Well-being in the 1990s: towards a balance sheet
Cassen, Robert
(2002)
Well-being in the 1990s: towards a balance sheet
Economic and Political Weekly, 37 (27).
pp. 2789-2794.
ISSN 0012-9976
The debate about poverty trends in India in the 1990s can be widened to look at a broad range of indicators. The data do not really permit resolution of a key issue, whether poverty decline has slowed or not. Only literacy and fertility decline have unambiguously accelerated. But the record overall is one of continuing modest - if uneven - progress.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Departments |
Social Policy STICERD Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion |
| Date Deposited | 17 Oct 2008 13:26 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/18241 |
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