sharp increase in India's poverty measures in the aftermath of the 1991 crisis and stabilization program. However, only one … tenth of the increase in measured poverty is explicable in terms of the variables one would expect to transmit the shock to … poor people. Poverty measures soon returned to their previous level, belying the notion of a structural break induced by …

understand poverty's determinants. Exploiting data from the 2017 household expenditure survey, as well as administrative and … geospatial data, it provides a detailed analysis of poverty in the country, its strong link to labor market outcomes, and the … shows that over a fifth of the Djiboutian population continues to live in extreme poverty and that the country has high …

India is uniquely placed to help reduce global poverty and boost prosperity. The country has the largest number of poor … trends in living standards and mobility in India. This is followed by a chapter on the main drivers of poverty reduction. The … people in the world, as well are the largest number of people who have recently escaped poverty. There is an emerging middle …

of payments crisis; how these changes helped India weather the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98; the risks to fiscal … liberalization; and the benefits of structural reform and fiscal policy for growth, poverty, and the reduction of regional …