This paper provides an overview of poverty and well-being trends in India since the mid-1990s. Poverty reduction since … rising) share of the population faces significant risk of slipping back into poverty. India's poor are increasingly … concentrated in low-income states with historically lower rates of economic progress. Even as India has reduced poverty faster than …

The paper explores whether one of the largest programs in the world for women's empowerment and rural livelihoods, the … Indira Kranti Patham in Andhra Pradesh, India, has had an impact on the economic and social wellbeing of households that …

the first randomized controlled trial-based evidence on this question. Households in rural Bihar, India, were offered low … indicators of women's empowerment were mixed, and showed no clear direction when aggregated, nor was there any impact on …

rural areas of Northern India. The program has four streams of activity in micro-savings, agricultural enterprise training …

Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. The authors provide evidence that SHGs … technology of providing public goods. Using first-hand data on SHGs in India, the paper tests the prediction of the model and …

lower, this alleged income effect does not bode well for the empowerment of women as India develops. This paper argues that …The recent decline in India?s rural female labor force participation is generally attributed to higher rural incomes in … misclassification of urban areas as rural, as a result of household surveys lagging behind India?s rapid urbanization process. The …