Longstanding development issues are revisited in the light of a newly-constructed data set of poverty measures for India spanning 60 years, including 20 years since reforms began in earnest in 1991. The study finds a downward trend in poverty measures since 1970, with an acceleration post-1991, despite rising inequality. Faster poverty decline came with higher growth and a more pro-poor pattern of growth. Post-1991 data suggest stronger inter-sectoral linkages: urban consumption growth brought gains to the rural as well as the urban poor, and the primary-secondary-tertiary composition of growth has ceased to matter, as all three sectors contributed to poverty reduction.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/growth-urbanization-and-poverty-reduction-india
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/gaurav-datt
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/martin-ravallion
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rinku-murgai
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/world-bank
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poverty
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urbanisation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/economic-development
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
