Perspectives on poverty in India : stylized facts from survey data / The World Bank.

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The World Bank

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World Bank

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2011.Description: xx, 270 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780821386897 (pbk.)

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339.460954 PER 23 001010

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Table of contents

Contents:

India's Poverty Challenge Poverty on the Decline City Size Matters: Urban Growth and Poverty A Casual Transformation: Rural Nonfarm Employment Beyond Consumption: Toward Health and Education for All, Haltingly Rising Inequality: Cause for Concern? Social Exclusion: Who Is Being Left Behind? Concluding Remarks Notes References 1.Consumption Poverty and Growth Consumption Poverty: Trends and Patterns Has Poverty Become Less Responsive to Economic Growth? Changing Drivers of Poverty Reduction Thinking beyond the "Official" Poor 2.Urban Growth and Poverty in Towns of Different Sizes Introduction Trends at the National and the State Level Poverty in Towns of Different Sizes Urban Agglomeration and Poverty Reduction Urban Growth Is a Source of Rural Poverty Reduction Implications for Policy Contents note continued: 3.A Casual Transformation: The Growing Rural Nonfarm Sector India's Rural Transformation: In Slow Motion but Picking Up Speed The Casualization of Nonfarm Work Who Gets What Job? Does Nonfarm Employment Reach the Poor? The Impact of the Nonfarm Sector on Rural Poverty: A Regression Analysis Why Isn't the Nonfarm Sector Growing Faster? 4.Beyond Consumption Poverty: Nutrition, Health, and Education Nutrition Outcomes: Short, Thin, and Wasted Health Outcomes: Better but Not Well Education Outcomes: In School, but Not Learning Very Much The Need for Systemic Reform 5.Rising Inequality: A Cause for Concern? Inequality Dynamics at the All-India Level Inequality at the Local Level in Three States The Structure of Indian Inequality 6.Social Exclusion: Who Is Being Left Behind? Exclusion by Caste Exclusion by Tribal Identity Contents note continued: Exclusion by Gender Epilogue Notes.

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Includes bibliographical references.

India's Poverty Challenge
Poverty on the Decline
City Size Matters: Urban Growth and Poverty
A Casual Transformation: Rural Nonfarm Employment
Beyond Consumption: Toward Health and Education for All, Haltingly
Rising Inequality: Cause for Concern?
Social Exclusion: Who Is Being Left Behind?
Concluding Remarks
Notes
References
1.Consumption Poverty and Growth
Consumption Poverty: Trends and Patterns
Has Poverty Become Less Responsive to Economic Growth?
Changing Drivers of Poverty Reduction
Thinking beyond the "Official" Poor
2.Urban Growth and Poverty in Towns of Different Sizes
Introduction
Trends at the National and the State Level
Poverty in Towns of Different Sizes
Urban Agglomeration and Poverty Reduction
Urban Growth Is a Source of Rural Poverty Reduction
Implications for Policy
Contents note continued: 3.A Casual Transformation: The Growing Rural Nonfarm Sector
India's Rural Transformation: In Slow Motion but Picking Up Speed
The Casualization of Nonfarm Work
Who Gets What Job? Does Nonfarm Employment Reach the Poor?
The Impact of the Nonfarm Sector on Rural Poverty: A Regression Analysis
Why Isn't the Nonfarm Sector Growing Faster?
4.Beyond Consumption Poverty: Nutrition, Health, and Education
Nutrition Outcomes: Short, Thin, and Wasted
Health Outcomes: Better but Not Well
Education Outcomes: In School, but Not Learning Very Much
The Need for Systemic Reform
5.Rising Inequality: A Cause for Concern?
Inequality Dynamics at the All-India Level
Inequality at the Local Level in Three States
The Structure of Indian Inequality
6.Social Exclusion: Who Is Being Left Behind?
Exclusion by Caste
Exclusion by Tribal Identity
Contents note continued: Exclusion by Gender
Epilogue
Notes.

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