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Education, Poverty and Sustainable Livelihoods in Tamil Nadu: Inequalities, opportunities and constraints

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  • Ron Ayres
  • Manuela Torrijos Simon

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Education has the potential to enable people to enhance their capabilities and functionings and can contribute to the achievement of sustainable livelihoods. The evidence for rural Tamil Nadu indicates a complex relationship between education and poverty. Educational attainment is strongly correlated with gender and caste and this study reveals that educational exclusion is related to a range of economic, spatial, institutional, social and cultural structures and processes. Statistical correlations, however, provide only partial insight into a complex problem. This study highlights the importance of the underlying conditions of life, the existential realities of different socio-economic groups and the contradictions and tensions families face in making decisions about education. Entitlements and livelihood opportunities need to be analysed holistically and the paper concludes with an assessment of the role of education in poverty alleviation and a number of policy suggestions.

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  • Ron Ayres & Manuela Torrijos Simon, 2003. "Education, Poverty and Sustainable Livelihoods in Tamil Nadu: Inequalities, opportunities and constraints," Review of Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(2), pages 211-229.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revpoe:v:15:y:2003:i:2:p:211-229
    DOI: 10.1080/0953825032000064896
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    1. Luke, Nancy & Munshi, Kaivan, 2007. "Social affiliation and the demand for health services: Caste and child health in South India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(2), pages 256-279, July.

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