CPRC Partners

The CPRC in India has been led by the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) and includes the Gujarat Institute of Development Research, the Jawaharlal Nehru University and the National Council of Applied Economic Research. The IIPA is also the national professional institution for gender budgeting.

Research

CPRC India’s efforts have focused on raising awareness and deepening understanding of chronic poverty through engaging with national-level policy makers, especially in the Planning Commission and the Ministry of Rural Development. The CPRC team in India have contributed to the 11th five-year plan (2007-2012) and its mid-term appraisal.

Research has maintained an interest in social protection thus monitoring the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Research has also focused on policy responses and evaluating programmes and schemes while particularly considering those in remote rural, forested and tribal areas, those in conflict areas, and socially disadvantaged groups.

Using panel data, CPRC India has contributed to work on the estimates of the extent of chronic poverty in India over recent decades. The CPRC-IIPA working paper series also brings knowledge to ‘multi-dimensional poverty’ in an Indian context, chronic poverty and agriculture, economic growth, ill health and entry into poverty, especially in the context of HIV/AIDS and its gendered impact.

Key resources

Policy on chronic poverty in India

• India Chronic Poverty Report 2011
  ^{Chronic poverty report}
• Chronic Poverty and Development Policy in India
  ^Book
• The 11th five-year plan: learning and policy implications
  ^{CPRC Policy brief 18}
• Chronic Poverty in India – Policy Responses
  ^{CPRC Policy brief 4}
• Suggesting effective policy frames for chronic poverty alleviation in India
  ^{CPRC-IIPA Working paper 35}
• Experience of the Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme: are there lessons for NREGS?
  ^{CPRC-IIPA Working paper 41}

Measuring chronic poverty in India

• Dynamics of Chronic Poverty: Variations in factors influencing entry and exit of the chronic poor
  ^{CPRC-IIPA Working paper 39}
• Estimation and determination of chronic poverty in India: an alternative approach
  ^{CPRC Working paper 90}
• Correlates of Incidence and Exit from Chronic Poverty in Rural India: Evidence from Panel Data
  ^{CPRC-IIPA Working paper 15}

Rural poverty and agriculture

• Poverty, undernutrition and vulnerability in rural India: public works versus food subsidy
  ^{CPRC Working paper 135}
• Natural Resources and Chronic Poverty in India: A Review of Issues and Evidence
  ^{CPRC-IIPA Working paper 43}
  
• Characteristics and patterns of intergenerational poverty traps and escapes in rural north India
  ^{CPRC Working paper 189}
• Chronic Poverty and Social Conflict in Bihar
  ^{CPRC-IIPA Working paper 32}
• Chronic Poverty and Socially Disadvantaged Groups: Analysis of Causes and Remedies
  ^{CPRC-IIPA Working paper 33}

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