The promise of empowerment and democracy in India
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The promise of empowerment and democracy in India
(Moving out of poverty, v. 3)
Palgrave Macmillan , World Bank, c2009
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
India has experienced accelerating growth in the last decade, yet why do millions of people remain mired in poverty? This book brings together the voices of the poor from villages in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, to understand how some people have managed to escape poverty while others have not.
Table of Contents
- Overview: The Moving Out of Poverty Study in India
- D.Narayan, B.Sen & K.Hull Understanding Mobility through Life Stories: Assets Gained and Lost
- D.Narayan, D.Nikitin & B.Richard Communities Where Poor People Prosper
- D.Narayan, S.Paul & P.Petesch Caste Dynamics and Mobility in Uttar Pradesh
- S.Kapoor, D.Narayan, N.Badgaiyan & S.Paul People's Organizations and Poverty Escapes in Rural Andhra Pradesh
- D.Narayan, G.Prennushi & S.Kapoor Agrarian Reform and Politics of the Middle Path: Poverty Dynamics in West Bengal
- K.Deininger, D.Narayan & B.Sen Who Benefits from Conflicts? Some Evidence from Assam
- D.Narayan, B.Sen & A.Varshney
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