Moving out of poverty. Volume 3, The promise of empowerment and democracy in India / edited by Deepa Narayan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Narayan-Parker, Deepa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caste--India.

Caste.

Migrant labor--Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Migrant labor.

Migrant labor--India--Economic conditions.

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Poverty--India.

Rural development--India.

Rural development.

Social mobility--Economic aspects--Developing countries.

Social mobility.

Social mobility--Economic aspects--India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Promise of empowerment and democracy in India

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan ; Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""To take birth as a poor man itself is a big punishment. We are facing many difficulties and there is none to support us. We cannot die also. ?? Our condition is like applying perfumed oil to mustache when there is no food to eat."" - Male focus group discussion, Appipuram, Andhra PradeshIndia has experienced accelerating growth in the last 10 years, yet millions of Indians remain mired in poverty. Why? Most books on growth and poverty reduction are dominated by the perspectives of policy makers and academic experts. Moving Out of Poverty: The Promise of Empowerment and Democracy in India bri

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Glossary; Map of India; 1 Moving Out of Poverty in India: An Overview; Figures; Tables; Boxes; 2 Assets Gained and Lost: Understanding Mobility through Life Stories; 3 Communities Where Poor People Prosper; 4 Caste Dynamics and Mobility in Uttar Pradesh; 5 People's Organizations and Poverty Escapes in Rural Andhra Pradesh; 6 Politics of the Middle Path: Agrarian Reform and Poverty Dynamics in West Bengal; 7 Who Benefits from Conflict? Some Evidence from Assam; Appendix 1 Technical Note on Household Regressions

Appendix 2 Data Collection MethodsAppendix 3 List of Variables for Household Regressions; Appendix 4 Weights for the PCA-Constructed Indexes, by State; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-11470-0

9786612114700

0-8213-7218-1

OCLC:

567996646

Publisher Number:

10.1596/978-0-8213-7217-3