Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-184) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Persistence of poverty and early attempts to eradicate it -- Advent of the market economy and its impact on poverty -- Alternative definitions and measurements of poverty -- Some macro-indicators of poverty -- Absolute and proportionate poverty -- Sectoral poverty : literacy, education and health -- Human deprivation and distress -- Levels of human development -- International differences in poverty levels -- Poverty in the highly developed market economies -- Poverty in India -- How recession in the Asian economies negatively impacts the poverty situation -- What obstructs and what facilitates poverty removal -- Strategies for poverty reduction in different regimes -- Package of policies for poverty elimination.
