POVERTY IN INDIA: REGIONAL ESTIMATES, 1987-8

Jean Dreze and P.V. Srinivasan
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Jean Dreze: Delhi School of Economics
P.V. Srinivasan: Delhi School of Economics

No 36, Working papers from Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics

Abstract: This paper presents estimates of rural and urban poverty and inequality for the 61 constituent "regions" of India's 16 major states in 1987-88, based on National Sample Survey data. The estimates are also used for preliminary investigation of selected issues, including the regional patterns of poverty decline since 1972-3, the hypothesis of interregional "convergence" in poverty levels, the evolution of intra-regional and inter-regional inequality in consumer expenditure, and the relationship between poverty decline and regional characteristics.

Pages: 25 pages
Date: 1996-02
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