Income-Poverty And Beyond
Human Development in India
Published on 1. July 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-1-84331-005-1 (ISBN)
Description
'Income Poverty and Beyond' emphasizes the need to go beyond the conventional definition of poverty and look at the various human aspects of the problem. Special care has been taken to make the information and analysis accessible to the general reader.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
60+ tables and figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
383 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84331-005-1 (9781843310051)
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Persons
Raja J. Chelliah is Professor Emeritus, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, and Chairperson, Madras School of Economics.
R. Sudarshan is Senior Economist and Assistant Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme, India. He heads the Public Policy Division at UNDP, New Delhi.
R. Sudarshan is Senior Economist and Assistant Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme, India. He heads the Public Policy Division at UNDP, New Delhi.
Content
Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Abbreviations; Income-poverty in India; Trends in Income-poverty in India; Human Development Profile of Rural India; Food Security and the Poor; Current National Policies, Strategies and Programmes with an Impact on Poverty; Dimensions and Measures of Human Poverty; Expenditure of Human Development and Public Provisioning for Poverty Alleviation; People's Own Perception and Assessment of Poverty; Epilogue; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index