Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Under the SAFTA agreement, many of the garment items were on India’s sensitive lists and did …

trade liberalization on a preferential basis, SAFTA was signed by SAARC member countries. …

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 …

catastrophic health expenditures in households “below the poverty line.†The program and the districts are evaluated over time …

include economic growth, local poverty, and inequality, all of which are generally believed to accelerate the process. Of …

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 …