Title: Handbook of poverty in India : perspectives, policies, and programmes
Abstract: POVERTY TRENDS IN INDIA: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. TRENDS IN POVERTY, 3. PROFILES OF THE POOR, 4. MALNUTRITION, 5. THE EMERGING SCENARIO II. PROGRAMMES AND POLICIES FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. OVERVIEW OF TARGETED POVERTY PROGRAMMES AND THEIR IMPACT OF THE POOR, 3. GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES TO STRENGTHEN PAPS III. INSTITUTIONAL INTERVENTIONS: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. THE PROCESS OF POVERTY REDUCTION: PHASES AND THEIR INSTITUTIONAL ATTRIBUTES, 3. PHASE I: INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, PHASE II. PROMOTION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, PHASE III. TOWARDS EMPOWERMENT, CONCLUDING REMARKS IV: PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON SOCIAL SERVICES AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMES, 3. TRENDS IN SOCIAL SECTOR EXPENDITURES, 4. COST EFFECTIVENESS NAD EFFICACY IN MACROPERSPECTIVE, 5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION V. CREDIT FLOWS TO THE POOR: 1. HIERARCHY OF CREDIT PROGRAMMES TO TARGET VULNERABLE CROPS, 2. MACROCREDIT PROGRAMMES AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 3. D ISTRIBUTION OF BANK CREDITIN FAVOUR OF SMALL BORROWERS AND VARIOUS VULNERABLE GROUPS, 4. MICROCREDIT MOVEMENT IN INDIA VI. NGOS AND CBOS IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION: 1. NGOS AND GOVERNANCE, 2. NGOS IN MICROFINANCE, 3. CREDIT AND SELF-HELP GROUPS, 4. PARTNERSHIP IN GOVERNMENT AND NGOS/CBOS , EMPOWERMENT, VII. SOCIAL MOBILIZATION AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. INTERVENTIONS AND FIELD EVIDENCE, 3. OBSERVATIONS ON SOCIAL MOBILIZATION VIII. EPILOGUE APPENDICES REFERENCES
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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