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]. …

associated with taller men and women. This study based on a recent Indian data analyses the variations in height among adult … women. [WOrking Paper No. 41]. URL: [http://www.mse.ac.in/pub/working%20paper%2041.pdf]. …

Multiple Meanings of Money: How Women See Microfinance by Smita Premchander, V. Prameela, M. Chidambaranathan, L …

The discussion focusses on women in poverty their concentration in rural and urban areas, and the organisational … approach for their mobilization and empowerment. Maximum emphasis has been placed on the empowerment of women at the grassroots … - namely, to the organisations of poor women in rural and urban areas. [CWDS]. …

(panchayats) for women and members of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) following the 73rd and 74th Constitutional … effects of reservations on targeting often became more adverse in villages with greater land inequality and poverty among SC …

done by CPRC in India. There is no map of chronic poverty in India, but have an approximate idea of numbers and communities … where it has a significant presence. The author has used surrogates like tribal populations, senior citizens and women self …

to global and informal to formal sector in search of finding work and income for now 720,000 women workers. Though SEWA …

€™ experiences of poverty differ in important ways. It is also discussed how understanding the gender dimensions of chronic poverty … is important not only for tackling the greater levels of deprivation and vulnerability that girls and women routinely … face in many country contexts, but also for tackling poverty more broadly. [Policy Brief No. 12]. …

solution to all problems – be it poverty, unemployment or inequalities based on gender, class and caste. Higher economic …