Poverty estimates in India : some key issues. 6
By: Sharma, Savita. 4 0 16 [, ] | [, ] |
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Language: Unknown language code Summary language: Unknown language code Original language: Unknown language code Series: ERD Working Paper Series no. 51; Manila : Asian Development Bank, 200446Edition: Description: Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: ISSN: 2Other title: 6 []Uniform titles: | | Subject(s): -- 2 -- 0 -- -- | -- 2 -- 0 -- 6 -- | 2 0 -- | -- -- 20 -- | | -- -- India. Poverty -- -- 20 -- | -- -- -- 20 -- --Genre/Form: -- 2 -- Additional physical formats: DDC classification: | LOC classification: | | 2Other classification:| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ABSTRACT : The paper provides an overview of the methodologies used by the Indian Planning Commission in the past 30 years. Using the Planning Commission poverty line, the paper computes poverty and inequality indices from the large sample surveys of NSS consumer expenditure data and demonstrates that the intertemporal changes in the poverty ratio has been more influenced by the changes in per capita consumption rather than class distribution. Interpersonal inequality in the consumption distribution, measured by the Lorenz ratio, remained fairly stable for a pretty long period, but showed signs of decline recently. The paper dwells on the quality of data on private consumption obtained from the National Sample Surveys on household consumer expenditure vis- 56
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