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Challenging Cultural Conventions : Qualitative Evidence from Jeevika (English)

In 2006, when the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project was launched, the state’s rural poverty ratio was 44.6 percent - 36 million of the total 82 million people in Bihar were living in poverty. Bihar is India’s third most populous state with 8 percent of the total population but ranks lowest on the human development index (HDI). Rural communities in the state are often beset by pervasive social inequalities and caste and gender hierarchies. Simultaneously...
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Pinto,Alreena Renita.

Challenging Cultural Conventions : Qualitative Evidence from Jeevika (English). South Asia Agriculture and Rural Growth Impact Note|no. 5 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/528581571807217865

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