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The Poverty Line : Oxford India Short Introductions
Author: S. Subramanian
ISBN: 9780198086086
Binding: Paper Back
Publishing Year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Number of Pages: 174
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About Book
The Oxford India Short Introductions are concise, stimulating, and accessible guides to different aspects of India. Combining authoritative analysis, new ideas, and diverse perspectives, they discuss subjects which are topical yet enduring, as also emerging areas of study and debate. Poverty alleviation and socio-economic equality have largely remained the prime focus of India's rapid growth-driven economic processes. This short introduction brings together systematic academic research on an area of extensive debate and divergence-the identification and specification of the poverty line. The book undertakes a nuanced analysis of: the measurement of poverty and its associated complexities the importance of a uniform poverty standard, and the major concerns posed by current policies the US and the World Bank approaches to poverty assessment the linkages between economic welfare policies and drawing the poverty line Through comparative theoretical approach and econometric analyses, it critically reviews and interprets the Indian experience of poverty estimation over the last fifty years; identifies the challenges; and suggests suitable policy interventions towards a more comprehensive approach.
About Author
S. Subramanian is Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies. He has published Rights, Deprivation, and Disparity: Essays in Concepts and Measurement (2006) and Poverty, Inequality, and Population: Essays in Development and Applied Measurement (2010) with OUP.
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