the poorest rural regions of the world (Uttar Pradesh, India). Methodologically, it shows how indicators from the direct …-strand programs can help to explain the paradox as to why nearly 100 million women (in India alone) have participated in self help …

that is not poor but that still faces significant risk of falling back into poverty. This paper attempts to fill this gap … data, in rich- and poor-country settings. These vulnerability lines offer a means to broaden traditional poverty analysis … Living Standards Survey) for the period 2004-2008 and cross-sectional data from India (National Sample Survey) for the period …

Recent National Sample Surveys point to significant poverty reduction in India since 2004/05, with a marked … analysis draws on the synthetic panels to derive a vulnerability line for India that can be used to separate out a population … subgroup comprising non-poor households facing a heightened risk of falling into poverty. The paper documents a strong pattern …

, accompanied by accelerating poverty decline. Underlying these trends is a process of mobility, with 40-60 percent of the … poverty remain vulnerable. Most of those who are poor were also poor in the preceding period and, thus, are likely to be …

, accompanied by accelerating poverty decline. Underlying these trends is a process of mobility, with 40–60 percent of the … poverty remain vulnerable. Most of those who are poor were also poor in the preceding period and, thus, are likely to be …