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

This paper provides a robust normative evaluation of the spectacular growth episode that India has experienced in the …

of the society where it is applied. It is therefore necessary for countries like India to develop a contextually relevant … Development Report 2001, India]. …

-term poverty and welfare effects of NREGS is used. [IFPRI Discussion Paper 01289]. …

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 …

how did the Indian approach, official in particular, to defining and measuring poverty originate and evolve over time …? What are the major issues regarding the nutritional basis for poverty measurement highlighted in academic and policy … debates in India? How valid are these debates in terms of their methodological basis and data relevance? What are the issues …