Why have some Indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty?
Rural poverty rankings of Indian states in 1990 were very different from those of 1960. This unevenness in progress allows us to study the causes of poverty in a developing rural economy. We model the evolution of various poverty measures using pooled state‐level data for the period 1957–91. Differe...
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| author | Datt, Gaurav Ravallion, Martin |
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| description | Rural poverty rankings of Indian states in 1990 were very different from those of 1960. This unevenness in progress allows us to study the causes of poverty in a developing rural economy. We model the evolution of various poverty measures using pooled state‐level data for the period 1957–91. Differences in trend rates of poverty reduction are attributed to differing growth rates of farm yield per acre and differing initial conditions; states starting with better infrastructure and human resources saw significantly higher long‐term rates of poverty reduction. Deviations from trend are attributed to inflation (which hurt the poor in the short term) and shocks to farm and non‐farm output. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1717102025-02-19T13:59:56Z Why have some Indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty? Datt, Gaurav Ravallion, Martin poverty reduction poverty rural areas Rural poverty rankings of Indian states in 1990 were very different from those of 1960. This unevenness in progress allows us to study the causes of poverty in a developing rural economy. We model the evolution of various poverty measures using pooled state‐level data for the period 1957–91. Differences in trend rates of poverty reduction are attributed to differing growth rates of farm yield per acre and differing initial conditions; states starting with better infrastructure and human resources saw significantly higher long‐term rates of poverty reduction. Deviations from trend are attributed to inflation (which hurt the poor in the short term) and shocks to farm and non‐farm output. 1998-02 2025-01-29T12:58:36Z 2025-01-29T12:58:36Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171710 en Limited Access Wiley Datt, Gaurav; Ravallion, Martin. 1998-02. Why have some Indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty? Economica 65: 17-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0335.00112. |
| spellingShingle | poverty reduction poverty rural areas Datt, Gaurav Ravallion, Martin Why have some Indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty? |
| title | Why have some Indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty? |
| title_full | Why have some Indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty? |
| title_fullStr | Why have some Indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why have some Indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty? |
| title_short | Why have some Indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty? |
| title_sort | why have some indian states done better than others at reducing rural poverty |
| topic | poverty reduction poverty rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171710 |
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