Chronic Poverty in India

At the beginning of the new millennium, more than 260 million people in India did not have incomes to access a consumption basket that defines the poverty. The limited available panel data-based research shows that half the households who are poor at a given time suffer chronic or long duration poverty. Reduction of poverty in India is vital. The research and initial policy findings in this book are relevant for all those who give high priority to the reduction of poverty.