Poverty and its Alleviation is an addition to the series of IEA theme-wise Conference/Seminar Titles. This edited volume contains altogether 27 selected articles out of the papers contributed in one of the Technical Sessions of the IEA 86th Conference 2003, held at Shivaji University, Kolhapur. The articles are divided into four groups: Poverty and Poverty Alleviation Programmes, Poverty and its remedial Measures, Strategies for Poverty Alleviation, World Bank and Poverty alleviation. The volume also contains an editorial introduction by Prof. S.N. Mishra and Foreword by Prof. Raj Kumar Sen.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.N. Misra
Professor Surendra Nath Misra (b. 1944) received M.A. degree from Allahabad University and taught Economics in the Department of Analytical and Applied Economics, Berhampur University for more than two decades prior to his joining as a Professor of Economics, Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies, Bhubaneswar. Under his guidance 10 Ph.D. Scholars and 10 M.Phil Scholars have been awarded degrees. He has successfully completed 14 projects sponsored by U.G.C., ICSSR, Planning Commission, Ministry off Food Processing Industries, NALCO, World Bank, Panchayati Raj Department and OSCFDC, Govt. of Orissa. Dr. Misra has written more than 60 articles, which have been published in different journals in the areas of Institutional, Finance, rural Development, child Nutrition, Education and Poverty. His publications at the all-India level include; Growth of Commercial Banking in Orissa, Commercial Banking and Agricultural Development, Dynamics of Rural-Urban Migration, Multi Agency System and Rural Development, Co-operative Management and Rural Banking, Agro-Industries and Economic Development – A vision for the 21st century Professor Misra is the life member of several professional bodies like; Indian Economic Association, Indian Institute of Public Administration and Orissa Economics Association for the period 2001-2004. He has the distinction of being the Chairman of the technical session, on “Poverty and Sustainable Development†in 86th Annual Conference of Indian Economic Association held in Shivaji University, Kolhapur, 2003.
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