Poverty and Its Determinants in Northern Rajasthan of India

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2016
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Department of Agricultural Economics COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE SWAMI KESHWANAND RAJASTHAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, BIKANER
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This study explored poverty trend, extent, determinants and exit time and income and resource inequality in Northern Rajasthan. Poverty trend in seven decades (1951-2011) was addressed using graphical and semi-log growth model and extent of poverty was addressed using the FGT poverty measure approach. To address principal determinants of household poverty, the study used, logit model and equally, to address average poverty exit time the study adopted Morduch, J.(1998) approach. Also, to address resource and income inequality in the study area, the study used Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient approaches. To achieve objectives, the study used both primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected from 300 households following multistage random sampling process. In this study minimum consumption expenditure per person per month was used as standard of measurement to categorize households into poor and non-poor. Collected data were analyzed in detail at Northern Rajasthan level and district level according to their importance and the the study found that:
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