Poverty

Asian, African lawmakers tackle poverty

Lawmakers from Asian and African nations, along with some representatives of international institutes, said on Sunday that they would welcome more cooperation to help the poor, as poverty reduction

Publication Date: 
19/09/2016
China Daily
Tags:
Poverty, Asia, Africa, Sustainable Development, China, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Bangladesh, Kenya, Zambia, Cambodia
Economy

Employment-Unemployment Scenario among different Social Groups 2015-16

The households covered under this survey has been classified into four social groups, viz., Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Others category.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2016
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Tags:
Unemployment, Statistics, India, Poverty, Scheduled Castes, Anti-Poverty Programmes
Economy

Report on Fifth Annual Employment - Unemployment Survey (2015-16)

The experience of countries that succeeded in reducing poverty significantly indicates the importance of high rates of economic growth in achieving this.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2016
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Tags:
Unemployment, Statistics, India, Poverty, Workers, Women, Urban Habitat, Rural Habitat, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
Poverty

Mexico cuts poverty at a stroke – by changing the way it measures earnings

Mexico’s impoverished masses were up to 33.6% richer in 2015 than the previous year, according to the state-run statistics service.

Publication Date: 
19/07/2016
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Poverty, Mexico, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Economy
Poverty

China tackles poverty by resettling rural villagers

Chen Zeping and his wife have lived for decades in a rundown, brick-and-clay house in an impoverished village in mountainous Jinzhai county, eking out a living with odd jobs.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2016
China Daily
Tags:
Poverty, China, Rural Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes
Poverty

Zimbabwe: Govt Drafts Poverty Reduction Strategy

Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa said yesterday the Government is developing a two-year poverty reduction strategy whose focus has been limited to a few sectors due to la

Publication Date: 
24/06/2016
All Africa
Tags:
Poverty, Zimbabwe, Africa, Anti-Poverty Programmes
Poverty

China pulls 66 million rural people out of poverty in three years

BEIJING - The number of people living in poverty in rural areas was reduced by 66.63 million from 2012 to 2015, said a government report released on Tuesday.

Publication Date: 
15/06/2016
China Daily
Tags:
Poverty, China, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Budget, Relocation
Food Policy

Public provisioning for social protection and its implications for food security

Persistent hunger and pervasive malnutrition are serious problems in the developing world. Recent literature suggests that well-designed public policies towards provisioning of social protection/security and strengthening of support measures to smallholder agriculture appear to be effective in reducing hunger and malnutrition.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2016
Praveen Jha, Nilachala Acharya
Economic and Political Weekly
51
18
98-106
Tags:
Food Security, Malnutrition, India, Developing Countries, Food Supply, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Direct Cash Transfer
Poverty

Eliminating poverty: creating jobs and strengthening social programs

A taskforce set up by Niti Aayog on eliminating poverty released its report dealing in detail on how key government initiatives can contribute to uplift of poor, but stopped short of determining the poverty line as practised traditionally.

Publication Date: 
21/03/2016
NITI Aayog
Tags:
Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, India, Rural Poverty, Food Security, Nutrition, Mid-Day Meal Programme, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Public Distribution System (PDS)
Governance And Institutions

Restructuring of central grants - Balancing fiscal autonomy and fiscal space

What impact has the award of the Fourteenth Finance Commission had on the resources and spending of state governments? Does it necessarily have to lead to a decline in outlays in the social sector? An illustrative and preliminary exercise for Bihar.

Publication Date: 
06/02/2016
Pinaki Chakraborty
Economic and Political Weekly
51
6
15-19
Tags:
Political Decentralisation, Governance, Finance, Bihar, India, Poverty, Statistics, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Anti-Poverty Programmes

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