Trends and fluctuations in rural poverty in India: an explanatory framework and some conclusions

Ghose, Ajit Kumar,

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Examines rural poverty trends between 1950/51 and 1983/84. Finds that a rise in relative agricultural prices raises the incidence of rural poverty. Concludes that awarding price incentives to farmers to increase agricultural production is therefore not a desirable policy option.

Keywords: poverty; rural area; long term; trend; agricultural price; statistical table; pauvreté; zone rurale; long terme; tendance; pobreza; zona rural; largo plazo; tendencia; prix agricole; tableau statistique; precio agrícola; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 56 P. pages
Date: 1987
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 10-6, Rural Employment Policy Research Programme

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/1987/87B09_429_engl.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ilo:ilowps:992568173402676

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Vesa Sivunen ().