Rural poverty in India saw a significant decline in 2023-24, with the poverty ratio falling below 5 per cent for the first time, according to an analysis by SBI Research. The sharp increase in rural ...
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In a striking announcement this April, the World Bank claimed that India has successfully lifted 171 million people out of extreme poverty over the decade spanning 2011-12 to 2022-23. According to its ...
New Delhi: Rural poverty in India has seen a remarkable decline. It dropped below 5 per cent for the first time in 2023-24 according to SBI Research. Increased rural spending played a key role in this ...
The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced on topical issues by IMF staff. The series draws mainly from IMF ...
Rural Poverty in Developing Countries Implications for Public Policy Mahmood Hasan Khan ©2001 International Monetary Fund March 2001 [Rural Poverty in Developing Countries] [The ...