Datt, GauravRavallion, MartinMurgai, Rinku2016-03-092016-03-092016-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23896Longstanding development issues are revisited in the light of a newly-constructed data set of poverty measures for India spanning 60 years, including 20 years since reforms began in earnest in 1991. The study finds a downward trend in poverty measures since 1970, with an acceleration post-1991, despite rising inequality. Faster poverty decline came with higher growth and a more pro-poor pattern of growth. Post-1991 data suggest stronger inter-sectoral linkages: urban consumption growth brought gains to the rural as well as the urban poor, and the primary-secondary-tertiary composition of growth has ceased to matter, as all three sectors contributed to poverty reduction.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONGROWTH RATESPOVERTY POVERTYAGRICULTURAL GROWTHCAPITA INCOMEPOVERTY LINEIMPACT ON POVERTYRURAL INEQUALITYECONOMIC GROWTHSIGNIFICANT EFFECTNATIONAL ACCOUNTSURBAN GROWTHSQUARED POVERTY GAPPOVERTY LEVELSPRO- POORGROWTH ELASTICITYECONOMIC LITERATUREINCOMEURBAN POVERTYPOVERTY INDICESPOVERTY RATESFARM PRODUCTIVITYREDUCED INEQUALITYLABOR FORCEDEVELOPING COUNTRIESPOVERTY CHANGESPOST-REFORMRURAL PRICE INDICESPUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURENATIONAL POVERTYPOOR PEOPLERURAL LABORPOVERTY GAP INDEXDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTSDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTINDEPENDENT VARIABLECONSUMPTION GROWTHGLOBAL POVERTYRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POORMEASURESRURAL SECTORSPOVERTY MEASURES0 HYPOTHESISPOVERTY REDUCTIONPER CAPITA INCOMESPRO-POORPOVERTY DECLINERURAL POPULATIONSPOVERTY DEBATEABSOLUTE VALUERISING DEMANDMEASURING POVERTYPER CAPITA INCOMEDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY REDUCINGGROWTH EFFECTINCOME GROWTHPOVERTY CHANGEINEQUALITY MEASURESINCOME INEQUALITYGINI INDEXPOVERTY INCIDENCERURAL POVERTY DECLINEINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINEPOLICY ISSUESCAPITA INCOMESHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSSIGNIFICANT IMPACTECONOMIC REFORMSPOOR GROWTHOUTPUT GROWTHPOVERTY IMPACT OF GROWTHURBAN WORKERSECONOMIC REFORMFOOD ITEMSINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTUNEMPLOYMENTPOVERTY LINESRURAL HEADCOUNTANNUAL CHANGEPOVERTY DATACUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTIONPOPULATION SHARERURAL SECTORPOVERTY MEASUREPOVERTY MEASUREMENTHIGHER INEQUALITYDEPENDENT VARIABLEDISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGESDISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONSTRUCTURAL BREAKRURAL GROWTHERROR TERMSPOOR COUNTRIESRURAL ECONOMIC GROWTHDEVELOPING WORLDRURAL POVERTYINCOME DISTRIBUTIONURBAN AREASABSOLUTE POVERTYAGRICULTURAL SECTORRURAL ECONOMYRURAL PRICESAGGREGATE OUTPUTRURALPOVERTY POVERTYRURAL WORKERSERROR TERMDISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGEURBAN POORECONOMICSSKILLED LABORSECTORAL COMPOSITIONCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTRURAL RESIDENTSCONSUMPTION SMOOTHINGPOST- REFORMGROWTH RATERURAL AREASPOVERTYINEQUALITY WILLHEADCOUNT POVERTYABSOLUTE TERMSINCIDENCE OF POVERTYHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONPOOR LIVINGPRO-POOR GROWTHPOLICY RESEARCHRAPID GROWTHPOVERTY RATEPOORNON-INCOME” DIMENSIONSPOVERTY IMPACTDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPLICATIONSSQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEXDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSUNSKILLED LABORGROWTH PROCESSRURAL POVERTY REDUCTIONRURAL HEADCOUNTHOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDSDEVELOPMENT POLICYINEQUALITYGROWTHWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-7568