Moving Out of Poverty, 3 [[electronic resource] ] : The Promise of Empowerment and Democracy in India
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| Autore: |
Narayan Deepa
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| Titolo: |
Moving Out of Poverty, 3 [[electronic resource] ] : The Promise of Empowerment and Democracy in India
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, : World Bank Publications, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (504 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.580954 |
| Soggetto topico: | Poverty -- Developing countries |
| Poverty -- India | |
| Rural development -- India | |
| Social mobility -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries | |
| Social mobility -- Economic aspects -- India | |
| Business & Economics | |
| Economic History | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | PeteschPatti |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Moving Out of Poverty, 3 |
| ISBN: | 1-282-11470-0 |
| 9786612114700 | |
| 0-8213-7218-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455044603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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