India is having large population, a fast growing economy with national focus on inclusive growth and an urgent need to …

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 …

This paper tries to look into the status of poverty and multiple deprivations among tribal communities in the state and …

The speech covers the macro setting for GenNext banking by way of discussing the demographic composition of Indiaâ … their banking activities is also discussed. A discussion on how to facilitate banking in the context of knowledge economy …/society is discussed. Certain implications and challenges arising from GenNext banking which need further deliberation are …

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

BRAC has long been working to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease and social …

This paper documents how the structure of extended family networks in rural Mexico relates to the poverty and …