Macroeconomic crises and poverty monitoring : a case study for India (English)

This case study for India finds an explanation for the drop in average household consumption in rural areas occurring in the year after the 1991 stabilization program instigated to deal with a macroeconomic crisis. A number of factors contributed to falling average living standards, including inflation, a drop in agricultural yields, and contraction in the non-farm sector. The same factors resulted in high poverty measures, although there was also...

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Datt,Gaurav;

Ravallion,Martin;
Document Date
1996/11/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS1685
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Macroeconomic crises and poverty monitoring : a case study for India
Keywords
Poverty measures

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Datt,Gaurav; Ravallion,Martin.

Macroeconomic crises and poverty monitoring : a case study for India (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 1685 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/106821468750252740

Macroeconomic crises and poverty monitoring : a case study for India (English)

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