Poverty and social exclusion in India

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818656803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-10010-X; 9786613100108; 0-8213-8733-2
• Descrizione fisica: xiii, 173 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 305.5/690954
• Soggetti: Poverty - India; Marginality, Social - India; India Economic conditions; India Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Overview; 2 Adivasis; 3 Dalits; 4 Women; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite India?s record of rapid economic growth and poverty reduction over recent decades,rising inequality in the country has been a subject of concern among policy makers,academics, and activists alike.Poverty and Social Exclusion in India focuses on social exclusion, which has its roots in India?shistorical divisions along lines of caste, tribe, and the excluded sex, that is, women. These inequalitiesare more structural in nature and have kept entire groups trapped, unable to take advantageof opportunities that economic growth offers. Culturally rooted systems perpetuate inequality, and,rat