LEADER 02987oam 22007455 450 001 9910963531403321 005 20240514020217.0 010 $a9786613100092 010 $a9781283100090 010 $a1283100096 010 $a9780821387283 010 $a0821387286 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-8689-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000035237 035 $a(EBL)718847 035 $a(OCoLC)728690248 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000524778 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12200067 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524778 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10485198 035 $a(PQKB)11782384 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC718847 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL718847 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468645 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL310009 035 $a(The World Bank)2011009317 035 $a(US-djbf)16677251 035 $a(Perlego)1483989 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000035237 100 $a20110304d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aPerspectives on poverty in India : $estylized facts from survey data 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$d[2011] 210 4$dcopyright 2011. 215 $axx, 270 pages $cillustrations ;$d23 cm 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780821386897 311 08$a0821386891 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aOverview -- 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? 330 $aThe book examines India's experience with poverty reduction in a period of rapid economic growth. Marshalling evidence from multiple sources of survey data and drawing on new methods, the book asks how India's structural transformation - from rural to urban, and from agriculture to nonfarm sectors - is impacting poverty. Our analysis suggests that since the early 1990's, urban growth has emerged as a much more important driver of poverty reduction than in the past. We focus in particular on the role of small and medium size conurbations in India, both as the urban sub-sector in which urban poverty 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aPoverty$zIndia 607 $aIndia$xEconomic conditions 607 $aIndia$xSocial conditions 615 0$aPoverty 676 $a339.4/60954 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bYDX 801 2$bBTCTA 801 2$bYDXCP 801 2$bCDX 801 2$bBWX 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963531403321 996 $aPerspectives on poverty in India$94356086 997 $aUNINA