financial inclusion would be important in the quest to reduce the incidence of poverty and vulnerability as well as inequality. …

The concept of poverty is discussed using qualitative and quantitative measures as an indicator for social deprivation …. Poverty can be absolute, relative, income-based, consumption-based, or entitlement-based. The variation in the concept of … poverty reveals its dimensionality. However, when closely examined, these dimensions are seen to be conceptually interrelated …

and India, and how that connects with minorities. Poverty has generally become less acute in both China and India, thanks …This book, a second edition, includes new data from the 2011 Census of India, the 2010 Census of India and NSS reports … on consumer expenditure (2011-12), health and education (2014) to examine the latest understanding of poverty in China …