POVERTY

Poverty NAME OF INSTITUTION: Council for Social Development (CSD)  TITLE: Pathology of poverty (A micro level study in   Andhra Pradesh): Measurement of incidence of poverty on different layers of poor PROJECT LEADER KEYWORDS: POVERTY;POVERTY ALLEVIATION;EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; POLICY FORMULATION;BIHAR NAME OF THE CENTRE: Centre for Quantitative Techniques (CQT) (NIRD) TITLE: Quantitative survey for poverty assessment (Consultancy) PROJECT LEADER: Rangacharyulu, S V  STARTING DATE: August, 2001  DATE OF COMPLETION: March, 2002  NAME OF SPONSORER: Asian Development Bank  OBJECTIVES: 1. The specific objective of the quantitative survey is to supplement the data obtained through participatory approaches, by primarily focusing upon selected causal parameters of poverty.2. To evolve a national strategy for poverty alleviation on the basis of individual Participatory Poverty Assessment (PPAs) undertaken. The NIRD will serve as an external agency and help Asian Development Bank in the review and the consolidation of individual PPA reports.3. To organize a seminar  for dissemination of findings.  METHODOLOGY: Data were collected through interviews, with the help of pre-designed schedules.  STUDY AREAS: Gujarat, Kerala and Madhy Pradesh  KEYWORDS: POVERTY;POVERTY ASSESSMENT;POVERTY ALLEVIATION; GUJARAT GUJARAT;KERALA;MADHYA PRADESH NAME OF THE CENTRE: Centre for Women Development (CWD) (NIRD)  l rural development programmes on the beneficiaries. It was therefore, a comprehensive study making an assessment of both employment generation and infrastructural development programmes and an attempt was made to examine the inter linkages between these programmes; 2) The focus was on the village and beneficiary level. While the impact of the components such as link roads and minor irrigation were assessed for the village as a whole as a facilitating factor for economic development, the programmes of direct poverty alleviation were assessed in terms of impact on the standard of living of the beneficiaries; 3)Taking a holistic view, the study attempted to examine the influence of social factors (social cohesion within the community)on the development of the area or the village; and 4) In the process of making a comprehensive assessment, efforts were made to find out which category of programmes were more beneficial to the rural poor.  Methodology:Information both primary and secondary is collected from 200 households in 10 villages of Ranchi and Gumla districts of Jharkhand State through personal interviews, group interviews and direct observations.  Study area: State: Jharkhand; Districts: Ranchi and Gumla; Blocks: Khunti in Ranchi District; Bano in Gumla District.  PLANNED OUTPUT: Report.  KEYWORDS: POVERTY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMES; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;RANCHI; GUMLA; BIHAR.  Poverty Alleviation NAME OF THE CENTRE: Centre for Quantitative Techniques (CQT) (NIRD)  TITLE: Assessment of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) in rural India PROJECT LEADER: Sambi Reddy, B  STARTING DATE: August, 2002  DATE OF COMPLETION: February, 2003  OBJECTIVES: 1. To study the effectiveness of TPDS in rural India 2. To examine the nature and coverage of population under TPDS and 3. To quantify the impact of TPDS on food consumption levels and income transfer to the poor  METHODOLOGY: Information would be collected from the NSSO’s 50th and 55th round household (primary) consumer expenditure data for the years 1993-94 and 1999-2000.  STUDY AREAS: One state each from four regions viz., Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern regions of India  KEYWORDS: PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM;TARGED PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM;POVERTY ALLEVIATION;FOOD CONSUMPTION;RURAL AREAS NAME OF THE CENTRE: Centre for Quantatitative Techniques (CQT) AND Centre for Rural Industries & Employment (CRIE) (NIRD)  TITLE: Constraints and utilization of infrastructure for the rural poor – role of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs)/Community Based Organisations(CBOs)  PROJECT LEADER: Hanumantha Rao, K  PROJECT TEAM: Gangi Reddy, Y and Murugesan, R  STARTING DATE: May, 2002  DATE OF COMPLETION: October, 2002  OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the extent to which poor could utilize the social infrastructure available in and around the village;2. To find out the mode and degree of participation of poor in the maintenance of social infrastructure;3. To identify the constraints experienced by the poor in accessing the services;4. To delineate the role played by the PRIs and CBOs in facilitating the poor in availing of the services; and 5. To assess the effect of utilization of infrastructure on the livelihoods of the poor  STUDY AREAS: Maharashtra and Karnataka  KEYWORDS: RURAL DEVELOPMENT;RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE;SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE;POVERTY ALLEVIATION;PANCHAYATI RAJ INSTITUTIONS ; COMMUNITY BASED ORGANISATIONS;MAHARASHTRA; KARNATAKA NAME OF THE CENTRE: Centre for Sustainable Economic Development (CSED) (NIRD)  TITLE: Sustaining credit market for the poor in an Indian village  PROJECT LEADER: Mohanan, N  STARTING DATE: December, 2002  DATE OF COMPLETION: March, 2003  OBJECTIVES: 1. To understand the status, structure and nature of credit systems in the village 2. To assess the quantum and quality of financial services provided by formal and informal credit channels especially to the poor 3. To analyse the impact of credit input in the sustainable development of the poor households in terms of poverty reduction, and 4. To explore the possibility of establishing a viable and sustainable financial intermediary that can withstand market competition, on the one hand, and provide tailor-made financial services to the poor, on the other  METHODOLOGY:  Primary data would be collected from villagers and secondary data will be collected from the records of institutional agencies like banks and cooperatives. STUDY AREAS: One revenue village in Palghat district in Kerala  KEYWORDS: BANKING;CREDIT;RURAL CREDIT;POVERTY ALLEVIATION; KERALA NAME OF THE CENTRE: Training and Programme Division (TPD) (NIRD) TITLE: Economic reforms, agriculture and the poor  PROJECT LEADER: Srivastava,  S C  STARTING DATE: June, 2001  DATE OF COMPLETION: September, 2001  OBJECTIVES:  1. To review  the concepts of economic reforms as understood and implemented in India;2. To analyze the regional disparities in the trends of agricultural performance and poverty in India in the post reforms period and variations in pattern if any from the pre-reforms period;3. To study the impact of economic reforms on sustainability with reference to agriculture sector in selected parts of the country, and4. To study the impact of the economic reforms on different categories of farmers and agriculture dependent poor in selected parts of the country.  METHODOLOGY: Primary Information was collected from various categories of farmers through structured questionnaire method. Secondary information was collected from various Central and State agencies, departments, and statistical organizations.  STUDY AREAS: Punjab  KEYWORDS: ECONOMICS;ECONOMIC REFORMS;AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;REGIONAL DISPARITIES;PUNJAB