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Poverty alleviation and economic reforms in India

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  • Eckhard Siggel

    (Department of Economics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)

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The article first surveys the debate about poverty measurement and recent poverty alleviation in India by focusing on the main contributions. The question of whether the economic reforms of the 1990s have accelerated or delayed poverty reduction, or possibly contributed to increased poverty, is addressed by using the state-level computations of the Human Development Index (HDI). It is shown that the HDI of the leading and lagging states converge and that the convergence accelerated in the 1990s. A functional relationship between the poverty index and the HDI is established and used to project the debated end-of-1990s poverty head count. The result confirms a slow-down in poverty reduction in the post-reform period.

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  • Eckhard Siggel, 2010. "Poverty alleviation and economic reforms in India," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 10(3), pages 247-259, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:prodev:v:10:y:2010:i:3:p:247-259
    DOI: 10.1177/146499340901000304
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    1. Angus Deaton and Jean Drèze & Jean Drèze, 2002. "Poverty and Inequality in India: A Reexamination," Working papers 107, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
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