Though in decline, tank irrigation is still an important characteristic of rural social life in many parts of South … India. It is of particular importance to the poor being dependent on agriculture, while rich landowners increasingly … strategies of the poor and the management of tank irrigation. It establishes the main concerns and priorities of the poor and …

There has been much debate about how much India's poor have shared in the economic growth unleashed by economic reforms … in the 1990s. Datt and Ravallion argue that India has probably maintained its 1980s rate of poverty reduction in the 1990 … understanding why economic growth has not done more for India's poor. India's economic growth in the 1990s has not been occurring in …