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Coping with Blind Spots: Poverty Lines, Poverty Headcounts, and Anti-Poverty Policy

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Prayas
Prayas Issue 6: Poverty Counting

One thing is clear from the recent academic, media, and policy discussions on poverty in India: there are many reasonable truths and few consensus facts. To what extent have the number and proportion of the poor in India changed over time? The picture depends on how one adjusts for differences in the survey instrument used [...]

 
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Vision Correction: SECC 2011: Can it deliver?

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Prayas
Census enumeration in progress

by Himanshu and Rinku Murgai The Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011 currently underway is being canvassed jointly by the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) and the Registrar General of India (RGI). However, even before the results of the SECC are made available, it has come under considerable [...]

 
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