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POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
India records one of the fastest poverty declines in the world, poverty down from 27.1% to 2.6%: World BankIndia has seen a significant decline in poverty, with the rate dropping from 27.1 percent to 2.6 percent. Approximately 496 million people ...
World Bank should focus on mobilising greater private capital and creating jobs, says FM SitharamanNirmala Sitharaman emphasized the importance of private capital in creating jobs and boosting productivity during her address. She outlined...
Warren Buffett calls out the worst accounting trick in corporate America, and the analysts who help it alongEvery loan that Warren Buffett’s home business makes, it keeps. When the borrower stops paying, the loss is borne by his company rather tha...
‘Productivity growth in consumer services is powering India’s rise’Dani Rodrik highlights the relationship between ending poverty, boosting the global middle class, and addressing climate change. He emphasi...
BRICS adopts New Delhi Declaration: Inside the 140-point document on Global South's ambitionsBRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration at the 18th summit, reaffirming their commitment to cooperation, multilateralism and a more...
Quitting tobacco could give economic boost to over 20.5 million households in IndiaImagine a future where millions of Indian families break free from the grasp of tobacco, climbing up the economic ladder. The most disadvan...
Pulling out poverty one clump at a timeIndia has made significant strides in poverty reduction, lifting millions out of extreme poverty and transitioning to a low middle-income c...
Niti Aayog may set up panel to draw up a new poverty lineThe re-look at the issue was necessitated as the Niti Aayog has to measure the impact of the government's anti-poverty schemes and set a ta...
High economic growth key to poverty reduction: Pranab MukherjeePresident Pranab Mukherjee today emphasised the importance of high economic growth for poverty reduction.
'India's growth strategy holds lessons for developing nations'India's strong 8.2 per cent growth in the last decade can in part be attributed to the country's poverty-reduction reforms, the authors sai...
- Rural Muslim poverty highest in Assam, WB, UP and Guj: UNDP
United Nations has observed that poverty head count ratio for Muslims is highest in the states of Assam, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Guj...
- Country's poverty alleviation strategy yielding results: Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Ahluwalia said there was general agreement among the experts that poverty has come down in the country, though the reduction might not have...
Government's poverty alleviation strategy yielding results: Montek Singh AhluwaliaGovt's development strategy has worked well with initial estimates suggesting 2% decline in the incidence of poverty during 2011-12, the te...
- Research by JNU shows inequality has increased in both rural & urban areas
Poverty in India has fallen at twice the rate since 2004-05 , says a study by two professors of Delhi's Jawarharlal Nehru University.
- 320 mn people in India, China to come out of poverty by'15: UN
As many as 320 million people in India and China are expected to come out of extreme poverty in the next four years.
- Pak to get $6.2 bn aid from World Bank
Pakistan will get a whopping $6.2 billion aid from the World Bank in the next three years to come out of the current economic crisis, reduc...
- Employment reforms may speed up poverty eradication
At least 16 crore Indians can be pulled out of poverty in next twenty years with the help of targeted labour market reforms.
- IFAD sanctions $30.17 mn loan to India
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has sanctioned a loan of $30.17 million to India to empower rural women and redu...
- "Investment in poverty monitoring is important"
Developing a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy will involve more investment by the state Government in poverty monitoring and evalua...
- Call for new norms for stable capital inflow
Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has called for new institutional arrangements to ensure stable capital flows to developing countries and av...