Author: R Radhakrishna
Shovan Ray/
Editor(s): R Radhakrishna / Shovan Ray
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 185
ISBN/UPC (if available): 019567513-4
Description
Poverty reduction has been a major goal of development policy in India sinc3e independence. Focusing on poverty as a product of livelihood systems and the sociological and economic forces that shape them, this handbook argues that multidimensional interventions such as land rights, bargaining power for improved wage, health care, micro-finance, and social security are needed for accelerating poverty reduction.
While providing a historical account of the incidences, trends and determinants of poverty, the handbook analyses:
major policies and programmes in the post-reform period that include land reforms, self-employment, and public distribution systems
important legislative and other initiatives taken by the government
institutional interventions such as employment security, relief measures, food security, land reforms that focus on strengthening the base of the poor, furthering human development, and empowering vulnerable groups
public expenditure on social services and poverty alleviation programmes
rural banking and micro-credit operations
Showcasing the work of some of the foremost scholars in development economics and focusing on key social issues in the ;post-reform ear, this handbook is required reading for students, policy planners, and researchers of development.
It will also be a valuable guide for sociologists, activists, and aid agencies working on social and economic development. It is highly recommended for parliamentarians at the centre and at the state capitals for informed debates on policy options for poverty reduction in India.
Contents
Tables, Figures, and Boxes
Abbreviations
Contributors
Introduction
Poverty Trends in India
Programmes and Policies for Poverty Alleviation
Institutional Interventions
Public Expenditure and Poverty Alleviation:
Trend and Cost Effectiveness of Social Services
and Poverty Alleviation Programmes
Credit Flows to the Poor:
Vulnerable Sections, Sectors, and Regions of the Indian Economy
A Review
NGOs and CBOs in Poverty Alleviation
Social Mobilization, Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation
Epilogue
References
Index