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| Citation | Ninan, K. N. “Agricultural Growth, Institutional Intervention, and Rural Poverty Trends: Their Linkages in the Context of Structural Adjustment and Economic Liberalization in India.” Regional Development Studies 2 (1995/96): 23-40. | ||
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| Year | 1996 | ||
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| Material Type | Journal Article | ||
| Features | 28 notes; 3 tables | ||
| Pages | p. 23-40 | ||
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AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 07.01.02 ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS 03.01.02 ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION 03.02.01 INDIA 01.04.04 POVERTY 03.02.05 POVERTY ALLEVIATION 03.02.05 RURAL AREAS 14.04.02 STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT 03.02.01 | ||
| Abstract | Against the background of a structural adjustment programme (SAP) and economic liberalization, this article analyses the trends and factors behind rural poverty in India from 1957-58 to 1986-87. It notes that there are distinct time trends in the incidence of rural poverty in India and for most states. While these trends were positive and significant in the first period (1957-58 to 1968-69), they were negative and significant in the second period (1969-70 to 1986-87). Also, the rate of decline in the incidence of rural poverty in the preceding period for both all-India and across the states, using alternate measures of poverty. The article then probes the role of agricultural growth, inflation, access to subsidized food through the public distribution system, and other aspects of rural poverty using time-series and cross-sectional data. Its findings suggest that policies which accelerate agricultural growth and infrastructure development, and provide better access to subsidized food, along with measures to control inflation and population growth also promote environmental conservation and promise to be most effective in reducing rural poverty in India. It then assesses the implications of the SAP and other policy reforms in India and suggests that if the poor are to be protected and agricultural growth accelerated, sustained public investment will need to be increased. This, however, conflicts with the SAP's objective to reduce public expenditure. --Journal abstract | ||
| Control No. | RDS 02b | ||