Perspectives on Poverty in India : Stylized Facts from Survey Data

This report's objective is to develop the evidence base for policy making in relation to poverty reduction. It produces a diagnosis of the broad nature of the poverty problem and its trends in India, focusing on both consumption poverty and human development outcomes. It also includes attention in greater depth to three pathways important to inclusive growth and poverty reduction harnessing the potential of urban growth to stimulate rural-based poverty reduction, rural diversification away from agriculture, and tackling social exclusion. This report shows that urban growth, which has increasingly outpaced growth in rural areas, has helped to reduce poverty for urban residents directly. In addition, evidence appears of a much stronger link from urban economic growth to rural poverty reduction. Stronger links with rural poverty are due to a more integrated economy. Urban areas are a demand hub for rural producers, as well as a source of employment for the rural labor force. They are aiding the transformation of the rural economy out of agriculture. In urban areas, it is small and medium-size towns, rather than large cities, that appear to demonstrate the strongest urban-rural growth links. Urban growth also stimulates rural-urban migration. But although some increase in such migration has occurred over time, migration levels in India remain relatively low compared to other countries.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2011-04-13
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE TERMS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER, ACCESS TO SERVICES, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL WAGE, AGRICULTURAL WAGE LABOR, AGRICULTURAL WAGES, ANNUAL GROWTH, ARID TROPICS, AVERAGE GROWTH, AVERAGE INCOMES, BASIC HEALTH, BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, BASIC SANITATION, CALORIC REQUIREMENTS, CATCHMENT AREA, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD NUTRITION, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, CONSUMPTION GROWTH, CONSUMPTION POVERTY, COUNTRY DATA, CURRENT POVERTY, CURRENT POVERTY SITUATION, DATA AVAILABILITY, DATA ISSUES, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING WORLD, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY, DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, DISAGGREGATED LEVEL, DISSEMINATION, DRINKING WATER, DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC REFORMS, ECONOMICS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, ELDERLY, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, ESTIMATES OF POVERTY, ESTIMATION METHOD, FAMILY HEALTH, FARM EMPLOYMENT, FEMALE PARTICIPATION, FERTILITY, FOOD EXPENDITURE, FOOD PREFERENCES, FOOD PRICES, GENDER INEQUALITY, GINI COEFFICIENT, GINI INDEX, GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH PROCESS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, HIGH POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, INADEQUATE FOOD, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME GROUPS, INCOME GROWTH, INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY DYNAMICS, INEQUALITY WILL, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LARGE CITIES, LEGAL STATUS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LITERACY RATES, LOW POVERTY RATE, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MALNUTRITION, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MEAN INCOMES, MEASURING POVERTY, MIGRATION, NATIONAL ACCOUNTS, NATIONAL COUNCIL, NUTRITION, NUTRITION OUTCOMES, PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLICY INSTRUMENT, POLICY MEASURES, POLICY RESEARCH, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POOR, POOR CHILDREN, POOR COMMUNITIES, POOR FAMILIES, POOR HEALTH, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR NUTRITION, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY DEBATE, POVERTY DECLINE, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MAP, POVERTY MAPPING, POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE, POVERTY MAPS, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY POVERTY, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCING, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY SITUATION, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRO-POOR, PROGRESS, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SECTOR, PURCHASING POWER, PURCHASING POWER PARITY, RAPID GROWTH, RATES OF GROWTH, REDUCING POVERTY, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, REDUCTION OF POVERTY, REMOTE AREAS, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL ECONOMY, RURAL EMPLOYMENT, RURAL FEMALE, RURAL GAP, RURAL GIRLS, RURAL GROWTH, RURAL HEALTH, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL INCOME, RURAL INEQUALITY, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL LABOR, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL POVERTY LEVELS, RURAL POVERTY LINE, RURAL POVERTY LINES, RURAL POVERTY RATES, RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION, RURAL PRODUCERS, RURAL TRANSFORMATION, RURAL WORKERS, RURAL WORKFORCE, SANITATION, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL CHILDREN, SCHOOLING, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SELF-EMPLOYMENT, SERVICE DELIVERY, SOCIAL GROUP, SOCIAL STATUS, SPATIAL DIFFERENCES, SQUARED POVERTY GAP, SQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEX, STANDARD DEVIATION, STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION, TARGETING, TRANSPORTATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION, URBAN AREAS, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, URBAN MIGRATION, URBAN POOR, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POVERTY, URBANIZATION, WAGE DIFFERENTIALS, WAGE EMPLOYMENT, WAGE GROWTH, WAGE PREMIUM, WELFARE INDICATORS, YOUNG MEN,
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