| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 471 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Moving out of poverty in India : an overview / Deepa Narayan, Binayak Sen, and Katy Hull -- Assets gained and lost : understanding mobility through life stories / Deepa Narayan, Denis Nikitin, and Brice Richard -- Communities where poor people prosper / Deepa Narayan, Patti Petesch, and Saumik Paul -- Caste dynamics and mobility in Uttar Pradesh / Soumya Kapoor, Deepa Narayan, Saumik Paul, and Nina Badgaiyan -- People's organizations and poverty escapes in rural Andhra Pradesh / Deepa Narayan, Giovanna Prennushi, and Soumya Kapoor -- Politics of the middle path : agrarian reform and poverty dynamics in West Bengal / Klaus Deininger, Deepa Narayan, and Binayak Sen -- Who benefits from conflict? : some evidence from Assam / Deepa Narayan, Binayak Sen, and Ashutosh Varshney |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Caste -- India.
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Migrant labor -- Developing countries -- Economic conditions
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Migrant labor -- India -- Economic conditions
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Poverty -- Developing countries
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Poverty -- India
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Rural development -- India.
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Social mobility -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
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Social mobility -- Economic aspects -- India
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
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Caste
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Migrant labor -- Economic aspects
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Poverty
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Rural development
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Fattigdom -- U-länder.
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Fattigdom -- Indien.
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Social rörlighet -- ekonomiska aspekter -- U-länder.
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Social rörlighet -- ekonomiska aspekter -- Indien.
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Kastväsen -- Indien.
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Arbetsmigration -- Indien.
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Arbetsmigration -- U-länder.
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Developing countries
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India
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Indien -- ekonomiska förhållanden.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Narayan-Parker, Deepa.
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| ISBN |
9780821372180 |
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0821372181 |
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