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Why is Poverty Declining so Slowly in India?

In: Development in India

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  • Ashok Kotwal

    (University of British Columbia)

  • Arka Roy Chaudhuri

    (University of British Columbia)

Abstract

Despite an impressive growth record, India’s poverty performance over the last two decades leaves something to be desired. During the high growth period of 1990–2005, the headcount ratios at both $1.25 and $2 levels have been declining more slowly in India than the LDC average and even more slowly than Sub Saharan Africa (Lenagala and Ram 2010). The goal of this paper is to explore why this might be so.

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  • Ashok Kotwal & Arka Roy Chaudhuri, 2016. "Why is Poverty Declining so Slowly in India?," India Studies in Business and Economics, in: S. Mahendra Dev & P.G. Babu (ed.), Development in India, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 83-99, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isbchp:978-81-322-2541-6_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2541-6_6
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    1. Priyabrata Sahoo & Debolina Biswas & Saswata Guha Thakurata, 2023. "Is Growth Pro-poor Among the States of India? A Poverty Decomposition Exercise During the 2000s," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 165(1), pages 107-133, January.

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