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 hu...

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topic 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
spellingShingle 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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Perspectives on Poverty in India : Stylized Facts from Survey Data
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description 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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title Perspectives on Poverty in India : Stylized Facts from Survey Data
title_short Perspectives on Poverty in India : Stylized Facts from Survey Data
title_full Perspectives on Poverty in India : Stylized Facts from Survey Data
title_fullStr Perspectives on Poverty in India : Stylized Facts from Survey Data
title_full_unstemmed Perspectives on Poverty in India : Stylized Facts from Survey Data
title_sort perspectives on poverty in india : stylized facts from survey data
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
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spelling okr-10986-22992021-04-23T14:02:01Z Perspectives on Poverty in India : Stylized Facts from Survey Data World Bank 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 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. 2012-03-19T09:03:36Z 2012-03-19T09:03:36Z 2011-04-13 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20110505044659 978-0-8213-8689-7 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2299 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia South Asia Asia India