Policy Watch: Has the Indian government accelerated or decelerated poverty reduction?
Focus on an IMF paper by India's representative to the IMF Surjit Bhalla.
Dear Member,
Has the Indian government accelerated or decelerated poverty reduction? It’s hard to know, as India has effectively stopped measuring poverty.
A recent World Bank paper says the share of people living below $1.90 per day has been falling, at about 10%. An IMF paper says India has (almost) fully eradicated extreme poverty. This Policy Watch focuses on the latter paper, which is written by the Indian government's representative at the IMF Surjit Bhalla (and others):
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