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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778063203321

Autore

Narayan Deepa

Titolo

Moving Out of Poverty, 3 [[electronic resource] ] : The Promise of Empowerment and Democracy in India

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : World Bank Publications, 2009

ISBN

1-282-11470-0

9786612114700

0-8213-7218-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (504 p.)

Disciplina

362.580954

Soggetti

Poverty -- Developing countries

Poverty -- India

Rural development -- India

Social mobility -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries

Social mobility -- Economic aspects -- India

Business & Economics

Economic History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Glossary; Map of India; 1 Moving Out of Poverty in India: An Overview; Figures; Tables; Boxes; 2 Assets Gained and Lost: Understanding Mobility through Life Stories; 3 Communities Where Poor People Prosper; 4 Caste Dynamics and Mobility in Uttar Pradesh; 5 People's Organizations and Poverty Escapes in Rural Andhra Pradesh; 6 Politics of the Middle Path: Agrarian Reform and Poverty Dynamics in West Bengal; 7 Who Benefits from Conflict? Some Evidence from Assam; Appendix 1 Technical Note on Household Regressions

Appendix 2 Data Collection MethodsAppendix 3 List of Variables for Household Regressions; Appendix 4 Weights for the PCA-Constructed Indexes, by State; Index

Sommario/riassunto

""To take birth as a poor man itself is a big punishment. We are facing many difficulties and there is none to support us. We cannot die also. ??



Our condition is like applying perfumed oil to mustache when there is no food to eat."" - Male focus group discussion, Appipuram, Andhra PradeshIndia has experienced accelerating growth in the last 10 years, yet millions of Indians remain mired in poverty. Why? Most books on growth and poverty reduction are dominated by the perspectives of policy makers and academic experts. Moving Out of Poverty: The Promise of Empowerment and Democracy in India bri