Poverty Dynamics in Rural India

Author/Editor:

Jahangir Aziz

Publication Date:

October 1, 2002

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

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 increased during the early years of the 1990s reform period before decline again in the later years. Relative differences in poverty narrowed during the 1980s but widened somewhat during the next decade. The better success rate of some states in reducing poverty in the 1990s was, in part, due to higher growth and lower inflation.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2002/172

Subject:

Labor National accounts Personal income Poverty Poverty reduction Real wages

English

Publication Date:

October 1, 2002

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451858587/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA1722002

Pages:

22

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