Growth, Urbanization, and Poverty Reduction in India

Datt, Gaurav ; Ravallion, Martin ; Murgai, Rinku

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION;    GROWTH RATES;    POVERTY POVERTY;    AGRICULTURAL GROWTH;    CAPITA INCOME;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7568
RP-ID  :  WPS7568

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Longstanding development issues arerevisited in the light of a newly-constructed data set ofpoverty measures for India spanning 60 years, including 20years since reforms began in earnest in 1991. The studyfinds a downward trend in poverty measures since 1970, withan acceleration post-1991, despite rising inequality. Fasterpoverty decline came with higher growth and a more pro-poorpattern of growth. Post-1991 data suggest strongerinter-sectoral linkages: urban consumption growth broughtgains to the rural as well as the urban poor, and theprimary-secondary-tertiary composition of growth has ceasedto matter, as all three sectors contributed to poverty reduction.