Chronic Poverty and Development Policy in India

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"In a lucid and thoughtful essay Swaminathan the role that technological progress can play in improving food security in India. This is an invaluable contribution in that it goes beyond the purely technological aspects of the problem to analyze the societal and institutional reforms necessary to sustain food security. The book is an important contribution to our understanding of chronic poverty and should be read those interested in the topic." -- Raghbendra Jha [The book] is a multifaceted intellectual masterpiece that discovers various issues confined to the chronic poverty in India-the nature and magnitude; the politics; the spatial aspects; and finally, the issue of food security, agriculture and safety nets... this is an innovative and thought-provoking textbook that caries enough substance for students, researchers, policymakers and development practitioners alike who are committed to working on chronic poverty in third world countries in general and India in particular. -- Asian Journal of Social Sciences This volume is of immense value and addresses key policy issues from an entirely fresh perspective. These researchers illustrate how to go about mapping of rural context for checking the relevance development interventions that could reach the chronic poor. -- Indian Journal of agricultural Economics By addressing (chronic) poverty issues from a new perspective, this book draws special attention to people living in long lasting and severe poverty who tend to have been neglected, taken advantage of, or been less salient in the political debate. Special attention is also necessary because unless the problems of chronic poverty, not just of poverty, are properly addressed, international and national poverty reduction goals will not be met -- Book reviews The book is a very comprehensive and relevant for researchers and policy makers. It gives an in-depth account of chronic poverty and various development policies in India, and provides some useful suggestions and policy recommendations to tackle the various dimensions of poverty. This book should serve as an important resource as it provides a wealth of information about existing persistent poverty situation in India... -- South Asia Economic Journal