The State of India’s Urban Poverty

Over the last two decades, the incidence of poverty has declined in India. Indeed, using the official data on poverty incidence without any form of adjustment, the decline would appear to be dramatic, with the headcount index dropping from 51.5 per cent in 1972/73 to 29.9 per cent in 1987/88, and th...

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Autor principal: Om Prakash Mathur
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: World Scientific Publishing 1994-01-01
Colecção:Asian Development Review
Acesso em linha:https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0116110594000023