Why is Poverty Declining so Slowly in India?

Ashok Kotwal and Arka Roy Chaudhuri
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Arka Roy Chaudhuri: University of British Columbia

Chapter Chapter 6 in Development in India, 2016, pp 83-99 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Despite an impressive growth record, India’s poverty performance over the last two decades leaves something to be desired. During the high growth period of 1990–2005, the headcount ratios at both $1.25 and $2 levels have been declining more slowly in India than the LDC average and even more slowly than Sub Saharan Africa (Lenagala and Ram 2010). The goal of this paper is to explore why this might be so.

Keywords: Total Factor Productivity; Skilled Worker; Informal Sector; Consumption Expenditure; Unskilled Worker (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2541-6_6

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