Uncertainty and unpredictability faced by low-income households increase their vulnerability making poverty even more … unbearable. India¡¦s National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)-initiated Self-Help Group (SHG) program, which … as a way of combating poverty. This paper investigates whether or not SHG participation results in reducing poverty and …

poorest sections of society. In India, financial inclusion emphasizes to include maximum number of people under formal … accounts of scheduled commercial banks and the changes in below poverty line population. The result suggests that the growth in … bank accounts is not significantly associated with the reduction in below poverty line population across states. Providing …

population growth rates produce better outcomes. China and India play a central role on poverty reduction and global inequality …. While high economic growth rates in China and India may lift millions out of poverty, high population growth and stagnation … poverty module (GlobPov), we assess the implication of the IPCC SRES scenarios on global poverty and inequality. We find that …

This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC …) and Schedule Tribe (ST) households with the non-scheduled population. The incidence of poverty among SC and ST households … in the poverty rates between the scheduled castes (or tribes) and non-scheduled households into a part explained by the …

Minister of India, is only one of the forms that CBHI can take. While analysing the proposed scheme, we examine alternate forms … paper we also explore how insurance sector reforms alter health insurance prospects facing the poor in India, and what …. We conclude that in diverse settings of India all forms of CBHI have a role to play and therefore need to be encouraged …

This study aims at examining the impact of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on human development and poverty reduction in … India. It identifies three channels through which SEZs address these issues: employment generation, skill formation (human … study examines the sectoral and economic composition of SEZ activities in India. It finds that labour intensive, skill …

This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC …) and Schedule Tribe (ST) households with the non-scheduled population. The incidence of poverty among SC and ST households … in the poverty rates between the scheduled castes (or tribes) and non-scheduled households into a part explained by the …

. For the Indian states we find that government investment in the social sector is extremely important to reduce poverty … medium term the impact of the debt on poverty is not very harmful, in the longer run it has a significant negative impact …

This paper explores the hypothesis that the phenomenon of child labour is explicable in terms of poverty that compels a … link between child labour and poverty in the Indian context, the paper advances the view that the nature of the connection … categorized as ‘non-workers not attending school’ within the count of child labourers. It is also suggested that poverty is …