Administrative failures in anti-poverty programmes are widespread in developing countries. We focus on one such … administrative failure - the persistent delay in paying beneficiaries on time in India’s iconic anti-poverty programme, the National … performance of an anti-poverty programme - such as higher NREGA participation of rural households - would be misleading because it …

by falling poverty and fairly stable, or even declining, income inequality. Subsequently, from about the mid-1970s … onwards, a cumulative process of non-farm diversification took hold, and was accompanied by further growth and poverty decline … growth in inequality and has played a particularly pronounced role in reducing poverty. …

We measure multidimensional poverty in India using National Sample Survey Organization data from 2014-15 to 2017-18. We ….75 per cent over the study period. The all-India estimates indicate that 144 million people were lifted from poverty during …. Our state-level estimates reveal that 20 states report less than 10 per cent headcount poverty, up from six states. COVID …

In an impure public good model we analyze the effects of CDM transfers on poverty as well as on the global climate …

analysing and measuring social inclusion. Over time, however, it has become evident that, like other social ills such as poverty … highlighted the need for the simultaneous promotion of productivity, poverty reduction and greater inclusiveness. The recognized … UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) has further reiterated the need to address social exclusion and …