Emergence of the new poor in rural India
Some Reflections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3885901 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Soumyadip Chattopadhyay (0000-0002-7373-1408, Visva-Bharati University, corresponding author), Partha Pratim Sahu (0000-0001-8501-5970, Centre for Good Governance and Policy Analysis (CGGPA), National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR)) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 641-647 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2024.2355562 |
| OpenAlex | W4398143856 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 12 |
Rural India – following the COVID-induced shrinking of employment opportunities; heavy reliance on adverse coping strategies, including liquidation of productive assets and dispensing with productive investments; and inadequacies in government-support programs – may observe both further deterioration of its existing poor and the emergence of a new poor, with characteristics and implications that are dissimilar to those of the existing poor. The dynamic characteristics of poverty are not adequately captured by the official statistics and issues of flows into and out of poverty continue to remain a puzzle in India.. Therefore, this paper underscores the urgent need to undertake evidence-based research to identify and profile the new poor and to customise the welfare schemes addressing their specific needs and priorities. It further argues for a rethinking of the role of local institutions, i.e. Gram Panchayats, in the tracking of poverty and in conceiving the Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP), prioritising resource allocation for the new poor
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnology · Geography · Political science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · South asia · Agricultural risk and resilience · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Social and Economic Development in India
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One Illness Away
Imperatives of recognising the complexities
The local governance of Covid-19
Impacts of a national lockdown on smallholder farmers’ income and food security
Pandemic, informality, and vulnerability
Economic recovery of the new poor created by Covid-19
| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |