Poverty statistics: Barmecide's feast

Authors
Mehta, J Venkatraman, S
Citation
J. Mehta et S. Venkatraman, Poverty statistics: Barmecide's feast, ECON POLIT, 35(27), 2000, pp. 2377
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY
ISSN journal
00129976 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
27
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-9976(20000701)35:27<2377:PSBF>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Poverty alleviation cannot work unless we know who are the poor. The Planni ng Commission must undertake a review of the methodology of poverty estimat ion. The definition used at present has conceptual problems and poverty is consequently underestimated.