<p>This paper seeks to understand temporal changes in poverty and well-being in Indian cities during the era of …

-relevant work on poverty measurement. The paper also presents results on empirical exercises comparing trends in inequality, and … various poverty lines in India in the recent past. The paper concludes with policy observations on economic reforms in India …, and directions for further empirical research on poverty. …

This paper examines the linkages between calorie deprivation and poverty in rural India at a disaggregated level. It … between incidence of poverty and calorie deprivation has also been investigated. The paper also estimates the factors …

This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that regardless of which of the two official … poverty lines we use, we see a steady decline in poverty in all states and for all social and religious groups. Accelerated … growth between fiscal years 2004–2005 and 2009–2010 also led to an accelerated decline in poverty rates. Moreover, the …

, simultaneously, changes in the distribution of income. This study tries to capture how these changes affected poverty levels across … major states in India. Total change in poverty is decomposed into the changes due to a rise in the mean income level and due … poverty though changes in the distribution of income which adversely affected the poor. …

The present study examines whether rural non-farm employment has any poverty and/or vulnerability-reducing effect in … the rural non-farm employment in both Vietnam and India – which is consistent with its poverty reducing role of accessing … risks. When we disaggregate non-farm sector employment by its type, we find that poverty and vulnerability reducing effects …