Moving out of poverty. v. 3, The promise of empowerment and democracy in India

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Author:

Narayan-Parker, Deepa.

ISBN:

9780821372173

9780821372159

Publication Information:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan ; Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2009.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 471 p. : map ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Moving out of poverty in India : an overview / Deepa Narayan, Binayak Sen, and Katy Hull -- Assets gained and lost : understanding mobility through life stories / Deepa Narayan, Denis Nikitin, and Brice Richard -- Communities where poor people prosper / Deepa Narayan, Patti Petesch, and Saumik Paul -- Caste dynamics and mobility in Uttar Pradesh / Soumya Kapoor, Deepa Narayan, Saumik Paul, and Nina Badgaiyan -- People's organizations and poverty escapes in rural Andhra Pradesh / Deepa Narayan, Giovanna Prennushi, and Soumya Kapoor -- Politics of the middle path : agrarian reform and poverty dynamics in West Bengal / Klaus Deininger, Deepa Narayan, and Binayak Sen -- Who benefits from conflict? : some evidence from Assam / Deepa Narayan, Binayak Sen, and Ashutosh Varshney.

Subject Term:

Poverty -- Developing countries.

Poverty -- India.

Rural development -- India.

Social mobility -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.

Social mobility -- Economic aspects -- India.

Caste -- India.

Migrant labor -- Developing countries -- Economic conditions.

Migrant labor -- India -- Economic conditions.

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Narayan-Parker, Deepa.

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'To take birth as a poor man itself is a big punishment. We are facing many difficulties and there is none to support us. We cannot die also. ... Our condition is like applying perfumed oil to mustache when there is no food to eat.' - Male focus group discussion, Appipuram, Andhra PradeshIndia has experienced accelerating growth in the last 10 years, yet millions of Indians remain mired in poverty. Why? Most books on growth and poverty reduction are dominated by the perspectives of policy makers and academic experts. 'Moving Out of Poverty: The Promise of Empowerment and Democracy in India' brings together the voices of poor men and women from 300 villages across Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, as it seeks to understand how these people have managed to escape poverty, while others remain stuck, and still others fall into poverty. The study explores the role of institutions such as family, markets and local panchayats, and factors such as aspiration, empowerment, social exclusion and conflict, health and asset accumulation, in explaining escape from poverty and falling into poverty.