UN International Year of the Woman Farmer Some Perspectives from Village Studies in India: A Report
“Counting women farmers and workers is the essential first [...]
Voices From the Lab and the Field: Oral Histories of Agrarian Change : A Report
“Social, including cultural, economic, and political, circumstances shine upon the [...]
Realities of Inequality in Rural India: A Few Clarifications
Introduction A new set of claims on reduction in [...]
Measuring Poverty in India : A Report
The findings of a recently published research article meticulously rebut [...]
The eradication of extreme poverty in China, 1981 to 2019
As the Communist Party of China (CPC) celebrates the 100th [...]
Deprivation in a Developed Economy: Recent Findings from the United Kingdom
Professor Philip Alston, the current United Nations Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights, has recently reported on conditions of extreme poverty and denial of human rights in the United Kingdom (Alston 2018). The report highlights such conditions with special reference to the effects of ongoing austerity measures.
A Note on Absolute Poverty in Kerala
The Human Development Index for Kerala was 0.911, a high value and similar to the performance of many advanced countries. These achievements are undeniably due to effective public action by the State.