group, are particularly reliant on agriculture. In summarising key findings on agricultural growth and poverty reduction … from country studies commissioned by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC), this paper suggests that agricultural … growth has been a surprisingly important component of poverty exits, and also finds evidence that agricultural growth helps …

India’s progress in reducing poverty at the national level masks substantial disparity in the incidence of poverty at … the state level. This paper provides a description of the trends in interstate differences in rural poverty for the period … 1978–97. Key findings are that poverty generally declined in most states over the last twenty years. However, poverty …

struggle to break free of poverty is as much a cultural process as it is political and economic. The authors analyze public … of gram sabhas from South India, looking at how they create a culture of civic/political engagement and how the … definition of poverty is understood within them. They highlight how gram sabhas impart discursive skills and civic agency and …

. Poverty in rural areas is both more prevalent and more acute than in urban areas - about 80 per cent of the world's extremely …