This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that regardless of which of the two official poverty lines the authors use, they see a steady decline in poverty in all states and for all social and religious groups. Accelerated growth between fiscal years 2004–2005 and 2009-2010 also led to an accelerated decline in poverty rates. Moreover, the decline in poverty rates during these years has been sharper for the socially disadvantaged...
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2015/01/01
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Journal Article
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2015/03/28
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The development impact of a best practice seasonal worker policy
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Attrition
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Mukim,Megha; Panagariya,Arvind.
A comprehensive analysis of poverty in India (Vol. 2 of 2) : The development impact of a best practice seasonal worker policy (English). Author accepted manuscript Washington, DC ; World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/556801528727913116