Poverty, Chronic Poverty and Poverty Dynamics Policy Imperatives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mehta, Aasha Kapur (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bhide, Shashanka (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kumar, Anand (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shah, Amita (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Development economics.; Economic development.; Social change.; Economic policy.; Welfare economics.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Development Economics.; Development and Social Change.; Development Policy.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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 Framework.