Poverty and Gender Analysis: Evidences from a Village-based Study of Uttarakhand Hill Region

Ishwar Awasthi () and Dev Nathan ()
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Ishwar Awasthi: Giri Institute of Development Studies, Postal: Sector-O, Aliganj Housing Scheme, Adjacent to CMS, Aliganj, Lucknow-226024 (Uttar Pradesh)
Dev Nathan: Institute for Human Development, Postal: IIPA Complex, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-110002

Journal of Regional Development and Planning, 2016, vol. 5, issue 1, 87-100

Abstract: This paper explores poverty and gender analysis in the hill state of Uttarakhand from the perspective of mountain specificities that are interrelated and have direct bearing on the bio-physical and socio-economic aspects of mountain life. The paper through a study carried out in 12 villages helps in understanding the causes and consequences of poverty and vulnerability based on altitude and remoteness and analyses the position of rural women and the factors that result in their being disadvantaged and vulnerable. The paper clearly demonstrates that both altitude and location have an impact on poverty, livelihoods and gender relations. The village study provides intensive information about the nature of the problem by various disaggregates which often large surveys do not provide. The study makes an attempt to capture the ground reality from the field and presents the findings, which may prove useful for policy interventions in the study areas and similar regions.

Keywords: Mountain specificities; Livelihoods and gender relations; Female drudgery; Poverty; Vulnerability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 I32 I38 J16 R10 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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