About this title: Focusing on the nature and politics of chronic poverty in India, 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. Among other concerns the book explores: the phenomenon of chronic poverty among rural casual labourers; the effect of involuntary displacement and relocation on marginal groups that are chronically poor; the opportunities afforded by technology for empowerment of the poor and the underprivileged; and possible ...
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Description: New. The study is a major change from earlier analyses of poverty which tended to look at the poor as an undifferentiated mass.......The compilation touches almost all aspects of chronic poverty in India starting from quantification of the chronic poor to policy level discussiosn on chronic poverty. ISBN: 9780761934646. read more
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Description: Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. This volume discusses the extent, location, and severity of chronic poverty in India and suggests poverty reduction policies from that perspective. Based on new research, the contributors analyze both original and secondary data to demonstrate that a significant proportion of India? ? 's population is chronically poor. By weaving together ... read more
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Sage, New Delhi
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9788178296142ISBN:8178296144
Description: New. pp. 412. As New. Contents Preface. 1. Chronic poverty in India an introduction/Andrew Shepherd and Aasha Kapur Mehta. 2. Correlates of incidence and exit from chronic poverty in rural India evidence from panel data/Shashanka Bhide and Aasha Kapur Mehta. 3. Rural casual labourers wages and poverty 1983 to 1999 2000/Sheila Bhalla Anup K. Karan and T. Shobha. 4. Extreme and chronic poverty and malnutrition in India incidence and determinants/R. Radhakrishna K. Hanumantha Rao C. Ravi and B. ... read more
Description: PLEASE NOTE that we do not offer expedited shipping. Orders placed with the priority shipping option will automatically be canceled. This volume discusses the extent, location, and severity of chronic poverty in India and suggests poverty reduction policies from that perspective. Based on new research, the contributors analyze both original and secondary data to demonstrate that a significant proportion of India? ? 's population is chronically poor. By weaving together qualitative and ... read more
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