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Is India's Economic Growth Leaving the Poor Behind?

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dc.contributor.authorDatt, Gaurav
dc.contributor.authorRavallion, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-05T17:39:52Z
dc.date.available2013-08-05T17:39:52Z
dc.date.issued2002-05
dc.description.abstractThere has been much debate about how much India's poor have shared in the economic growth unleashed by economic reforms in the 1990s. The authors argue that India has probably maintained its 1980s rate of poverty reduction in the 1990s. However, there is considerable diversity in performance across states. This holds some important clues for understanding why economic growth has not done more for India's poor. India's economic growth in the 1990s has not been occurring in the states where it would have the most impact on poverty nationally. If not for the sectoral and geographic imbalance of growth, the national rate of growth would have generated a rate of poverty reduction that was double India's historical trend rate. States with relatively low levels of initial rural development and human capital development were not well-suited to reduce poverty in response to economic growth. The study's results are consistent with the view that achieving higher aggregate economic growth is only one element of an effective strategy for poverty reduction in India. The sectoral and geographic composition of growth is also important, as is the need to redress existing inequalities in human resource development and between rural and urban areas.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/1796878/indias-economic-growth-leaving-poor-behind
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2846
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14798
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No.2846
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subjectABSOLUTE TERMS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL GROWTH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectANNUAL GROWTH
dc.subjectANNUAL GROWTH RATE
dc.subjectANNUAL RATE
dc.subjectAVERAGE CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectBASIC EDUCATION
dc.subjectCASE STUDY
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION GROWTH
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION MODULE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION MODULES
dc.subjectCOST OF LIVING
dc.subjectCOUNTRY REGRESSIONS
dc.subjectCRISES
dc.subjectDATA SOURCES
dc.subjectDECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectDEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT STUDIES
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT
dc.subjectDURABLE GOODS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORM
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORMS
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEFFECTIVE STRATEGY
dc.subjectELASTICITIES
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectERROR TERM
dc.subjectESTIMATION METHOD
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE SURVEY
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SERVICES
dc.subjectFIXED EFFECTS
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectGROWTH ELASTICITY
dc.subjectGROWTH PROCESS
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectHEADCOUNT INDEX
dc.subjectHIGH GROWTH
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD DATA
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCE
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME SHARE
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINFLATION
dc.subjectINFLATION RATE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLAGGED VALUES
dc.subjectLIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLOW FARM PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC REFORMS
dc.subjectMEAN CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectMEAN EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectMEASURING POVERTY
dc.subjectMICRO DATA
dc.subjectNATIONAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNET NATIONAL PRODUCT
dc.subject0 HYPOTHESIS
dc.subjectPOLICY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectPOLICY ISSUES
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPOVERTY IMPACT
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVEL
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MONITORING
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCING
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRICE INDEXES
dc.subjectPRIVATE CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPRO-POOR
dc.subjectPRO-POOR GROWTH
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subjectREDUCING POVERTY
dc.subjectRELATIVE PRICES
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectSAMPLE SURVEYS
dc.subjectSECTORAL COMPOSITION
dc.subjectSHARP REDUCTION
dc.subjectTHEORETICAL MODELS
dc.subjectUNDERDEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN POVERTY
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectWAGES ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORM
dc.subjectECONOMIC IMPACT
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHIC BALANCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
dc.titleIs India's Economic Growth Leaving the Poor Behind?en
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okr.crossref.titleIs India’s Economic Growth Leaving the Poor Behind?
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/1796878/indias-economic-growth-leaving-poor-behind
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.sectorSocial Protection
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Conditions and Volatility
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicServices and Transfers to Poor
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicGovernance::Governance Indicators
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
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