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Poverty, Chronic Poverty and Poverty Dynamics : Policy Imperatives / edited by Aasha Kapur Mehta, Shashanka Bhide, Anand Kumar, Amita Shah

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: SpringerLink Bücher | Springer eBook CollectionPublisher: Singapore : Springer Singapore, 2018Description: Online-Ressource (XXIX, 254 p. 10 illus., 7 illus. in color, online resource)ISBN:
  • 9789811306778
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9789811306761 | Printed edition: 9789811306761 | Erscheint auch als: Poverty, chronic poverty and poverty dynamics. Druck-Ausgabe. Singapore : Springer Singapore, 2018. xxix, 254 SeitenDDC classification:
  • 338.9
LOC classification:
  • HD72-88
DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0677-8Online resources: Summary: This book discusses critical policy issues that need to be addressed if India wishes to achieve the SDG 1 based elusive goal of ending poverty in the country. In its nine chapters, it takes the readers through trends and estimates of poverty in India, explains changes in the way it has been measured over time and the factors that lead to persistence of poverty, draws attention to the fact that hunger is both a cause and an effect of poverty and has gender and age dimensions too. The book revisits strategies that were successful in addressing poverty emanating from situations of conflict, presents a discussion on migration as a critical coping mechanism among poor, analyses the links between ill health and poverty as well as education and poverty to draw attention to the policy imperatives that need attention. India’s report card on poverty remains dismal even though there is recognition of the importance of reducing or eliminating or ending it at both national and global levels. Despite rapid economic growth and improvement on a range of development indicators, an unacceptably high proportion of India’s population continues to suffer poverty in multiple dimensions. SDG 1 or “ending poverty in all its forms everywhere” cannot be achieved unless policies and poverty alleviation programmes understand and address chronic poverty and its dynamics. This requires that we estimate and understand the extent of poverty, the factors that lead to people getting stuck in it and the ways this can be addressed. It also requires understanding the dynamic nature of poverty or the fact that many of those who are poor are able to move out of poverty as well as the fact that many others who are not poor become impoverished. These are the issues that are comprehensively examined and addressed in this book. In addition to students, teachers and researchers in the areas of development, economic growth, equity and welfare, the book is also of great interest to policy makers, planners and non-government agencies who are concerned with understanding and addressing poverty-related issues in the developing countriesSummary: Introduction -- A review of the Dynamics of poverty -- Hunger, Undernutrition and Food Security in India -- Addressing Poverty and Conflict: A Gandhian initiative -- Changing Scenario of Migration and Poverty in India: Reflections and Issues -- Ill health and Entry into Poverty: What Has Worked, What Has Not and Why -- Education and Poverty -- Eliminating Poverty: Applying the Drivers, Maintainers, Interrupters FrameworkPPN: PPN: 1028030088Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-ECF | ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SXEF
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