Poverty in India : The Challenge of Uttar Pradesh
The report analyzes poverty incidence in
India and in particular, in Uttar Pradesh (UP), and defines
its poverty levels, trends, and vulnerability. While UP once
appeared positioned to be the pace-setter for India's
economic, and social development in light of its rich
potential in human, and natural resources, economic growth
faltered in the 1990s. UP fell behind India's better
performing states, and, despite a recent acceleration in
growth suggesting the state's performance has been
arrested, problems still remain. The report documents
poverty along a number of dimensions, i.e., material and
human deprivation, where poverty, if measured in terms of
material deprivation, is high, and progress at reducing it,
has been uneven over the past two decades. Statistics
regarding human deprivation, reveal averages, e.g., in
literacy well below the all-India average, likewise in
female literacy, while mortality rates indicate a much
higher ratio than in the country as a whole. Chapter 2
reviews the causes of poverty, stipulating poverty is caused
by a scarcity of private assets, where ineffective social
programs prevail. Governance, and the policy challenges are
examined in Chapter 3, addressing the need to transform
UP's public sector, through administrative and civil
services reforms to reduce fragmentation, with complementary
reforms at the sector levels to improve regulation. To
achieve economic growth, Chapter 4 provides recommendations
that include improvements in the investment climate,
accelerated growth in rural areas, and corrections in gender
bias, while Chapter 5 stresses on improving the quality, and
access to social services, and safety nets.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
World Bank |
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
Washington, DC
2002-05-08
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| Subjects: | ACTION RESEARCH,
AGED,
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH,
BACKWARD REGIONS,
BASIC EDUCATION,
BUREAUCRACY,
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT,
CASE STUDY,
CHILD DEVELOPMENT,
CHILD HEALTH SERVICES,
CHILD LABOR,
CITIZENS,
CLIMATE,
COMMUNITY HEALTH,
CORRUPTION,
CURRENCY UNITS,
DATA SOURCES,
DEMOCRACY,
DEVELOPMENT GOALS,
DISCRIMINATION,
DIVERSIFICATION,
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY,
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS,
ECONOMIC GROWTH,
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT,
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES,
ECONOMIC SHOCKS,
EDUCATION,
EDUCATION LEVEL,
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT,
EMPLOYMENT,
EQUAL RIGHTS,
ETHNIC MINORITIES,
FAMILIES,
FEMALE LITERACY,
FERTILITY,
FINANCIAL SERVICES,
FINANCIAL SUPPORT,
GENDER BIAS,
GIRLS,
HEAD-COUNT RATIO,
HEALTH,
HEALTH CARE,
HEALTH CENTER,
HEALTH CENTERS,
HEALTH INDICATORS,
HEALTH INSURANCE,
HEALTH STATUS,
HEALTH SURVEY,
HIGH CONCENTRATION,
HOUSEHOLD HEAD,
HOUSING,
HUMAN CAPITAL,
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT,
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT,
ILLNESS,
IMPOVERISHMENT,
INCOME QUINTILES,
INFANT MORTALITY,
INFORMED CONSENT,
INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS,
INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE,
INVESTMENT CLIMATE,
ISOLATION,
JOB MARKET,
LABOR MARKETS,
LAND REFORMS,
LAWS,
LIFTING,
LITERACY RATES,
LOCAL LEVEL,
MARKETING,
MARKETING INFRASTRUCTURE,
MEDICINES,
MIDWIFES,
MONITORING SYSTEM,
MORTALITY,
NATURAL RESOURCES,
NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT,
OUTPATIENT CARE,
PARENTS,
PARTICIPATORY STUDIES,
PER-CAPITA INCOME,
POLITICAL COMMITMENT,
POLITICAL INSTABILITY,
POOR CHILDREN,
POOR FAMILIES,
POOR FARMERS,
POOR GOVERNANCE,
POOR HOUSEHOLDS,
POOR MEN,
POOR PARENTS,
POOR PEOPLE,
POOR PERFORMANCE,
POOR POLICIES,
POOR WOMEN,
POVERTY ALLEVIATION,
POVERTY ERADICATION,
POVERTY ESTIMATES,
POVERTY INCIDENCE,
POVERTY LEVELS,
POVERTY LINE,
POVERTY MEASUREMENT,
POVERTY MONITORING,
POVERTY POLICIES,
POVERTY PROFILE,
POVERTY PROGRAMS,
POVERTY REDUCTION,
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES,
POVERTY TRENDS,
PRIMARY EDUCATION,
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE,
PRIVATE SECTOR,
PRO-POOR,
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS,
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE,
PUBLIC HEALTH,
PUBLIC INFORMATION,
PUBLIC RESOURCES,
PUBLIC SECTOR,
PUBLIC SERVICES,
PUBLIC SPENDING,
RAPID GROWTH,
REDUCING POVERTY,
REFORM PROGRAM,
REGIONAL DIMENSIONS,
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION,
REGIONAL POVERTY,
RETIREMENT,
RURAL AREAS,
RURAL GROWTH,
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS,
RURAL POVERTY,
SAFETY,
SAFETY NET,
SAFETY NETS,
SCHOOLS,
SERVICE DELIVERY,
SERVICE EMPLOYMENT,
SOCIAL CAPITAL,
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT,
SOCIAL EXCLUSION,
SOCIAL ISSUES,
SOCIAL PROTECTION,
SOCIAL RELATIONS,
SOCIAL SERVICES,
TRANSACTION COSTS,
TRANSPARENCY,
URBAN POOR,
URBAN POVERTY,
VIOLENCE,
WIDOWS,
WORKERS,
YOUTH, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/1807518/india-poverty-india-challenge-uttar-pradesh
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13876
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