02575nam 2200577 a 450 991045686250332120200520144314.01-283-10009-697866131000920-8213-8728-6(CKB)2550000000035237(EBL)718847(OCoLC)728690248(SSID)ssj0000524778(PQKBManifestationID)12200067(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524778(PQKBWorkID)10485198(PQKB)11782384(MiAaPQ)EBC718847(Au-PeEL)EBL718847(CaPaEBR)ebr10468645(CaONFJC)MIL310009(EXLCZ)99255000000003523720110304d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPerspectives on poverty in India[electronic resource] stylized facts from survey dataWashington, D.C. World Bankc20111 online resource (296 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-8689-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Overview -- 1. Consumption poverty and growth -- 2. Urban growth and poverty in towns of different sizes -- 3. A casual transformation : the growing rural nonfarm sector -- 4. Beyond consumption poverty : nutrition, health, and education -- 5. Rising inequality : a cause for concern? -- 6. Social exclusion : who is being left behind? The book examines India's experience with poverty reduction in a period of rapid economic growth. Marshalling evidence from multiple sources of survey data and drawing on new methods, the book asks how India's structural transformation - from rural to urban, and from agriculture to nonfarm sectors - is impacting poverty. Our analysis suggests that since the early 1990's, urban growth has emerged as a much more important driver of poverty reduction than in the past. We focus in particular on the role of small and medium size conurbations in India, both as the urban sub-sector in which urban povertyPovertyIndiaIndiaEconomic conditionsIndiaSocial conditionsElectronic books.Poverty339.4/60954World Bank.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456862503321Perspectives on poverty in India2487870UNINA