Economic Reforms and Poverty Alleviation in India
1st Edition
Published on 30. March 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-8039-9303-7 (ISBN)
Description
Following a severe balance of payments crisis, India launched a series of economic reforms in 1991. The essays in this volume present the latest information on the stabilization and structural adjustment measures introduced in India and their impact upon the balance of payments, growth, employment, inflation and poverty. In the light of data from these areas, the contributors examine issues including: differentials in urban and rural poverty; whether the rise in the incidence of poverty is an inevitable consequence of the reform process; and the role the state can play in the new order.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-9303-7 (9780803993037)
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Content
Introduction - C H Hanumantha Rao and Hans Linnemann
Structural Adjustment in India - Pieter A van Stuijvenberg
What about Poverty Alleviation?
Structural Adjustment and Poverty - Rolph van der Hoeven
Review of Experiences in the 1980s
India's Transition - Vijay Joshi
Progress, Problems and Prospects
Recent Economic Reforms in India and Their Impact on the Poor and Vulnerable Sections of Society - S P Gupta
New Initiatives for Poverty Alleviation in Rural India - Rohini Nayyar
New Economic Policy and Urban Poverty in India - Amitabh Kundu
The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Social Sector Expenditure - K Seeta Prabhu
Evidence from Indian States
India's Structural Adjustment and the Need for Institutional Reform - Kaushik Basu
Structural Adjustment in India - Pieter A van Stuijvenberg
What about Poverty Alleviation?
Structural Adjustment and Poverty - Rolph van der Hoeven
Review of Experiences in the 1980s
India's Transition - Vijay Joshi
Progress, Problems and Prospects
Recent Economic Reforms in India and Their Impact on the Poor and Vulnerable Sections of Society - S P Gupta
New Initiatives for Poverty Alleviation in Rural India - Rohini Nayyar
New Economic Policy and Urban Poverty in India - Amitabh Kundu
The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Social Sector Expenditure - K Seeta Prabhu
Evidence from Indian States
India's Structural Adjustment and the Need for Institutional Reform - Kaushik Basu