How important to India's poor is the sectoral composition of economic growth? (English)

Using a new series of consistent, consumption-based poverty measures spanning forty years, the author assess how much India's poor shared in the country's economic growth, taking into account its urban-rural and output composition. Rural consumption growth reduced poverty in both rural and urban areas. Urban growth brought some benefits to the urban poor, but had no impact on rural poverty. And rural-to-urban population shifts had no significant impact...

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Datt, Gaurav;

Ravallion, Martin;
Document Date
1996/01/01
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
77112
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2013/05/14
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
How important to India's poor is the sectoral composition of economic growth?
Keywords
tertiary sector

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Datt, Gaurav; Ravallion, Martin.

How important to India's poor is the sectoral composition of economic growth? (English). Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/336551468269114485

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