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Why Have Some Indian States Performed Better Than Others at Reducing Rural Poverty?

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  • Datt, Gaurav
  • Ravallion, Martin

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Rural poverty rankings of Indian states in 1990 were very different from 1960. This unevenness in progress allows us to study the causes of poverty in a developing rural economy. We model the evolution of various poverty measures, using pooled state-level data for the period 1957-91. Differences in trend rates of poverty reduction are attributed to differing growth rates of farm yield per acre, and differing initial conditions; states starting with better infrastructure and human resources saw significantly higher long-term rates of poverty reduction. Deviations from the trend are attributed to inflation (which hurt the poor in the short term) and shocks to farm and nonfarm output.

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  • Datt, Gaurav & Ravallion, Martin, 1997. "Why Have Some Indian States Performed Better Than Others at Reducing Rural Poverty?," FCND Discussion Papers 42664, CGIAR, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:fcnddp:42664
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.42664
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