Chronic Poverty: Emerging Policy Options and Issues

29th -30th, September, 2005
Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, India

Indian Institute of Public Administration

Description

This seminar was designed to contribute to discussions regarding policies and programmes that can best respond to the needs and interests of India's 100 million plus chronically poor; help interrupt chronic poverty; and prevent people sliding into it through loss of assets and failure to cope with shocks.

Speakers and schedule

• Shri G. C. L. Joneja, Chairman Standing Committee, and former Secretary (Food)
• Dr P. L. Sanjeev Reddy, Director, IIPA
• Shri G. C. L. Joneja, Chairman Standing Committee, and former Secretary (Food)
• Dr P. L. Sanjeev Reddy, Director, IIPA
• Prof Aasha Kapur Mehta, Professor of Economics, IIPA
• Prof C. H. H. Rao, Chairman, CESS

Event website

For more information on this event, please contact the Indian Institute of Public Administration

Meeting reports

Papers

• Chronic poverty issues based on global research
• Policy implications based on the work done by CPRC India
• Persistent Poverty – Why do Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes stay chronically poor?
• Tribal Population and Chronic Poverty in Orissa: The North-South Divide
• Remoteness and Chronic Poverty in a Forest Region in Southern Orissa: A Tale of Entitlement Failure and State’s Apathy
• Some Aspects of Post-Conflict face of Poverty: A Study of 4 Villages of Musahari block, Muzaffarpur
• Chronic Poverty and Social Conflict in Bihar
• Spatial Inequality among Indian Villages
• Tracking Poverty through Panel Data: Rural Poverty in India 1970-1998
• Identifying and Measuring Chronic Poverty: Beyond Monetary Measures
• The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Women Care Givers in Situations of Poverty: Policy Issues
• Policy Paper on Social Protection

 Resources and links

Read the Press Release here