Publication Details
Chronic Poverty and Development Policy in India
Aasha Kapur Mehta
Andrew Shepherd
2006
Abstract
This book provides an analysis of poverty reduction policies from a chronic poverty perspective. Using quantitative and qualitative data, the volume offers an account of the major causes and consequences of chronic poverty. Also explored are: the phenomenon of chronic poverty among rural casual labourers; the effect of involuntary displacement and relocation; the opportunities afforded by technology for empowerment; and possible ways and means to strengthen existing safety nets for the vulnerable.
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Contents of this book
- Chronic Poverty in India - An Introduction
Andrew Shepherd and Aasha Kapur Mehta - Correlates of Incidence and Exit from Chronic Poverty in Rural India - Evidence from Panel Data
Shashanka Bhide and Aasha Kapur Mehta - Rural Casual Labourers, Wages and Poverty - 1983 to 1999-2000
Sheila Bhalla, Anup K Karan and T Shobha - Extreme and Chronic Poverty and Malnutrition in India - Incidence and Determinants
R Radhakrishna et al - Chronic Poverty among the Indian Elderly
S Irudaya Rajan - Impact of Involuntary Displacement on a Tribal Community (A Case Study of the Sahariya Adivasi Displaced from Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh)
Asmita Kabra - Chronic Poverty and Gendered Patterns of Intra-Household Resource Allocation
Ratna M Sudarshan and Rina Bhattacharya - A Case Study from East Delhi - Political Perspectives on Chronic Poverty
N C B Nath - Operationalising Multidimensional Concepts of Chronic Poverty - An Exploratory Spatial Analysis
Aasha Kapur Mehta, Ramakrushna Panigrahi and Sashi Sivramkrishna - Chronic Poverty in Rural Areas - The Role of Government Policy
P V Thomas - Technological Change in Food Production - Implications for Vulnerable Sections
M S Swaminathan - Safety Nets for the Chronic Poor in India - An Overview
S Mahendra Dev
Publication Type(s)
Book
Keywords
poverty dynamics policy politics social protection India data remote rural areas livelihoods labour