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Inequality in India: A Survey of Recent Trends / Parthapratim Pal and Jayati Ghosh.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Pal, Parthapratim, author.
- Series:
- UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Working Papers, 2520-6656 ; no.45.
- UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Working Papers, 2520-6656 ; no.45
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic and Social Development.
- India.
- Local Subjects:
- Economic and Social Development.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : United Nations, 2007.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This paper analyses the nature and causes of the patterns of inequality and poverty in India. Since the economic liberalization in the early 1990s, the evidence suggests increasing inequality (in both spatial and vertical terms) as well as persistent poverty. The macroeconomic policies possibly responsible for these trends include-fiscal tightening, regressive tax policies and expenditure cuts; financial sector reform that reduced institutional credit flow to small producers and agriculturalists; liberalization of rules for foreign and domestic investment, leading to more regional imbalance and skewed investment patterns, and trade liberalization, which has affected livelihoods and employment generation.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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