Poverty And Growth

Updated on: 7 February 2024 7:13 pm

Poverty And Growth

Growth is necessary, and sufficient for poverty reduction	Pre-Reform (1977 to 1983 and 1983 to 1987)		Post-Reform (1987 to 1993 and 1993 to 1999)
Trickle down works Growth up, poverty down Growth down, poverty up	Cases	% of Cases	Cases	% of Cases
	47	78.3	43	71.7
	2	3.3	5	8.3
Trickle does not work Growth up, poverty down Growth down, poverty up	4	6.7	0	0
	7	11.7	12	20
Total	60	100	60	100
Source: Large sample NSS data for 1997, 1983, 1987, 1993 and 1999 Note: Each cell represents the number of economies experiencing the growth-poverty combination for any given year. Since only 15 big states are considered, each year has 30 observations e.g. Bihar rural and Bihar urban counts as 2 economies.