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Pro-poor Growth and Public Policy in India
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | The most powerful manifestation of a global commitment to poverty reduction is the Millennium Declaration passed by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2000, where over 160 Heads of State Government pledged their commitment to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). First among these goals is the target of reduction of the incidence of global poverty by half by the year 2015 (in comparison to the level prevailing in 1990). Other goals like elimination of hunger, universal access to primary education, reduction in mortality, gender equality, etc., are all essentially supportive of the goal of reducing poverty. Given its large population, the pattern of poverty reduction in India will have a significant bearing on whether the Millennium Development Goal of halving global poverty by 2015 is achieved (Pasha, 2002). Pro-poor growth, i.e. rates and patterns of economic growth that are associated with significant increases in the incomes of the poor, is central in reducing absolute income poverty and thus to reach the first Millennium Development Goal. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/3683/14/14_chapter%207.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
