Perspectives on poverty in India stylized facts from survey data. [electronic resource] : - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2011. - xx, 270 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview -- 1. Consumption poverty and growth -- 2. Urban growth and poverty in towns of different sizes -- 3. A casual transformation : the growing rural nonfarm sector -- 4. Beyond consumption poverty : nutrition, health, and education -- 5. Rising inequality : a cause for concern? -- 6. Social exclusion : who is being left behind?


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780821387283 (electronic bk.)




Poverty--India.


India--Economic conditions.
India--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

HC440.P6 / P47 2011

339.4/60954