Kapur - 2011

Spatial inequalities exist at all levels of disaggregation. However, the nature and extent of these inequalities vary with choice of indicator and geographical space over which comparisons are made. A given state may perform extremely well on all indicators but there may be districts within that...

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Tribal Population and Chronic Poverty in Orissa : A Note on the North-South Divide

Panigrahi, Nilakantha - 2011

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Poverty, Undernutrition and Vulnerability in Rural India : Public Works Versus Food Subsidy

Jha, Raghbendra - 2011

public food subsidy programme, on consumption poverty, vulnerability and undernutrition in India drawing, on the large …

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India Chronic Poverty Report

Mehta, Aasha Kapur - 2014

The India Chronic Poverty ... …

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Chronic Poverty in a Remote Rural District in South West Madhya Pradesh : A Multidimensional Analysis of its Extent and Causes

Shah, Amita - 2014

The structuralist perspective envisages poverty, especially in rural India, as a long duration phenomenon. Over time … in India are also chronically poor in terms of duration as well as severity (Mehta and Shah, 2002). Economic growth … poverty measured in terms of average expenditure of the households. Thus, incidence of poverty in India declined from 52 per …

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