This paper analyzes the determinants of rural poverty in India, contrasting the situation of the Scheduled Caste (SC …) and Schedule Tribe (ST) households with the non-scheduled population. The incidence of poverty among SC and ST households … in the poverty rates between the scheduled castes (or tribes) and non-scheduled households into a part explained by the …

Uncertainty and unpredictability faced by low-income households increase their vulnerability making poverty even more … unbearable. India¡¦s National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)-initiated Self-Help Group (SHG) program, which … as a way of combating poverty. This paper investigates whether or not SHG participation results in reducing poverty and …

Minister of India, is only one of the forms that CBHI can take. While analysing the proposed scheme, we examine alternate forms … paper we also explore how insurance sector reforms alter health insurance prospects facing the poor in India, and what …. We conclude that in diverse settings of India all forms of CBHI have a role to play and therefore need to be encouraged …

This study aims at examining the impact of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on human development and poverty reduction in … India. It identifies three channels through which SEZs address these issues: employment generation, skill formation (human … study examines the sectoral and economic composition of SEZ activities in India. It finds that labour intensive, skill …

of recipients. I then discuss empirical work on the effects of the EITC on poverty and income distribution, and its …

positive average effects on employment, earnings, and income, and generally negative effects on poverty rates, although the …

1990 and the effects on poverty. To produce comparability between two household surveys, they use survey matching … significant decrease in the poverty headcount over the period and small but insignificant decreases in the country's extremely … high levels of inequality. Decomposition analysis shows that poverty reduction in Namibia is largely driven by growth in …