Reducing Poverty and Inequality in India: Has Liberalization Helped?

Raghbendra Jha

Research Paper from World Institute for Development Economics Research

Abstract: This study examines the empirical relationship among inequality, poverty and economic growth in India. Using data on consumption from the 13th to the 53rd Rounds of the National Sample Survey, the author computes, for both rural and urban sectors, the Gini coefficient and three popular measures of poverty.

Keywords: POVERTY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; CONSUMPTION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2000
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